Our Business Unit
Boost Collectibles is responsible for the development and execution of retail marketing campaigns, loyalty promotions for the world’s biggest retailers, especially international food-retailers.
We offer a wide range of short-term collectibles promotions and instant reward programs aimed at different groups of shoppers: Kids, adults and families and services such as: Kids Collectibles and Family and Lifestyle.
Our strength lies in our ability to produce multi-million unit volumes within the shortest possible timeframes, ensuring that our partners can rely on us for fast, high-quality execution at scale. At the same time, we continuously drive innovation, for example, by developing products made from recycled materials to meet the growing demand for sustainable solutions.
Your responsibilities with us
A Category Manager brings together the responsibilities of managing a category of products and overseeing the development and lifecycle of specific products. This role requires strategic oversight of both the market positioning and performance of a category while also diving deep into the technical and business aspects of individual products. In addition, this role facilitates collaboration with cross-functional teams to bring products from concept to market successfully.
- Translate sales requests into structured briefings in collaboration with design , Quality ,SHO sourcing/supplier and other cross-functional teams
- Consolidate all inputs from cross functional team in a structured way and Ensure all data is verified, up to date and complete before sending to PM/sales/logistics (offer sheet, retro planning, product specs )
- Regular contact with all sales to understand needs and upcoming pitches
- Work with studio, quality and SHO sourcing/Supplier on the development of new carriers/concepts
- Collect all legal wise input from QA and product specs from SHO sourcing/supplier for package development
- Lead the entire product lifecycle for specific products, from ideation and development to launch and ongoing management which includes IP validation to eliminate infringement risk
- Manage timelines, budgets, and resources to ensure successful product development and launch
- Coordinate with cross functional team in project to ensure approval of PPS sample for confirmed projects which supply from China and handover when
- Analyze market trends, consumer behaviour, and competitor activity to identify growth opportunities within the category toys and plush
- Manage the category’s P&L, ensuring cost-effective product development and pricing strategies that maximize profitability
- Identify and evaluate new opportunities for innovation or expansion within the product category
- Supplier visit when it is necessary and maintain relationships with existing suppliers and build relationship with new suppliers
- Joint decision on supplier selection for confirmed projects by involving supplier qualification process
- Set up PO and launch via teams
- Overseeing all procurement activities, including price negotiations (for outside China supplier), terms of conditions, and competitive price benchmarking in order to get optimal supplier for confirmed project
- Identify new product from your category and send request to sourcing to explore new suppliers
- Enrich and maintain supplier date base for your category
About us
Boost is the leading full-service provider for marketing and sales services. We supply creative concepts and effective sales tools for shopper marketing, collectibles’ promotions and loyalty programs. We activate brands and shoppers to boost sales and create loyal customers, adopting an innovative approach and going the extra mile for our clients. We are making loyalty more sustainable.
Our involvement begins at the drawing board, ends on the shopfloor, and seeks to create a buzz among shoppers. Our customers benefit as we help attract new shoppers and increase levels of spending and visits immediately. With offices in Switzerland, China, Italy, Germany, France and the Benelux, Boost provides services in 15 countries to more than 150 different premium brands and retailers.
Our team spirit values are Respect, Reliability, Flexibility, Passion, Innovation and Teamwork. As we grow, expand our services, enter new markets, recruit new talent and face new challenges, these team spirit values guide us in our behavior, co-operation and the decisions and actions we take every day.
