Category Manager FMCG
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
As Category Manager, you'll work with selected Brands to help drive growth and help deliver a best-in-class customer experience on , while facilitating great business relationships with some of Souq's top brands.
Responsible for looking after a brand’s product portfolio, contributing to improvements in the user experience for customers and creating detailed monthly reports on performance. You’ll lead presentations and planning sessions with vendors and act as the main point of contact for them.
Provide support to drive category growth through detailed analysis of business inefficiencies and identifying solutions; proposing changes to operational processes; driving a high standard in customer satisfaction; ensuring high-quality product detail pages; and making recommendations for effective marketing campaigns.
To achieve success in this role, you will have strong analytical, relationship management and organizational skills. You will also be comfortable picking up new technologies. You'll be an analytics expert, identifying problem areas and then creating plans to find resolutions, with the ability to pick up new skills quickly. You'll have strong communication skills and a proven track record of building positive working relationships.
Category Manager will typically work internally with Merchandising, Category and procurement team with below alignment.
JOB REQUIREMENTS
Online Merchandising: improving product page data, developing marketing and merchandising plans, improving customer experience onsite, helping generating traffic and sales
Vendor management: help growing selection of products on , onboarding new vendors, identifying and resolving pricing issues
In-stock management: tracking purchase orders, investigating late deliveries, resolving order rejections, working with vendors on PO automation.
CORE COMPETENCIES
Strong Analytical and excel skills.
Experience in marketing, negotiating or FMCG category management is a plus
Analytical skills and high computer literacy, with ability to learn new systems quickly
Previous experience in a client-facing role
Confidence in communicating both internally and externally
Strong commercial awareness
Demonstrable ability to think on your feet and make smart decisions
Planning, prioritization and time-management skills
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As Category Manager, you'll work with selected Brands to help drive growth and help deliver a best-in-class customer experience on , while facilitating great business relationships with some of Souq's top brands.
Responsible for looking after a brand’s product portfolio, contributing to improvements in the user experience for customers and creating detailed monthly reports on performance. You’ll lead presentations and planning sessions with vendors and act as the main point of contact for them.
Provide support to drive category growth through detailed analysis of business inefficiencies and identifying solutions; proposing changes to operational processes; driving a high standard in customer satisfaction; ensuring high-quality product detail pages; and making recommendations for effective marketing campaigns.
To achieve success in this role, you will have strong analytical, relationship management and organizational skills. You will also be comfortable picking up new technologies. You'll be an analytics expert, identifying problem areas and then creating plans to find resolutions, with the ability to pick up new skills quickly. You'll have strong communication skills and a proven track record of building positive working relationships.
Category Manager will typically work internally with Merchandising, Category and procurement team with below alignment.
JOB REQUIREMENTS
Online Merchandising: improving product page data, developing marketing and merchandising plans, improving customer experience onsite, helping generating traffic and sales
Vendor management: help growing selection of products on , onboarding new vendors, identifying and resolving pricing issues
In-stock management: tracking purchase orders, investigating late deliveries, resolving order rejections, working with vendors on PO automation.
CORE COMPETENCIES
Strong Analytical and excel skills.
Experience in marketing, negotiating or FMCG category management is a plus
Analytical skills and high computer literacy, with ability to learn new systems quickly
Previous experience in a client-facing role
Confidence in communicating both internally and externally
Strong commercial awareness
Demonstrable ability to think on your feet and make smart decisions
Planning, prioritization and time-management skills
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