Category Manager

Role summary:

You’ll own the commercial performance of one or more product categories on Grubss — shaping, assortment, pricing, supplier relationships, product content and promotions to grow category revenue, margin and customer satisfaction across our marketplace.

Key responsibilities:

● Assortment & Merchandising: Define SKU mix, lifecycle (launch, grow, prune), and merchandising hierarchy for your category to maximise conversion and AOV.

● Supplier & Sourcing Management: Identify, onboard and maintain relationships with suppliers and distributors; negotiate price, payment terms, and promotional support.

● Pricing & Promotions: Set competitive pricing, plan/promote offers and coordinate flash sales / marketplace campaigns to hit weekly & monthly targets.

● Product Content & SEO: Own product titles, descriptions, specs, images and on-site SEO so listings convert and reduce returns.

● Inventory & Demand Planning: Work with operations to maintain healthy stock levels, reduce OOS, and improve fill-rate through forecasting and reorder triggers.

● Data & Performance Analysis: Use weekly/monthly dashboards to track GMV, margin, sell-through, conversion, returns and take corrective action.

● Cross-functional execution: Coordinate with marketing, operations, supply chain, customer support and finance to deliver launches and promotional calendars.

● Competitive & Market Research: Monitor competitor prices, new products and shopper behavior to inform assortment and pricing decisions.

Required qualifications & experience:

● Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, Supply Chain, Economics or related field.

● 2–3 years experience in e-commerce, retail or FMCG category/merchandising role (marketplaces experience is a plus).

● Strong analytical skills — comfortable with Excel (pivot tables), Google Sheets, basic SQL or BI tools to derive insights.

● Practical experience with product listing platforms (Shopify/WooCommerce/Magento) or marketplace seller consoles.

● Excellent negotiation and vendor management skills; results-driven and customer oriented.

Technical & desirable skills:

● Familiarity with Google Analytics, basic CRO practices (A/B testing), and SEO for product pages.

● Experience with inventory/ERP systems, or exposure to forecasting tools.

● Comfortable working with cross-functional teams and remote/agency partners.

Behaviours we want:

● Data-driven, decisive and outcome-focused.

● Commercially savvy with a bias for experimentation and fast iteration.

● Strong communicator: able to influence suppliers and internal stakeholders.

● Attention to detail (content, pricing, promos) and ownership mentality.

What We'll Offer:

● A fast-growth marketplace environment — strong learning curve across sourcing, operations and digital merchandising.

● Clear impact: direct ownership of category performance and visibility to leadership.

● Competitive Dubai compensation package, plus learning opportunities.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: AED8,000.00 - AED10,000.00 per month