Job Detail
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Job ID 33795
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Career Level Intermediate
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Experience 5-9 Years
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Gender Male Female
Job Description
Talabat presently has a job opening for suitably qualified and experienced candidate for position of a Assistant Category Manager (F&V) in Dubai. This is an Intermediate level full time role. For this position salary ranges from 10000-20000 AED, which may be slightly negotiable during the interview process.
Responsibilities of Assistant Category Manager
- Full Ownership over the category management role in terms of Assortments, Pricing, Offers and Supply.
- Create and implement Field buying plans to ensure that the Category acquires the best products at the most competitive prices.
- 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.
- Lead field negotiations with suppliers to secure the best terms and conditions, optimizing cost, delivery, and quality.
- Assortment:
- Ensuring cost efficiency across their consumers that meets their needs/wants.
- ensuring only the highest quality products are purchased, compliant with company standards, industry grading, and food safety regulations.
- Defining and maintaining the local assortment and integrating the basic assortment for the department/categories.(Daily).
- Selecting local suppliers, negotiating and purchasing in line with expected needs guided by standards such as cost price, discounts, rebates, payment terms, discounts, etc.
- Providing regional teams with information regarding products and quantities needed for international and regional contracts. (Daily).
- Price:
- Negotiating with suppliers to secure advantageous deals that enhance their product range, pricing structures, and overall supply chain effectiveness.
- 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 forecasting/relevant reordering information to replenishment.
- Developing the country promotion calendar.(Planning & negotiating seasonal Promotions)
- 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.
Requirements for Role of Assistant Category Manager
- Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Marketing, Supply Chain Management, or a related field.
- At least 5+ years of experience in progressive development and management of multiple product categories, matured by working for large retailers (Fresh Produce), in an international setting.
- Proven experience in strategic procurement, buying, or supply chain management.
Skills And Knowledge Desired
- Very detail-oriented, structured and know how to prioritize — Cconsider yourself as someone who delivers solutions and not bottlenecks to be solved.
- Willing to do anything necessary for the project to succeed, including working on the warehouse floor when they are short staffed to making a customer delivery, or to take customer calls. No job is too insignificant, no detail is too small for them.
- Able to interact with senior-level executives and can manage the expectations of multiple stakeholders. Someone energized by the unknown and look forward to learning each day on the job. Have excellent analytical and communication skills, and always like to be hands-on with several tools.
- Have excellent analytical and communication skills, and always like to be hands-on with several tools.
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