Vuk Vukanic

Experience

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  ANDRAX NK D.O.O.

  Dec 2005 - Feb 2022

  - Directing commercial endeavors in the company. Developing, planning and implementing commercial plans and strategies;- Performings a key role in developing partnership relationships with key suppliers whilst supporting the delivery of the commercial plan;- Responsible for all finished goods procurement;- Managing the category and marketing team in the delivery of share targets across the organization;- Responsible for managing advertising efforts and interacting with staff and external individuals to increase brand loyalty and awareness; - Scope: Brand management, Shopper Activation, Category, including NPD & Innovation, PL, procurement and strategic planning. Show less - Managing the range of product categories, being responsible for the pricing and overall promotion of product categories;- Analyzing data or insights to determine market and consumer trends regarding the product and category;- Creating and developing a strategic long-term plan for the development of the category, and an exit strategy for the unsuccessful products;- Building and driving relationships with key vendors to improve pricing and quality of services;- Leading category management projects to optimize ranges and the related merchandising, and placing appropriate orders to ensure product availability; - Managing budget development and revenue for the category;- Developing strong working relationships within buying, marketing and merchandising teams;- Managing and leading category manager team Show less

  • Commercial Director

    Mar 2020 - Feb 2022

  • Head of Category Management

    May 2014 - Feb 2020

  • Wholesale Manager

    Jan 2007 - Apr 2014

  • Warehouse Manager

    Mar 2006 - Dec 2006

  • Shop Assistant in Retail

    Dec 2005 - Feb 2006
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  SCB HoReCa distribution

  Mar 2022 - Sept 2022

  Head Of Retail Business Development

  -Developing a retail strategy that supports segment priorities and introduce an implementation plan that supports a strategy that is measurable-Monitoring the performance of the retail business and develop key priorities in line with performance-Fully responsible for the trading margin budget-Developing a clear merchandising strategy for retail services-Identifying opportunities for growth and new business investments-Attending the monthly financial reviews to present the monthly results in relation to the set goals and to list the actions needed to improve performance-Achieve an optimal trade margin through a detailed analysis of the performance of the category on a unit-by-unit basis-Managing of assortment and category-Developing sales and marketing acitivites with key suppliers-Developing business expansion in retail segment Show less

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  KOPRA d.o.o.

  Jul 2022 - now

  -Supervising and managing administrative and finanical part of projects-Preparing financial reports for presentation to management-Making a comparison of actual and planned costs and revenues-Creating and implementing an integrated management system-Communicating and developing relationships with suppliers and partners-Maintains relations with other sectors-Cost optimization at the level of all company departments-Monitoring of procurement flows and analysing of bids-Market and competition monitoring Show less

  • Commercial Director

    Jul 2023 - now

  • Head Of Commercial Department

    Jul 2022 - Jun 2023