Product Manager – Alcoholic Beverages – Retail & Food Services

Do you want to work in a fast-paced, international organization and be part of an amazing team with a positive “doer” attitude? Do you want to work in a modern office overlooking the ocean with not only great colleagues but also great coffee? Then you might be the Product Manager we’re looking for!

As a Product Manager at Retail & Food Services, you will be responsible for our assortment of alcoholic beverages. You will be working with international brands and suppliers where you will provide an optimized product range to service several customers, including Stena Line.

This is an excellent opportunity to work in the very heart of our company and be a key player in shaping and impacting our strategy forward. You will be reporting to our Head of Product & Purchase and collaborating with our colleagues across the organization, customers, and suppliers.

Some of your key responsibilities:
- Creating a purchasing strategy
- Analyzing sales
- Negotiating assortment and pricing with suppliers
- Analyzing data and product KPIs to understand your assortment and develop it
- Forecasting of new and seasonal items as well as campaign products
- Ensuring that the business is run in a safe manner with reduced environmental impact
- Being the main contact person for international brand owners and making sure our company delivers according to the brand values

 
Retail & Food Services AB
Retail & Food Services AB is a leading distributor and wholesaler of Travel Retail products in Northern Europe to several large vendors within mainly the transport sector, but also to airports and other Travel Retail distributors. We trade with the largest Travel Retail brands in the world and provide our customers with services such as warehouse & logistic solutions, revenue management, marketing material, merchandising & development of shop concepts. 

We are based in Malmö with hubs in Gothenburg, Gdynia (Poland), Rostock (Germany), Hoek (The Netherlands), and Holyhead (UK). About 60 colleagues work from our Malmö office.

Who are you?
To be successful in this role, we believe you have deep knowledge and experience within the alcoholic beverage category and continuously want to work towards having the most commercial assortment and exploring new trends. You have an analytical ability in combination with a commercially savvy attitude and know how and what to prioritize. We also believe you are someone who can build trustful relationships with suppliers and colleagues – you facilitate collaboration.

You enjoy working in a high-paced environment where no two days are alike.  

Qualifications:
- Education in finance, purchasing, business management, or equivalent
- Fluent in English and Swedish
- Expertise in procurement and category management.
- Strong stakeholder management and negotiation skills
- A strategic and commercial drive with result orientation
- Interest in keeping yourself up to date with industry changes and sustainability demands

Nice to have: 
- Experience in travel retail or the beverage industry 
- Experience in marketing and brand management
- Interest and good knowledge of alcoholic beverages (maybe you’ve worked as a sommelier, bartender, or at Systembolaget?)

 
Interested?
This is a full-time, permanent position based in Malmö within Retail & Food Services AB. We offer a hybrid work model, where it’s possible to work from home two days a week.

To apply, please register your profile and send in your CV in English as soon as possible but no later than September 25, 2022. We are having an ongoing selection, so do not wait with your application. Please note that due to GDPR we do not accept applications via e-mail or postal service. We have collective bargaining agreements with Unionen, among others, who you can contact for more information.

If you have any questions regarding the position or the recruitment process you are welcome to contact Hanna Gustavsson, Talent Acquisition Partner, hanna.gustavsson@stenaline.com. 

Please note that we kindly decline any offers from recruitment or staffing agencies regarding this recruitment. 

Stena Line Travel & Retail Group
Stena Line Travel & Retail Group consolidates all Travel & Retail activities in Europe for Stena Line, with a turnover of 250 MEUR generated from more than 30 source markets. We are one of the leading Travel companies in Northern Europe and a major player in the Travel Retail business. We are 200 business-driven, service-minded & happy employees based in the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden & Spain. We serve more than 550 000 B2C customers yearly traveling to more than 200 destinations and a significant number of the largest Travel Retail vendors in Europe. We have a strong company culture driven by an entrepreneurial mindset and a flat organizational structure, based on a heritage of business-centric, delegated leadership. We believe that great results are achieved through bold leadership enabled by a digitally savvy attitude. Stena Line Travel & Retail Group is owned by Europe´s largest passenger shipping company Stena Line, operating 36 ships on 10 markets with 4300 employees.