Delivery Hero
Internet
AssistantCategoryManager
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“Assistant Category Manager at Delivery Hero. Skills: category management, assortments, pricing, promotions, supply chain, vendor management, stakeholder management, cross-functional coordination, analytical skills, communication skills. Full Ownership over the category management role in terms of Assortments, Pricing, Offers and Supply. Responsible for monitoring economic performance of the assigned departments /categories across sales, gross margin, profit and loss and consistency with the comp”
What You'll Achieve.
growing our own Grocery Store “tMart”; 30-minute delivery of groceries at hypermarket prices; monitoring economic performance of the assigned departments /categories across sales, gross margin, profit and loss and consistency with the company's commercial strategy; Ensuring proper implementation of the commercial strategy and strategic guidelines; Ensuring cost efficiency across our consumers that meets their needs/wants; Following up and ensuring effective execution of all activities required for each promotional event; Analyzing and providing inputs for more effective promotional activities
Industry & Context.
know how to prioritize; delivers solutions and not bottlenecks to be solved; excellent analytical skills
willing to do anything necessary for the project to succeed, including working on the warehouse floor when you are short staffed to make a customer delivery, or to take customer calls
What They're Looking For.
Must 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, built teams and led cross-functional projects at scale, very detail-oriented, structured and know how to prioritize, willing to do anything necessary for the project to succeed, including working on the warehouse floor when you are short staffed to make a customer delivery, or to take customer calls, able to interact with senior-level executives and can manage the expectations of multiple stakeholders, energized by the unknown and look forward to learning each day on the job, excellent analytical and communication skills, always like to be hands-on with several tools, robust interpersonal and intercultural skills, can inspire several teams and stakeholders to rally behind a mission, Fluent English and Arabic
What You'll Do.
Full Ownership over the category management role in terms of Assortments
Responsible for monitoring economic performance of the assigned departments /categories across sales
profit and loss and consistency with the company's commercial strategy
Ensuring proper implementation of the commercial strategy and strategic guidelines
including categories plan and pricing strategy
Providing input to the Ops team flows
Reviewing and resolving any issues with local suppliers
Ensuring cost efficiency across our consumers that meets their needs/wants
Defining and maintaining the local assortment and integrating the basic assortment for the department/categories
Providing regional teams with information regarding products and quantities needed for international and regional contracts
Selecting local suppliers
negotiating and purchasing in line with expected needs guided by standards such as cost price
Pricing the items based on pricing guidelines and recommended prices for PL/Imported items
Collecting market prices and conducting country price audits
Identifying local promo products and pricing each item and submitting forecasting/relevant reordering information to replenishment
Developing the country promotion calendar
Following up and ensuring effective execution of all activities required for each promotional event
Analyzing and providing inputs for more effective promotional activities such as consumer preferences
local competitors and trends
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
built teams and led cross-functional projects at scale; able to interact with senior-level executives and can manage the expectations of multiple stakeholders; robust interpersonal and intercultural skills; can inspire several teams and stakeholders to rally behind a mission; Providing input to the Ops team
Communication Scope
excellent communication skills
Process & Methodology
led cross-functional projects at scale
Full Job Description
Talabat is part of the Delivery Hero Group, the world’s pioneering local delivery platform, our mission is to deliver an amazing experience—fast, easy, and to your door. We operate in around 65 countries worldwide. Headquartered in Berlin, Germany. Delivery Hero has been listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange since 2017 and is part of the MDAX stock market index. Role Summary Focus on growing our own Grocery Store “tMart”, which is the region’s first cloud store concept offering 30-minute delivery of groceries at hypermarket prices. The service has expanded rapidly across Kuwait, UAE, Qatar, Jordan, Bahrain, Egypt, Oman and Iraq! What's on your plate? * Full Ownership over the category management role in terms of Assortments, Pricing, Offers and Supply. * Responsible for monitoring economic performance of the assigned departments /categories across sales, gross margin, profit and loss and consistency with the company's commercial strategy. * Ensuring proper implementation of the commercial strategy and strategic guidelines, including categories plan and pricing strategy. * Providing input to the Ops team flows, adjacencies, tools and templates, fixtures, etc. * Reviewing and resolving any issues with local suppliers. * Assortment: * Ensuring cost efficiency across our consumers that meets their needs/wants. * Defining and maintaining the local assortment and integrating the basic assortment for the department/categories. * Providing regional teams with information regarding products and quantities needed for international and regional contracts. * Selecting local suppliers, negotiating and purchasing in line with expected needs guided by standards such as cost price, discounts, rebates, payment terms, discounts, etc. * Price: * Pricing the items based on pricing guidelines and recommended prices for PL/Imported items. * Collecting market prices and conducting country price audits. * Promos: * Identifying local promo products and pricing each item and submitting fore
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