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noon

<div>
 
 
 About noon
 
 
 
 We&rsquo;re building an ecosystem of digital products and services that power everyday life across the Middle East&mdash;fast, scalable, and deeply customer-centric. Our mission is to deliver to every door every day. We want to redefine what technology can do in this region, and we&rsquo;re looking for a Category Manager who can help us move even faster.
 
 
 
 
 
 Noon&rsquo;s fastest hyper-local delivery platform, Noon Minutes, offers a localized assortment of FMCG &amp; grocery products with delivery within 15-minutes. Currently live across the UAE and Saudi Arabia, offering thousands of products to customers in record time.
 
 
 
 
 
 noon&rsquo;s mission: Every door, every day.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 What you&rsquo;ll do:
 
 
 
 We at noon are looking for talented category specialists to be a significant member of the Commercial team, serving multiple platforms across noon Group, with a strong bias for action and keen work ethic to exceed our already ambitious growth targets. As a category lead, you will:
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 Support the development of the overall category roadmap and vision, and directly take responsibility for achieving revenue and gross margin targets for relevant categories across multiple platforms at noon
 </li>
 <li>
 Define the optimal assortment, plan stock responsibly, drive pricing decisions for P&amp;L efficiencies while maintaining competitiveness, sourcing new brand partnerships and executing product launches
 </li>
 <li>
 Collaborate with vendors in your category to source marketing investments and ensure campaigns are executed to the highest standards, while working closely with the Ads team.
 </li>
 <li>
 Ensure customer experience is always at the forefront of all category decisions through a compelling assortment that is carefully curated to serve all relevant customer types, thoughtful in-app merchandising and best-in-class product content
 </li>
 <li>
 Implement the perfect consumer journeys through our host of channels by combining a deep understanding of the category and our customer base
 </li>
 <li>
 Develop long-standing relationships with distributors and brands to identify and address any gaps, increase consumer engagement through innovative campaigns, and drive adoption of noon&rsquo;s full suite of in-app and out of app tools
 </li>
 <li>
 Work seamlessly on cross-functional obligations (including, but not limited to, in-stock, operations, customer service, growth and legal teams) to continuously improve the platform and experience, utilizing data insights to identify priority tasks
 </li>
 <li>
 Stay up-to-date with regional competitors and global business trends, reviewing critical information as it becomes available and innovating the product offering
 </li>
 <li>
 Help develop the next wave of talent by sharing learnings and training junior team members to become future category leaders.
 </li>
 </ul>
 
 
 
 
 
 What you&rsquo;ll need:
 
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 Bachelor&rsquo;s degree in Business Management or a similar field
 </li>
 <li>
 You will have at least 5 years of successful sales &amp; business development experience, preferably in e-commerce, or offline retail with P&amp;L management
 </li>
 <li>
 Strong bias for action &amp; resourcefulness is paramount - we are growing at a rapid pace and you will be expected to meet ambitious targets within a highly competitive environment
 </li>
 <li>
 Advanced comprehension of Excel/Google Sheets with a strong appreciation for data analytics is key
 </li>
 <li>
 Experience working on cross-functional projects and delivering outstanding results in previous roles
 </li>
 </ul>
 
 
 
 
 
 Who will excel?
 
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 We&rsquo;re looking for people with high standards, who understand that hard work matters.
 </li>
 <li>
 You need to be relentlessly resourceful and operate with a deep bias for action.
 </li>
 <li>
 We need people with the courage to be fiercely original.
 </li>
 <li>
 noon is not for everyone; readiness to adapt, pivot, and learn is essential.
 </li>
 </ul>
</div>

