Category Manager – Ambient Food Jobs In Dubai UAE 2023 - Careem

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    Careem Dubai, United Arab Emirates

    2 weeks ago

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    Category Manager – Ambient Food Jobs In Dubai UAE 2023 | CareemFor More Top Organization Jobs Click HereDescription:Careem Grocery is on a mission to reinvent the way people shop for grocery, pharmacy and retail products.

    As an exciting new vertical within Careem (a startup within a startup), we're in the early stages of building our product and have plenty of interesting and fundamental challenges to solve in order to achieve our ambitious growth goals in this burgeoning space.


    Responsibilities:
    Identify key consumer trends in online grocery /Q-commerce businessWork with the Head of Commercial on defining an actionable strategy for Category Management (assortment, category hierarchy, pricing and promotions) based on Careem Grocery commercial strategy and guidelinesStrive to continuously update and maintain assortment strategies to reflect market trends, local needs and preferences based on data-driven analysisEnsure that we have an updated assortment based on the Commercial team recommendationsWork with the BD team to buy and manage assortment by sourcing the best items and brands possible in order to provide the best experience for our customersWork across categories, with different internal category stakeholders, including food & non food productsCollaborate with various functions including commercial, supply chain and store operations teams


    Requirements:
    At least 4+ years of experience in the Food or Grocery/Fresh sector in Buying or Category Management .

    Time spent in tech or a start-up is a plusA strong understanding of the Middle East grocery/convenience market/hypermarket/supermarket and a willingness to disrupt the way it currently operatesExperience negotiating with business development partners, FMCG or brand owners.

    You will be proactively reaching out to brands to build a partnership.

    You are an excellent communicator with strong influencing skills and stellar stakeholder management – You can easily explain complex concepts to people of any levelGrittiness.

    You never hesitate to roll up your sleeves and address something hands-on, you persevere when others fall away

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