Private Label and Exclusive Brands Category Manager

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**Overview** This role at Dis-Chem Pharmacies is for a Private Label and Exclusive Brands Category Manager. The manager is responsible for driving the performance and development of private label and exclusive brands, translating strategic direction into actionable category plans, and ensuring the product portfolio is competitive, innovative, and profitable. The position involves managing category-level portfolio performance, overseeing the product innovation pipeline, and ensuring brand relevance, differentiation, and commercial competitiveness. **What you will do** * Drive the performance and development of private label and exclusive brands. * Translate strategic direction set by the Private Label and Exclusive Brands Head into actionable category plans. * Ensure the portfolio delivers competitive, innovative, and profitable products. * Manage category-level portfolio performance. * Oversee the execution of the product innovation pipeline. * Ensure private label and exclusive brands remain relevant, differentiated, and commercially competitive. * Own private label and exclusive brands' commercial performance, including sales growth, margin delivery, and portfolio profitability. * Define and lead the private label and exclusive brands’ strategy, portfolio architecture, and growth priorities across categories. * Identify opportunities for innovation, range expansion, and customer value creation within private label and exclusive brands. * Provide guidance and direction to the Private Label Brand Manager, ensuring effective execution of category plans. * Ensure cross-functional alignment to support product development, launch planning, and category growth. * Support the Private Label and Exclusive Brands Head in driving portfolio performance and brand development across categories. * Ensure private label and exclusive brands within the category comply with quality, regulatory, and governance standards. * Ensure commercial discipline in pricing, margin tracking, and product availability. **Requirements (from the original advert)** * Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, Supply Chain, or a related field OR 5-7 years’ experience in private label, FMCG brand management, or product development leadership. * Experience in managing category-level brand portfolios and driving commercial performance. * Advantageous: Leadership experience. **Who should apply** This role is suited for a professional with a strong commercial and category management background, capable of translating strategic direction into practical execution. The ideal candidate will have experience in managing brand portfolios and driving commercial performance, particularly within private label, FMCG brand management, or product development. They should possess strong collaboration and stakeholder management skills, a deep understanding of brand and product development, and the ability to ensure compliance with quality, regulatory, and governance standards. Experience in leadership is also advantageous. **Deadline** 22nd October, 2026 **Reference** Original posting: https://www.myjobmag.co.za/job/private-label-and-exclusive-brands-category-manager-dis-chem-pharmacies Source: myjobmag

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