Assistant Category Manager (Fresh Food)

talabat

Posted on 28 Aug

Experience

5 - 7 Years

Job Location

Egypt - Egypt

Education

Any Graduation

Nationality

Any Nationality

Gender

Not Mentioned

Vacancy

1 Vacancy

Job Description

Roles & Responsibilities

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 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.

Desired Candidate Profile

  • You have strong Fresh Food category management knowledge
  • You 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.
  • You have built teams and led cross-functional projects at scale.
  • 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 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. No job is too insignificant, no detail is too small for you.
  • You are able to interact with senior-level executives and can manage the expectations of multiple stakeholders. You are someone energized by the unknown and look forward to learning each day on the job. You have excellent analytical and communication skills, and always like to be hands-on with several tools.
  • You have excellent analytical and communication skills, and always like to be hands-on with several tools.
  • Additionally, you have robust interpersonal and intercultural skills. You can inspire several teams and stakeholders to rally behind a mission.
  • Language skills: Fluent English and Arabic.

Company Industry

Department / Functional Area

Keywords

  • Assistant Category Manager (Fresh Food)

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