Associate Category Manager – Dutch/Flemish Speaker

• Assist the Category Manager in driving category strategy, product roadmap, strategic supplier relationships, growth, and profitability
• Support development and execution of product mix and pricing models
• Help manage supplier relationships
• Implement marketing communications that drive category performance
• Initiate ERP changes for stocking profile, product lifecycle, and cost pricing
• Ensure necessary inventory actions to remove obsolete stock
• Research competitive product offerings, market pricing, and industry technology trends
• Initiate stock balancing requests for inactive, obsolete, and surplus products
• Execute inventory liquidation strategies for related categories
• Generate sales, promotional effectiveness, inventory effectiveness, and gross margin reporting
• Liaise with sales to understand market trends and customer needs
• Perform administrative duties and ad hoc requests

Requirements

• Some experience in product/category management, product marketing, buying, or vendor management
• Experience with Microsoft Office products, including Excel, Word, Teams, and PowerPoint
• Fluent in Dutch and French
• Proficiency in English
• Willingness to travel
• Eagerness to learn and grow within an organization
• Self-starter, organized, flexible, and customer focused
• Strong business sense
• Ability to understand decisions’ impact on other areas of the business
• Ability to learn quickly and communicate about new technologies in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent analytical skills with the ability to proactively recognize issues and opportunities
• Ability to manage high-revenue external vendor relationships end-to-end
• Entrepreneurial mindset and ability to think outside the box
• Team player
• Ability to build relationships at all levels, internally and externally

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in product/category management and vendor relationship management, with strong analytical skills to drive category strategy and profitability. Proficient in executing marketing communications and inventory management strategies while maintaining effective supplier partnerships.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Product/Category Management
• Vendor Management
• Analytical Skills
• Microsoft Office Proficiency
• Fluent in Dutch and French

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Product Roadmap Development
• Pricing Models
• Inventory Management
• Market Research
• Sales Reporting
• Promotional Effectiveness
• Cost Pricing
• Stock Balancing
• Inventory Liquidation Strategies
• Supplier Relationship Management

Soft Skills

• Self-Starter
• Organized
• Customer Focused
• Team Player
• Entrepreneurial Mindset

Industry Keywords

• Category Strategy
• Product Lifecycle
• Market Pricing
• Competitive Analysis
• Growth and Profitability

Tools & Technologies

• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Word
• Microsoft Teams
• Microsoft PowerPoint