Kitchen & Cooking & Tableware Category Executive

As a leading international food wholesaler, we at METRO are specialized in catering to the needs of hotels, restaurants, caterers (HoReCa), independent merchants (Traders), and more. We are also more than a supplier which inspires the gastronomy sector in more than 30 countries with approximately 15 million customers worldwide!  With its 35 years presence in our country, METRO Türkiye is operating in 20 cities, with 36 stores and over 4.000 employees.

We are a purpose driven company; we value Turkish cuisine and develop our community by supporting our chefs, leading the market with several sustainability projects, diverse and inclusive structure, digitalization projects, agile innovative approaches and pioneer the sector.

We furthermore take pride in our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion at METRO Türkiye with our movement "Muftağımızda Eşitlik Var (MEV)". We aim for a more equal and more inclusive future with the diversity of our employees whose gender, place of birth, age, lifestyle, religion, perspective, experience and talents differ from each other.

We place diversity, equity and inclusion at the center of our business strategy and implement our recruitment policies accordingly by creating equal employment opportunity for all.
*METRO Türkiye is one of the WEPs Signatories.

• According to the category strategy, with a customer centric approach, deciding product assortment in line with trends and customer expectations.
• Leading day-to-day business relationship with the key suppliers through supporting activities including contracting, ordering, communication of demand, volume, delivery time changes, follow up back orders.
• Conducting market research on regular basis to analyze new suppliers, products and competitor trends.
• Preparing monthly reports about category operations to review sales performance analysis and taking necessary actions.
• Providing content for METRO’s marketing campaign tools to reach out over 1 million households.
• Participating in our projects discovering Turkish cuisine and promote better quality standards.
• Providing communication between the category and the stores.
• Working collaboratively with Sales Department, Finance, Marketing, and Logistics in order to reach category targets.

• University degree in related departments
• Minimum 2 years of experience in related areas (preferably category management or purchasing experience in FMCG sector)
• Fluency in written and spoken English for steering global projects
• Knowledge of MS Excel and other MS Office applications for making executive summaries and supporting strategic decisions
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills for a sustainable and powerful relationship with customers
• Being food lover for enjoying every second of work life
• Having self-confidence
• Being result oriented
• Having good reporting and communication skills
• Open to exploring new trends and learning

Head Office Working Model is Hybrid in METRO!