Category Specialist

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Prague
In-Office
Mid level
Food
The Role
As a Category Specialist, you'll manage non-food category performance, supplier relationships, and reporting while optimizing assortment and trading strategies.
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About Wolt

At Wolt, we create technology that brings joy, simplicity and earnings to the neighborhoods of the world. In 2014 we started with delivery of restaurant food. Now we’re building the delivery of (almost) everything and you’ll find us in over 500 cities in 30 countries around the world. In 2022 we joined forces with DoorDash and together we keep on dreaming big and expanding across the globe.
Working at Wolt isn’t always easy, but it’s definitely exciting. Here you’ll learn more, build more, and ship more than in most other companies. You’ll be challenged a lot, but also have a lot of fun on the way. So, if you’re a self-starter with drive and entrepreneurial spirit, this could be the ride of your life.

As a Wolt Market Category Specialist you support the team with category performance across different categories. You will help with setting up the assortment, trading plan and all supplier relationships for selected categories. You will have to work closely with our stores to ensure that we have the right assortment at every location, and with our supply chain specialists to ensure that we are always in stock, as well as with our retail partners to ensure we are constantly optimizing our trading performance. You will also work closely with data teams to define and develop all necessary reporting, data models, tools and products to drive category performance in local stores.

In this role, you’ll get a lot of help and support on the way, but are also expected to be an amazing independent manager with an exceptional ability to execute every single day.

What you’ll be doing
  • Analyses and reporting regarding categories and products performance
  • Listing of new products, managing data related to suppliers and products in selection, constantly update it at a store level to meet customer needs
  • Reporting on the business, along with contributing to driving projects and trading strategy to achieve business goals.
  • Participating in effective negotiations with suppliers to establish joint goals, improve cost structure, and sustainably grow the P&L.
  • Execute key tasks such as campaigns, pricing and category projects .
  • Work cross-functionally with counterparts across in-stock management, marketing, finance, and retail systems to operate and grow the business.
  • Continually improve and automate manual processes to enable you and your team to scale better as the business grows.
Our humble expectations
  • Bachelor’s degree in Economics or a related field
  • 1+ years of experience in category management, preferably within the FMCG sector.
  • Strong analytical skills with intermediate proficiency in Excel and/or Google Sheets.
  • A commercial mindset with the ability to balance growth, profitability, and operational efficiency.
  • Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and negotiation skills.
  • Fluency in Czech language and professional working proficiency in English

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

We’re committed to growing and empowering a more inclusive community within our company, industry, and cities. That’s why we hire and cultivate diverse teams of people from all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We believe that true innovation happens when everyone has room at the table and the tools, resources, and opportunity to excel.

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The Company
HQ: Helsinki
8,287 Employees
Year Founded: 2014

What We Do

Wolt is a Helsinki-based technology company that provides an online platform for consumers, merchants and couriers. It connects people looking to order food and other goods with people interested in selling and delivering them. To enable this, Wolt develops a wide range of technologies from local logistics to retail software and financial solutions – as well as operating its own grocery stores under the Wolt Market brand.

Wolt’s products include Wolt+ (subscription service for customers), Wolt for Work (meal benefits and office deliveries for companies), Wolt Drive (fast last-mile deliveries for merchants) and Wolt Self-Delivery (service for merchant partners with their own delivery staff). Wolt’s mission is to make cities better by empowering and growing local communities. Wolt was founded in 2014 and joined forces with DoorDash in 2022. DoorDash operates in 29 countries today, 25 of which are with the Wolt product and brand.

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