EESI Philippines
Category Manager
Posted Oct 12, 2026
🌟 We're Hiring: Category Manager! 🌟
Lead the Growth of a High-Potential Health & Wellness Category
We are looking for an experienced and commercially driven Category Manager – Supplements to lead the growth and development of our Supplements category.
This role will be responsible for category strategy, product portfolio management, supplier partnerships, commercial negotiations, pricing, inventory, and promotional activities**. The ideal candidate combines strong business acumen with a good understanding of the vitamins, supplements, wellness, and sports nutrition market.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Category Strategy & Growth
Develop and execute strategies to grow the Supplements category and achieve sales and profit targets. Identify market opportunities, emerging trends, and new product opportunities. Analyze category performance and recommend actions to improve sales, margins, and profitability.
Product & Portfolio Management
Manage the product assortment across vitamins, minerals, sports nutrition, and wellness supplements. Evaluate product performance and recommend new product launches or SKU rationalization. Work closely with suppliers and internal teams to ensure the right products are available at the right time.
Supplier & Commercial Management
Source and develop relationships with local and international suppliers and brand principals. Lead negotiations on pricing, discounts, rebates, payment terms, MOQs, and marketing support. Monitor supplier performance, product availability, lead times, quality, and compliance requirements.
Inventory & Business Performance
Work closely with Supply Chain and Finance to maintain healthy inventory levels. Monitor stock movement, slow-moving items, and near-expiry products. Prepare and present reports covering sales, margins, inventory, product performance, and supplier performance.
Marketing & Retail Execution
Partner with Marketing and Operations to develop promotions, campaigns, and merchandising initiatives. Support product knowledge and training programs for store teams. Ensure products are effectively positioned and promoted across relevant sales channels.
QUALIFICATIONS
Bachelor’s Degree in Pharmacy, Nutrition, Food Science, Business, Marketing, or a related field. At least 3–5 years of experience in Category Management, Retail, FMCG, Pharmacy, Consumer Healthcare, Wellness, or Distribution. Experience managing supplements, vitamins, sports nutrition, or wellness products is highly preferred. Strong experience in supplier management and commercial negotiations. Good understanding of pricing, margins, inventory management, and category performance. Strong analytical, communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills. Highly organized, proactive, commercially minded, and results-oriented.
IDEAL CANDIDATE
We are looking for someone who is not only able to manage a category, but can actively grow the business—someone who understands the market, builds strong supplier relationships, identifies opportunities, and turns data and consumer trends into commercial results.
If you are passionate about health, wellness, and retail and are ready to take ownership of a growing category, we would like to hear from you.
If you're ready to take your career to the next level, apply now! 🚀 Let's succeed together!
Role snapshot
Job type
Full-time
mark.segovia@eesiphilippines.com
Required skills
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