Category Specialist, Wolt Market

Wolt is a Finnish technology company and we’re best known for our food delivery platform. In 2017, Wolt operated in 4 countries and 10 cities across the Nordics. Fast forward to today, we’re a team of 12,000+ people in 32 countries and over 500+ cities, servicing over 41 million registered users. As the platform economy is changing the ways consumers connect with restaurants and retailers, we're seeing a huge opportunity to be the industry leader with the amazing teams we have built glob

The role you are looking at is a part of Wolt Market – our very own grocery stores that deliver unprecedented convenience and a world-leading customer experience. We are currently expanding Wolt Market into Romania, and as part of this exciting growth, we are looking for a Category Specialist to help build and shape our local assortment from the ground up.

Reporting to the Wolt Market Expansion Manager, the Category Specialist is responsible for building and managing the assortment and trading plan, including pricing and promotions. The role also involves developing strong relationships with suppliers and taking full ownership of category performance across assigned categories in the Romanian market.

The Category Specialist works closely with the stores in the market to ensure the right assortment at every location, and with Supply Chain Management to ensure that there is always stock. The person also works with retail partners to ensure constant optimisation of trading performance. Other key stakeholders include data teams to define and develop all necessary reporting, data models, tools and products to drive category performance in local stores.

What you’ll be doing

• Having full ownership of assigned category performance, including forecasting, monitoring, reporting on the business. 
• Contributing to driving projects and trading strategy to achieve business goals.
• Defining and continuously updating Wolt Market’s assortment at a store level to meet customer needs and optimise order economics.
• Leading effective negotiations with suppliers to establish joint goals, improve cost structure, and sustainably grow the P&L.
• Influencing the design of the categories, as well as contributing to new product groups and improving the customer experience to deliver growth.
• Creating business plans for new opportunities and developing and executing project plans for the launch of new features, incorporating merchandising and pricing strategies.
• Working cross-functionally with counterparts across in-stock management, marketing, finance, and retail systems to operate and grow the business.
• Continually improving and automating manual processes to enable the team to scale better as the business grows.

Our humble expectations*

• Experience in a grocery retail, key account management/consulting environment with a proven track record of delivering results. 
• Experience in ultra fresh categories; e.g. fruits and vegetables, fresh meat is a plus.
• Experience in category management.
• Strong communication skills and experience negotiating with internal and external stakeholders. 
• Strong analytical skills. 
• Ability to think both strategically and operationally with an eye for detail.
• Full professional proficiency in Romanian and English.