Sr. Category Manager

Role Summary

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

Whats On Your Plate

• Lead within the team on developing a pricing strategy that meets our objectives by country
• Lead on identifying our target competitors collecting retail audits Setting the pricing matrix and support on testing and analyzing results 
• Lead on Assortment Guidelines ( Breadth & Depth) 
• Lead on SKU Limit Brand Limit by category depending on Different Category Roles
• Develop reports to assess the performance of the categories covering low performing items GMROI Potential categories for assortment increase/ decrease Cohorts & Csat scores.
• Do regular maintenance for the pricing strategies and resolve items with margin erosion and items that jeopardize our price perception 
• Lead on Identifying Brands that are Available in Targeted players in the market that might fit Tmarts Concept and target customers 
• Perform category performance reviews by doing proper category rationalization exercises to identify items that need to be closed out and categories that require more listings 
• Work with team by identifying category roles and item roles by taking into consideration different market dynamics and consumer behaviours 
• Lead discussions with price scrapping providers to enhance results and data accuracy 
• Evaluate compliance with the pricing strategy based on pricing tools and guidelines 
• Lead on implementing the promo trade plans and identify regional events 
• Lead with marketing teams on communication channels for campaigns to reach existing and new customers 
• Lead on assessing the performance & ROI of each campaign and support them on taking proper decisions 
• Set proper targets for promo contribution depending on market dynamics and company objectives

Qualifications :

What Did We Order 

• You have at least 5 years of experience in progressive development and management of multiple product categories matured by working for large retailers (FMCG) in an international setting.
• You have built teams and led cross-functional projects at scale.
• You are very detail-oriented structured and know how to prioritize -- you consider yourself as someone who delivers solutions and not bottlenecks to be solved.
• You are willing to do anything necessary for the project to succeed including working on the warehouse floor when you are short staffed to making a customer delivery or to take customer calls. No job is too insignificant no detail is too small for you.
• You are able to interact with senior-level executives and can manage the expectations of multiple stakeholders. You are someone energized by the unknown and look forward to learning each day on the job.
• You have excellent analytical and communication skills and always like to be hands-on with several tools.
• You have excellent analytical and communication skills and always like to be hands-on with several tools.
• Additionally you have robust interpersonal and intercultural skills. You can inspire several teams and stakeholders to rally behind a mission.
• Language skills: Fluent English and Arabic

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time