More jobs:
Category Executive
Job in
Midrand, Gauteng, South Africa
Listed on 2026-09-27
Listing for:
Dis-Chem
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-09-27
Job specializations:
-
Business
Corporate Strategy, Business Analyst
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Dis-Chem Pharmacies has an opportunity available for a Category Executive for their Head Office in Midrand. The Category Executive is the strategic owner of the category and provides commercial direction to the category ecosystem ensuring clear alignment to commercial priorities.
- Bachelor’s degree in business, commerce, economics or similar field OR
- Minimum 10-12 years of experience in category management, merchandising, or commercial management.
- Proven track record in strategy development and P&L ownership.
- Experience managing cross-functional category teams.
- Leadership experience, including managing cross-functional category teams.
Strategy and value delivery:
- Define the end-to-end category specific strategy, including growth ambitions, customer value proposition, financial targets and competitive positioning.
- Set category assortment architecture, SKU rationalisation principles and portfolio balance.
- Develop category pricing and promotion principles within Commercial
- Lead and influence cross-functional teams including category managers, buyers and planners.
- Communicate category strategies clearly and ensure shared understanding of priorities across execution teams.
- Provide strategic guidance to category teams to ensure execution accuracy and quality.
Governance & Risk:
- Ensure all category decisions comply with commercial guardrails for margin, profitability and pricing architecture.
- Ensure category strategies comply with data, policy and financial governance standards.
- Identify and elevate risks related to commercial performance Vulnerabilities.
- Strategic thinker able to integrate insights, customer behaviour and market trends
- Strong commercial and financial acumen
- Deep understanding of category management and retail operations
- South African citizen
- MIE, clear criminal and credit
- Driver’s license and/or own reliable transport
- Market related salary
- Medical aid
- Provident fund
- Staff account
- Commercial performance – Category sales growth (%), gross margin (%) and market share growth (%)
- Portfolio performance – Assortment productivity (sales per SKU)
- Promotional and pricing effectiveness – Promotional ROI and pricing competitiveness
To View & Apply for jobs on this site that accept applications from your location or country, tap the button below to make a Search.
(If this job is in fact in your jurisdiction, then you may be using a Proxy or VPN to access this site, and to progress further, you should change your connectivity to another mobile device or PC).
(If this job is in fact in your jurisdiction, then you may be using a Proxy or VPN to access this site, and to progress further, you should change your connectivity to another mobile device or PC).
Search for further Jobs Here:
×