Delivery Hero

<div>Company Description 
Who are we?
When you think of food delivery in the MENA region, we&rsquo;d be pretty surprised if talabat didn&rsquo;t pop into your mind first! Since delivering our first order in Kuwait in 2004, we&rsquo;ve grown quite a lot over the past 17 years.
Today, we deliver hundreds of millions of food orders, grocery items and other products per year, to our customers in nine countries throughout the region with more than 3,000+ employees! Our food delivery business works with over 27,000 brands and almost 50,000 branches, while our q-commerce concept, talabat mart, now delivers groceries to customers in Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman Qatar, and the UAE in 30 minutes or less!
Our philosophy is to make sure we do what is right for our ecosystem - our customers, our partners, our people, our riders, and the communities in which we operate. Our #techforgood program allows our customers a safe and convenient way to contribute to important causes in their community through donating to local and international charities directly on talabat with a focus on food insecurity in the region. Since its inception in 2020, we have facilitated the donation of well over 1 million meals to those in need, as well as donated over $1.5 million to charity with the help of our partners and customers. talabat is part of Delivery Hero, the global leader in online food delivery and q-commerce.
As Talabat continues to grow and keep ahead of the curve we have launched our very own end-end grocery service across the MENA region: tMart 
Job Description 
Role Summary
We&rsquo;re looking for a Category Manager to join the team and focus on growing our own Grocery Store &ldquo;tMart&rdquo;, which is the region&rsquo;s first cloud store concept offering 30-minutedelivery of groceries at hypermarket prices. The service has expanded rapidly across Kuwait, UAE, Qatar, Jordan, Bahrain, Egypt, Oman and Iraq! 
Qualifications 
What&rsquo;s On Your Plate?<ul><li>
Full Ownership over the category management role in terms of Assortments, Pricing, Offers and Supply.</li><li>
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.</li><li>
Ensuring proper implementation of the commercial strategy and strategic guidelines, including categories plan and pricing strategy.</li><li>
Providing input to the Ops team flows, adjacencies, tools and templates, fixtures, etc.</li><li>
Reviewing and resolving any issues with local suppliers.</li></ul>
Assortment:<ul><li>
Ensuring cost efficiency across our consumers that meets their needs/wants.</li><li>
Defining and maintaining the local assortment and integrating the basic assortment for the department/categories.</li><li>
Providing regional teams with information regarding products and quantities needed for international and regional contracts.</li><li>
Selecting local suppliers, negotiating and purchasing in line with expected needs guided by standards such as cost price, discounts, rebates, payment terms, discounts, etc.</li></ul>
Price:<ul><li>
Pricing the items based on pricing guidelines and recommended prices for PL/Imported items.</li><li>
Collecting market prices and conducting country price audits.</li></ul>
Promos:<ul><li>
Identifying local promo products and pricing each item and submitting forecasting/relevant reordering information to replenishment.</li><li>
Developing the country promotion calendar.</li><li>
Following up and ensuring effective execution of all activities required for each promotional event.</li><li>
Analysing and providing inputs for more effective promotional activities such as consumer preferences, local competitors and trends.</li></ul> 

Additional Information 
What Did We Order?<ul><li>
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.</li><li>
You have built teams and led cross-functional projects at scale.</li>
You are very detail-oriented, structured and know how to prioritize <li>- you consider yourself as someone who delivers solutions and not bottlenecks to be solved.</li><li>
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.</li><li>
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.</li><li>
You have excellent analytical and communication skills, and always like to be hands-on with several tools.</li><li>
Additionally, you have robust interpersonal and intercultural skills. You can inspire several teams and stakeholders to rally behind a mission..</li></ul></div>

talabat

<div>
 
 Who are we?
 
 
 
 When you think of food delivery in the MENA region, we&rsquo;d be pretty surprised if talabat didn&rsquo;t pop into your mind first! Since delivering our first order in Kuwait in 2004, we&rsquo;ve grown quite a lot over the past 17 years.
 
 
 Today, we deliver hundreds of millions of food orders, grocery items and other products per year, to our customers in nine countries throughout the region with more than 3,000+ employees! Our food delivery business works with over 27,000 brands and almost 50,000 branches, while our q-commerce concept, talabat mart, now delivers groceries to customers in Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman Qatar, and the UAE in 30 minutes or less!
 
 
 Our philosophy is to make sure we do what is right for our ecosystem - our customers, our partners, our people, our riders, and the communities in which we operate. Our #techforgood program allows our customers a safe and convenient way to contribute to important causes in their community through donating to local and international charities directly on talabat with a focus on food insecurity in the region. Since its inception in 2020, we have facilitated the donation of well over 1 million meals to those in need, as well as donated over $1.5 million to charity with the help of our partners and customers. talabat is part of Delivery Hero, the global leader in online food delivery and q-commerce.
 
 
 As Talabat continues to grow and keep ahead of the curve we have launched our very own end-end grocery service across the MENA region: tMart
 
 
 
 Job Description
 
 
 
 
 Role Summary
 
 
 
 We&rsquo;re looking for a Category Manager to join the team and focus on growing our own Grocery Store &ldquo;tMart&rdquo;, which is the region&rsquo;s first cloud store concept offering 30-minutedelivery of groceries at hypermarket prices. The service has expanded rapidly across Kuwait, UAE, Qatar, Jordan, Bahrain, Egypt, Oman and Iraq!
 
 
 
 Qualifications
 
 
 
 
 What&rsquo;s On Your Plate?
 
 
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 Full Ownership over the category management role in terms of Assortments, Pricing, Offers and Supply.
 </li>
 <li>
 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.
 </li>
 <li>
 Ensuring proper implementation of the commercial strategy and strategic guidelines, including categories plan and pricing strategy.
 </li>
 <li>
 Providing input to the Ops team flows, adjacencies, tools and templates, fixtures, etc.
 </li>
 <li>
 Reviewing and resolving any issues with local suppliers.
 
 
 </li>
 </ul>
 
 Assortment
 
 
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 Ensuring cost efficiency across our consumers that meets their needs/wants.
 </li>
 <li>
 Defining and maintaining the local assortment and integrating the basic assortment for the department/categories.
 </li>
 <li>
 Providing regional teams with information regarding products and quantities needed for international and regional contracts.
 </li>
 <li>
 Selecting local suppliers, negotiating and purchasing in line with expected needs guided by standards such as cost price, discounts, rebates, payment terms, discounts, etc.
 
