Category Executive, Retail to SSP Nordics

SSP, The Food Travel Experts, är det ledande restaurangföretaget inom resemiljöer. SSP driver restauranger, barer, caféer och butiker på flygplatser, järnvägsstationer, vägkrogar, gallerior, konferenscenter, idrottsarenor samt inom andra trafikplatser. Efter 60 år i branschen har SSP idag över 30 000 medarbetare som tar hand om drygt fem miljoner kunder varje vecka. Företaget har verksamhet på fler än 140 flygplatser och 250 järnvägsstationer samt driver över 2 150 enheter i mer än 30 länder över hela världen. SSP har en bred portfölj av över 200 internationella, lokala och franchisade varumärken. Bland dessa återfinns Upper Crust, Starbucks, Caffè Ritazza, Burger King, M&S Simply Food, Bonne Journée, Pizza Hut, Caviar House & Prunier samt det ledande japanska varumärket Ajisen Ramen, liksom attraktiva koncept som till exempel Montreux Jazz Café i Genève och Bambini Wine Room i Sydney.

<b>What makes the role as Category Executive, Retail at SSP exciting? </b>

We are in a period of change building a new Nordics Region for our business. We are looking for a Category Executive, Retail who will be executing the commercial plan during 1 year for our Retail Business in the Nordic Countries. Reporting to the Category Manager you'll be placed at our office at Arlanda Airport, Stockholm, working across the whole Nordics.

We offer an exciting work environment where you will be given responsibility from the first day. If you show positive results and ambition your career options at SSP are endless!

<b>Overall role:</b>

As the Category Executive, Retail you will drive like-for-like sales growth and gross margin improvement using a variety of levers such as range improvement, upselling, space management and optimisation of price & promotion.

<b>Main responsibilities:</b>

. Execute commercial plan for retail.
. Ensure successful implementation through operational teams
. Prepare, submit and track marketing briefs.
. Look for optimisation opportunities in different brands and product categories.
. Support Category Manager with decision data
. Support the commercial set up for new openings including range, pricing, POS
. Monitor competitor and highlight new opportunities.
. Data Management

<b>Profile:</b>

To succeed in this role you need to have a Marketing degree or equivalent work experience. You must have at least 1 year of experience of retail business using price, range, display and space, upselling, margin and category optimisation to deliver commercial results as well as experience of space management programs and planograms. It is meritorious if you have experience in purchasing and previous work in sales environment is desirable.

As a person you are analytical, commercial and data-driven with exceptional attention to details. You are self-motivated with the ability to quickly learn and adapt in a complex changing environment. You must be fluent Swedish and English in spoken and written.

<b>Does this sound like your next challenge?</b>

Please submit your application as soon as possible, selecting and interviewing is ongoing.