Category Manager

**Description**:
**Create the future of shopping**

KaiKai, the fastest growing shopping app in Singapore and Hong Kong, offers curated secret deals from superbrands. Accessing deals on their mobile that are in their vicinity, users can shop at their convenience in-app and collect in-store.

Marrying mobile shopping with the in-store experience, retailers can now deliver a truly omni-channel experience with KaiKai and report on results that are actually measurable. Our technology and expertise will aid retailers to recover from, and transition their businesses into the post-pandemic world via a data-driven approach. KaiKai is the expert in creating hype and driving traffic to offline stores. KaiKai partners with some of the best brands to offer deals at never-seen-before prices across luxury fashion, beauty and skincare, electronics, dining, staycations, spas and more.

KaiKai is a subsidiary of Cosmose, a leading martech solution that is on a path to revolutionise the $23 Trillion retail industry. Cosmose AI understands, predicts and influences how billions of people shop offline by seamlessly adding data-driven actionable insights back to their online and digital assets. Delivering results for the world’s biggest brands including L'Oreal, Estee Lauder, LVMH, Cartier and Walmart. Cosmose AI was recently awarded “Most Innovative Use of Mobile Technology” by Mob-Ex Awards 2021, Asia’s biggest mobile marketing awards. We were also recognized for the “Best Use of Digital Solution”, “Best Use of O2O Strategy'' and “Best Use of Technology'' categories.

We’re proud of its successful launch in Singapore and Hong Kong last year, the shopping spree that KaiKai envisioned for Singapore and Hong Kong now calls for a hiring spree for rockstars. We’re an ambitious team brimming with passion in what we do, with massive goals set out ahead.

To cater to retail demand from consumers, we are on the hunt for **Category Manager** rockstars for our **Beauty** categories to be based in our Singapore office. This person will work with a team of like-minded individuals, to ensure that we continue to delight and deliver unforgettable experiences for every user.

**We’re looking for someone who**:

- Dreams Big: ambitious, passionate and out to achieve MASSIVE goals
- Customer-centric: We care about our customers and strive to provide them with the best solutions
- Celebrates both Success & Failure: Rejoicing the wins but also reflecting, learning & improving proactively when there are defeats
- Honesty and Integrity: we appreciate respectful feedback
- Problem Solver: You’re a fixer and not a complainer
- Actionable: Work and make SMART decisions fast with conviction

**What you’ll do**:

- Acquire new strategic brand partners and negotiate the terms
- Engage with strategic brand partners to drive commercial growth, notably with senior leadership teams both internally and externally
- Establish relationships with brand partners, including the provision of business insights and solutions while improving operational efficiencies
- Conduct category analysis to identify opportunities and gaps in business performance
- Drive strategies to grow the category portfolio and to attain performance and related KPIs
- Provide performance reports and data-driven suggestions to the leadership team regularly
- Onboard new retail partners, including training
- Create onboarding standard operating procedures (SOP) in alignment with best practice
- Work cross-functionally with product, operations and marketing teams to support growth opportunities with brand partners

**What you’ll need**:

- Proven business development / category management experience, preferably in the E-commerce or Consumer Tech industry
- Industry experience and connections from fashion/beauty is required
- Strong business acumen, critical thinking and ability to formulate actionable insights and recommendations
- Strong experience in managing key account relationships and partner onboarding
- Excellent communication, presentation and negotiation skills
- Ability to multitask against competing priorities, and to thrive in a high growth and start-up environment
- Self motivated, energetic and passionate individual willing to take full ownership
- Results-oriented and data-driven mindset, coupled with good data reporting skills
- Passion for technology, entrepreneurship and creating positive impact

**What you’ll enjoy**:
Are you ready for new, exciting challenges and to put your name down in history for the future of shopping?