Spa Category Manager - Geneve, Schweiz - MSC Cruises

MSC Cruises

Geprüftes Unternehmen

Geneve, Schweiz

vor 1 Woche

Geschrieben von:

Lena Schneider

beBee Recruiter

Beschreibung

In line with the company strategy, the Spa Category Manager (Salon & Fitness) is responsible for the Spa Category including Consumables, Retail, Equipment and Disposables for the Salon & Fitness areas onboard.

They maximize the revenues and return on investment in stock in all our markets, and guarantees the best representation and service for this category.

University Degree in Business Economics, Supply Chain, or Procurement.
Fluent English. Any additional language is an advantage.
At least 3 years' experience in a similar role.
Experience within the Spa \/ Salon or Fitness Industry.
Experience within the cruise industry is advantageous.
Excellent knowledge of Excel and most common Business Intelligence packages.
Excellent negotiation skills.
Problem solving.
Strategic thinking.
Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
Customer focused.
Attention to details.
Organisational skills.

Category \/ Assortment Strategies:

Analyse and propose the product mix, brand portfolio, and assortment for each Spa category.
Develop and maintain assortments that are tailored correctly to the shop profile of each ship class and to each canvas.
Analyse consumers trends, market changes, competitor prices and products, and past sales patterns to forecast future demand.
Propose pricing policies in line with the divisional strategy per canvas which deliver compelling price advantage and savings to our guests.
Measure the performance of existing assortment and make adjustment accordingly to have continuous input of newness and commercial ranges adapted by canvas.
Propose actions to improve operational performance and margins.
Provide continuous update to management on the category performance, challenges, future opportunities, and action plan(s).

Optimize Performance:

Evaluate current sell through trends and other components that will affect the business.
Communicate effectively with the Spa Purchasing & Planning Specialists to ensure forecasts to ensure "in stock levels" of key items.
Define performance outcome by producing monthly vendor targets by ship.
Work in partnership with brands on creating and maintaining exclusive and branding opportunities to provide points of competitive differentiation.
Work in partnership with the Spa Operations Manager to deliver improved ROI by effectively controlling the inventory management, identified aged and slowmoving stock and implementing obsolete stock markdown.
Communicate effectively to the Spa Planning & Purchasing Specialists where stock levels are not in line with expectations and identify in partnership the corrective actions required.
Design with suppliers: shop layout, merchandising plans, brand placements, and planograms.
Communicate clearly to Spa Operations Manager & Fleet Supervisors\/Trainers expected layouts to implement, revise and improve.
Work in partnership with the Spa Operations Manager & Fleet Supervisors\/Trainers to ensure that inventories are controlled and that areas of inventory loss are effectively controlled.
Work to ensure that promotions are in line with marketing calendar control framework.
Identify and create regionally adapted promotion opportunities with\/without suppliers and agree yearly planning for each season\/area.
Negotiate, coordinate, and followup promotions and performance incentives with suppliers, and ensure these are communicated through to ships via marketing calendar.
Support suppliers in organising promotional\/marketing events; Align activities, targets and marketing events to be delivered through marketing calendar framework.

Administration:

Create articles into the system using the correct data from supplier, and ensure that missing or incorrect data is actively corrected.
Set prices on system.
Provide sales reports to suppliers in line with agreed reporting process.
Use the correct system tools and actively seeks to improve knowledge and capability of these tools.
Ensure correct administration of all the data in the database.

VISA REQUIREMENTS (if any)

EU Passport or Right to work in Switzerland.

Part of the MSC Group, MSC Cruises is the market leader in the Mediterranean, South Africa and South America, and sails year-round in the Mediterranean and the Caribbean.

Its seasonal itineraries cover northern Europe, the Atlantic Ocean, South America, southern Africa, and the Persian/Arabian Gulf.

MSC Cruises was born in the Mediterranean, and draws inspiration from this heritage to create a unique experience for holidaymakers worldwide.

As a result of a euro 6.5 billions investment programme launched in 2003, MSC Cruises' fleet comprises 13 state-of-the-art cruise ships belonging to four different classes: Lirica, Musica, Fantasia and Meraviglia.

The fleet's average age is 7 years, the youngest in the industry. In 2014, MSC Cruises launched a euro 9 billion, 10 year investment plan to support the second phase of its growth through th