Indigo Brands, based in Cape Town, is a subsidiary of AVI Limited (AVI). Indigo Brands has been a manufacturer and distributor of global brands Yardley and Lenthéric since 1995 and is aleader in personal care and beauty products, including female and male perfumed body spays, roll-on deodorants, body care, face care, colour cosmetics and liquid fragrances. Well-known brands include Yardley, Gorgeous, Lace, English Blazer, Lenthéric, Hoity Toity, Solo, and Masculin. Indigo Brands is ISO accredited and boasts a five star NOSA rating.An exciting opportunity exists for a Category Planning Manager at Indigo Brands, Epping, Cape Town. As the successful incumbent you will be responsible for the Category / Channel Execution of Indigo Brands’ Personal Care and Fragrance Strategy (category planning, space planning, promotional analysis and range optimisation across key retail customers (in particular Clicks, Dis-Chem, Spar, Edgars, Foschini)Line Manager: Senior Manager - Insights & Shopper MarketingJob Specification:Key Performance Areas:Category and Channel Development - Personal Care and Fragrance PortfolioLead Category Management and Space Planning Discussions with Retail CustomersTrade Execution StandardsAVIFM TrackingBudget ManagementExperience:Minimum 5 Years’ experience in either: Trade Marketing , Category Management, Sales or Brand ManagementExperience in FMCG and / or Beauty retailExperience engaging and presenting to stakeholders at all levelsExperience in both Personal care and Beauty industry would be advantageousExperience presenting to category / buying teams would be advantageousQualifications:Commercial / Sales / Marketing related degree or diplomaBusiness / Data Science / Marketing related degree would be advantageousAdditional Requirements:Understanding of category management principles, and consumer / shopper behaviourAbility to translate category and brand plans into customer strategy in execution (space planning, range optimisation, category management)Experience with Space Planning Software (JDA, Dot Activ or equivalent)Strong experience working with data, e.g. EPOS / Basket data tools (e.g. Nielsen, Circana, REX, etc)Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Microsoft Word, BIAVI LIMITED is home to many of South Africa’s leading and best-loved brands. Listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange in the Food Products sector, AVI’s extensive brand portfolio includes more than 50 brands. Our single-minded purpose is our brands growth and development. Our brands span a range of categories including: hot beverages, sweet and savoury biscuits and snacks, frozen convenience foods, out-of-home ranges, personal care products, cosmetics, shoes, accessories, and fashion apparel.AVI’s brands have grown into great South African favourites including: Five Roses, Freshpak, House of Coffees, Frisco, Koffiehuis and Ellis Brown in the Beverages category; Bakers, Pyotts, Willards and Provita in the Biscuits and Snacks category; I&J in the Frozen Foods category; as well as Ciro, Lavazza and Douwe Egberts Cafitesse for the Out Of Home market. Our beauty and personal care brands include Yardley, Lentheric and Coty Great international and local Fashion Brands in the AVI stable include Spitz, Carvela, Kurt Geiger, Lacoste, Gant and Green Cross Shoes. We have a well-developed shared services structure spanning: International, IT, Finance, Logistics, Marketing, Procurement and Field Marketing that allows us to take advantage of our scale.AVI’s brands are a household name in South Africa and growing every day.#J-18808-Ljbffr