Category Manager - Private Label

Company Description

Job Description

• We’re looking for a Regional Category Manager – Private Label to join the team and focus on growing our own Grocery Store “tMart”, which is the region’s 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!
• **Qualifications** **What’s 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

(B) Brand Building

(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 portfolio's 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)
• **Additional Information** **What Did We Order?**
• Exposure to multiple external (local & international suppliers, creative agency etc.) and internal stakeholders
• Indirectly leading a cross-functional 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 detail-oriented, 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.