Regional Category Manager - Private Label

Role Summary

Were looking for a Regional Category Manager Private Label to join the team and focus on growing our own Grocery Store tMart which is the regions first cloud store concept offering 30minutedelivery of groceries at hypermarket prices. The service has expanded rapidly across Kuwait UAE Qatar Jordan Bahrain Egypt Oman and Iraq!

Whats On Your Plate

Managing PL portfolio at the regional level (responsibility for sales profitability availability inventory strong
presence of the portfolio in the app)
Leading countries in managing local PL suppliers full responsibility over regional/international PL suppliers
sourcing new potential suppliers while extending the portfolios
Leading private label development process for new items (assortment selection suppliers sourcing
packaging creation and launch preparation): multiple projects in multiple countries at the same time

Necessary skill set:
(A) Category Management
Strong understanding of Commercial 4Ps (Pricing Promotion Presentation Product)
Strong analytical skills monitoring of PL portfolio performance for the whole region (sales profitability
availability inventories etc.) extracting insights from the data to improve and optimize PL performance
across the region (action plan recommendations for local markets)
Easiness to work with the data & various data tools and easiness of presenting data in a compelling/concise
way.
Suppliers management (negotiations onboarding maintaining good relations) both local and international
suppliers

(B) Brand Building
Strong project management skills due to leading private label development process for new items
Ability to work efficiently with external creative agency (packaging creation)
Assuring maintenance of a consistent brand image of PL portfolio across the region (packaging standards
communication/promotional standards etc.) keeping local markets in line with regional guidelines
(C) Others
Great eye for details while managing new PL items development processes (lots of steps grasping
knowledge from different areas like legal quality design)
Impeccable time management skills in order to push all the projects efficiently and make sure that other
stakeholders involved are following agreed timelines
Arabic speaker would be a big help in checking Arabic language used on the labels of all PL items
This role should:
Based on sales data take actions to optimize/uplift the PL portfolios performance in each of the local
markets
Based on the service level and inventory stocks (final product & packaging) take actions to optimize the
logistics and make sure that we never run out of stock
Analyze communication/promotional activities and take actions to optimize them share best practices
across the region
Create and execute different negotiations strategies to assure manufacturers for all PL project (we are still
a growing business with limited volumes to secure so it can be very challenging to find suppliers willing to
be flexible in the areas that are crucial for us core example MOQs)

What Did We Order

This role needs very good communicational skills:
The exposure to multiple external (local & international suppliers creative agency etc.) and internal
stakeholders
Indirectly leading a crossfunctional team to achieve set targets
Ability to influence others in order to facilitate and achieve targets better and faster
Leading local markets and making sure they are in line with all the regional guidelines so being able to
precisely and concisely explain things is crucial.
You are very detailoriented structured and know how to prioritize you consider yourself as someone who
delivers solutions and not bottlenecks to be solved.
You are someone energized by the unknown and look forward to learning each day on the job.
Language skills: Fluent English and Arabic.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Fulltime