Buying & Category Management
CATMANDO gets the best out of all business cooperation!
Need extra knowledge to seize commercial opportunities? Lack of time to properly build that new product range?Need a network to find the right customers or suppliers? Or just a temporary shortage of purchasing power?
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Are you a retailer, importer or manufacturer with a purchasing or assortment challenge? Then I would like to make an appointment to discuss the possibilities for cooperation. Professional assortments, solid results and constructieve collaborations... that's what gives me energy!
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I am specialized in Purchasing, Sourcing and Category Management, but I’m also open for strategical projects or issues that are less easy to categorize.
Learn more? Please feel free to click around and contact me.
– Jakob Gerrits – CATMANDO –
Services
general MANAGEMENT
Ambitious plans, but you don't know where to find the right candidate?
You are looking for a pragmatic person with entrepreneurial spirit, financial knowledge and someone who knows what trading is about?
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​-I like to find out what I can do for you and I easily make connections between different disciplines within the organization –
buying MANAGEMENT
Are you working with the right suppliers? Are you missing an important partner? How do you get the best results from your supplier conversations? Or … maybe you are simply short of hands due to sick or pregnancy leave or overwhelming sales success?​
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-I am “plug and play” to jump in for all purchasing issues, especially when it is getting difficult –
CATEGORY MANAGEMENT
How to attract more customers through spectacular promotions? How to be sure that you get the optimal yield from your store meters and that you do not disappoint customers? How to get rid of your slow movers? How to determine and record the importance of the different categories for your company and above all…. How to make it happen?
-Category Management has become a mature profession and deserves continuous attention. I oversee the entire process starting from production to after sales at the consumer. –
product MANAGEMENT
Do you have a product idea, but no time to get it realized? Do you have the right customers for it or do you just not know how to produce it? Which marketing elements do you need to be able to make that big hit? Putting all these puzzle pieces together for a successful product launch requires collaboration with diverse disciplines
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-Every product in the market has been thought of in this way. I am happy to help you realizing your ideas, from the drawing board to the display in the store. –
sourcing
Searching reliable production sources is of strategic importance. In addition to constructive cooperation with existing suppliers, the constant urge to improve working methods and conditions is essential.
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-I am happy to help you find new contacts, new production possibilities and smarter collaborations. With factory visits, fairs in Europe or even deep in the interior of China.-
sales
"There is a booth available at the Hong Kong fair" or "who should we send to Frankfurt during the busy fair period?" International trade is full of opportunities for many companies and it is often necessary to act quickly.
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-With my 25 years of exhibition experience, I know very well what a buyer is looking for, how he or she thinks and how the business works -
