Category Manager

• Managing PL & Import portfolio at the National level (responsibility for sales performance, profitability, availability, inventory, in-app availability, and merchandising)
• Leading country in managing local PL & Import suppliers, full responsibility over suppliers relationship, sourcing new potential suppliers, while extending the portfolio
• Leading private label development & Import process for new items (assortment selection, suppliers sourcing, packaging creation, and launch preparation): multiple projects at the same time
• Necessary skill set:

(A) Category Management

• Strong understanding of Commercial 4Ps (Pricing, Promotion, Presentation, Product)
• Strong analytical skills - monitoring of import & PL portfolio performance for the whole country (sales, profitability, availability, inventories etc.), extracting insights from the data to improve and optimize PL performance across the country (action plan recommendations for local market)
• Easiness to work with the data & various data tools and ease of presenting data in a compelling/concise way.
• Suppliers management (negotiations, on-boarding, maintaining good relations) - both local and international suppliers

(B) Brand Building

• Strong project management skills related to import & 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 and country targets
• Knowledgeable of UAE import regulations and processes, able to register products with local Food & Non-Food authorities, managing relations with clearing agent.