Category Management Assistant / Specialist
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Role Overview
Quantum Sport Analytics is seeking a commercially focused and analytical Category Management Assistant or Specialist.
The role supports the full category-management lifecycle from market and customer analysis through assortment planning, supplier engagement, promotions, performance monitoring, and improvement.
The position is based in the United Arab Emirates and is fully remote.
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The Role
Quantum Sport Analytics is seeking a commercially focused and analytical Category Management Assistant or Specialist.
The role supports the full category-management lifecycle from market and customer analysis through assortment planning, supplier engagement, promotions, performance monitoring, and improvement.
The position is based in the United Arab Emirates and is fully remote.
Category Management
- Support category strategies, assortment planning, product selection, category reviews, seasonal planning, launches, and range optimisation.
- Analyze sales, profitability, market trends, customer behavior, product performance, competitor activity, and category KPIs.
- Support pricing analysis, promotional planning, campaign reviews, markdowns, and competitor-price monitoring.
- Coordinate category execution with Buying, Merchandising, Retail, E-commerce, Marketing, Procurement, Supply Chain, Inventory, and Finance teams.
Suppliers, Products, and Inventory
- Support supplier and vendor reviews, product proposals, commercial discussions, and business updates.
- Maintain accurate supplier, product, SKU, pricing, assortment, category, and planning databases.
- Monitor inventory levels and identify shortages, excess inventory, assortment gaps, and replenishment opportunities.
- Support demand planning, allocation, replenishment, new product evaluation, onboarding, range reviews, and product lifecycle management.
Reporting and Improvement
- Prepare category reports, dashboards, presentations, forecasts, business reviews, and management summaries.
- Track sales growth, margin, market share, sell-through, inventory turnover, availability, promotional ROI, SKU productivity, supplier performance, and profitability.
- Identify opportunities to improve category processes, reporting, product selection, supplier performance, pricing, promotions, and customer experience.
Ideal Candidate
- Experience in category management, merchandising, buying, retail analytics, assortment planning, commercial analysis, supplier management, or product management is required.
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including PivotTables, lookups, formulas, data analysis, and reporting, are required.
- Familiarity with ERP, POS, merchandising, inventory-management, BI, or category-planning systems is advantageous.
- Strong analytical, numerical, commercial, communication, stakeholder-management, and problem-solving skills are required.
- Strong written and verbal English communication is required; Arabic is an advantage.
- The candidate must be able to work independently in a fully remote, internationally distributed environment.
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