Category Manager (Healthcare)
A. RESPONSIBILITIES:
· To be responsible for delivering the merchandise strategy for the healthcare category, ensuring that sales, profit, and income generation targets are met.
· This job holder is also responsible for exploring and seeking opportunities to enhance Guardian as a trusted healthcare product and pharmacy in Vietnam
· To be accountable for staff development & training pertaining to improving the practice standards – pharmacy & health-related aspects
· To establish & develop communication links within the healthcare industry and to the public to ensure a strong presence of Guardian as a premier pharmacy chain
· Develop & growth Health care Category about Assortment/ Sale/ Profit/Training knowledge for Frontline for online & offline channels, including but not limited to:
1) Sales Generation
- Generate sales by ensuring that the Guardian’s target customers are provided with the products and services they want.
- Seek innovative products sourced throughout the world to provide newness and interest in the Guardian’s offer.
- Develop in liaison with the marketing department attractive and interesting promotional events that follow pre-agreed selling plan.
- Work closely with retail and sales management to ensure that store layouts, promotions and display techniques are effective in maximizing sales and profit from the specific merchandise categories.
- Keep abreast of the retail environment by paying regular visits to stores and competitors and take appropriate action to ensure competitive advantage is maintained.
- Develop cataloging matrix to ensure that varying customer needs are satisfied in different localities.
2) Profit Generation
- Establish and maintain effective margin and price controls that maximize business profits whilst delivering a good value offer to the customer.
- Negotiate and work with vendors to build mutually beneficial relationships to ensure long-term strategic partnerships, leading to lower costs and higher margins.
- Maximize profit by utilizing category management techniques to manage assortments, pricing and promotion.
3) Stock Control
- Manage stock levels and mark-downs to ensure that product availability is high yet ensure that cash flow is maximized by controlling stock levels in both warehouse and stores within set targets.
- Establish and maintain effective SKU control.
4) Systems and People
- Actively exploit benefits of the new merchandise management system ensuring sales, profit and costs are effectively managed.
- Develop and train subordinates ensuring that they are customer and product-focused.
- Manage performance through the setting and reviewing of individuals’ performance.
- Build an effective and open working relationship both within the Merchandise Department and with other Departments.
- Assert a high level of administrative control to ensure the smooth running of the specific Merchandise Departments.
5) Dimensions
- Important quantitative items that best describe the scope of your job (eg sales volume, budgetary responsibility, number of subordinates).
- Budgeted sales, profit, income and stock levels.
6) Decision-Making Authority
- Buying for responsible categories.
- Vendor negotiations on margin, promotions and listings.
- Retail pricing
- In-store display for relevant categories.
B. REQUIREMENT:
- University/ College graduate or higher with a major in Pharmacy. Candidates with a Pharmacist degree or Pharmacist license are preferred.
- 1+ year experience in FMCG/ Pharmacy/ Pharmaceutical Retail
- Knowledge and experience in healthcare products & OTC.
- Energetic and action-orientated
- Good at Negotiation skills, Influencing skills, Analytical
- Customer-centered and Open to change
- Well planned and Forecasting.
Application:
Interested candidates, please send your application package to email:[email protected]
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| Salary: | Negotiable |
| Location: | Ho Chi Minh |
| Department: | Commercial |
| Employment Type: | Full-time |
| End Date: | 15/02/2026 |




