About the Company

ACE Hardware, one of the leading hardware stores in the United States, opened its first franchise in the Philippines at SM Southmall, Las Piñas, Metro Manila in 1997. Since then, it had one purpose: to bring to the Philippine market the ultimate one-stop-shop for the latest solutions for home improvement.

Since its inception in 1997, ACE Hardware has grown to become one of the country's leading home hardware chains with 239 ACE Hardware branches nationwide, 3,000+ employees and still growing.

About the Role

Responsible to support merchandise throughout our branch network to fulfill company wide sales plan.

Responsibilities

Ensuring appropriate & timely stocks/merchandise are able to support sales plan of stores.
Merchandising tools (Arc BI, MMS Auto rep/Auto transfer) must be used as analytics to support business category decisions.
Responsible for preparation of Sales, inventory, margin, aging, performance reports.
Tasked to oversee other reports (OSO, RTV, SPS, Gondola, Receipts & Promosys).
Develop Merchandising strategies on their respective category that will fulfill sales and margin plan.
Prepares promotional highlights, and analyzes results for future planning.
Develop Category promotions, highlights for revenue drivers.
Forecast sales, inventory, & margins to support business objectives.

Qualifications

Graduate of any Business Course from reputable universities.
At least 2 - year experience as merchandising officer and overall 5-year experience in Retail Industry
Communicating and Understanding Effectively
Demonstrating SM Values
Attention to Details (Compliance to Standards)

Required Skills

Inventory Management
Merchandising
Retail Management
Retail Financial
Negotiation
Business Systems (MMS/Bi Arc/Promosys/Store Consignor System)

Preferred Skills

Leadership Skills
Management Skills
Managing Performance

Category Merchandising Manager