 
 </li>
 </ul>
 
 Price
 
 
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 Pricing the items based on pricing guidelines and recommended prices for PL/Imported items.
 </li>
 <li>
 Collecting market prices and conducting country price audits.
 
 
 </li>
 </ul>
 
 Promos
 
 
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 Identifying local promo products and pricing each item and submitting forecasting/relevant reordering information to replenishment.
 </li>
 <li>
 Developing the country promotion calendar.
 </li>
 <li>
 Following up and ensuring effective execution of all activities required for each promotional event.
 </li>
 <li>
 Analysing and providing inputs for more effective promotional activities such as consumer preferences, local competitors and trends.
 
 
 </li>
 </ul>
 
 Additional Information
 
 
 
 
 What Did We Order?
 
 
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 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.
 </li>
 <li>
 You have built teams and led cross-functional projects at scale.
 </li>
 <li>
 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.
 </li>
 <li>
 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.
 </li>
 <li>
 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.
 </li>
 <li>
 You have excellent analytical and communication skills, and always like to be hands-on with several tools.
 </li>
 <li>
 Additionally, you have robust interpersonal and intercultural skills. You can inspire several teams and stakeholders to rally behind a mission..
 </li>
 </ul>
</div>

<div>
 
 
 About noon
 
 
 
 
 
 
 noon, the region&rsquo;s leading consumer commerce platform, launched its marketplace in Saudi
 
 
 Arabia and the UAE on December 12, 2017, and expanded to Egypt in February 2019. We now
 
 
 serve millions of customers across the GCC.
 
 
 
 
 
 Today, the noon ecosystem spans marketplaces for food delivery, quick commerce, fintech, and
 
 
 fashion.
 
 
 
 
 
 noon is a work in progress - a few years in, and only 5% done.
 
 
 
 
 
 Our mission: Every door, every day.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 What you&rsquo;ll do:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 We at noon are looking for talented Category leaders to be part of the team, who have the right
 
 
 attitude to lead the P&amp;L for the category and ensure the necessary growth through a well
 
 
 planned and executed strategy.
 
 
 
 
 
 ● Support with the development of the overall category roadmap &amp; vision; identify the right
 
 
 growth levers to scale categories exponentially. Directly responsible for achieving the
 
 
 revenue, P&amp;L, CR targets for the category.
 
 
 
 
 
 ● Proven track record in expanding Assortment, inventory planning &amp; driving price
 
 
 leadership, key partnerships, on-time launches, and monetization.
 
 
 
 
 
 ● Ensure best-in-class customer experience through compelling category assortment,
 
 
 strong site merchandising, world-class PDP- s, inspiring content, and excellent
 
 
 knowledge of consumer journeys for your category.
 
 
 
 
 
 ● Develop a deep and long-standing relationship with sellers/brands to identify and
 
 
 address gaps in their offerings, increase their engagement in campaigns, and increase
 
 
 adoption of noon tools/platforms.
 
 
 
 
 
 ● Attend seller feedback, challenges, and needs and partner with cross-functional teams
 
 
 (e.g., product, site operations, seller support, etc.) to continuously improve the platform
 
 
 and experience and drive relationships from the strategic to the tactical.
 
 
 
 
 
 ● Drive cross-functional actions and deliver results by partnering closely with teams such
 
 
 as product, marketing, ops, customer service, legal, seller teams to deliver the best
 
 
 shopping experience. Experience in project ownership and using customer data to
 
 
 identify and prioritize opportunities.
 
 
 
 
 
 ● Stay up-to-date with regional competitors and global business trends, reviewing critical
 
 
 information as it becomes available and innovating the product offering which will help
 
 
 shape the category on the platform.
 
 
 
 
 
 ● Leading and developing talent: Manage, coach, and train a team of high-performing
 
 
 account managers &amp; BDE's that continuously exceeds their goals and wins together.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 What you&rsquo;ll need:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 ● Bachelor&rsquo;s degree in Business Management or a similar field
 
 
 
 
 
 ● Strong bias for action &amp; resourcefulness is paramount noon is growing at a very rapid pace &amp;
 
 
 you need to be delivering meaningful measurable results by overcoming broad constraints all
 
 
 the time
 
 
 
 
 
 ● Strong data analysis skills with querying languages: SQL, R, Python, etc. Advanced
 
 
 Knowledge of Excel/Google Sheets
 
 
 
 
 
 ● Stakeholder Management Skills
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Who will excel?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 We&rsquo;re looking for candidates who thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic start-up environment. We&rsquo;re
 
 
 searching for problem solvers, people who operate with a bias for action and have a deep
 
 
 understanding of the importance of resourcefulness over reliance.
 
 
 Candor is our only default. Demanding unequivocal high standards should be non-negotiable
 
 
 because quality matters. We want people who are radically candid, cohorts who commit to
 
 
 settling for nothing but the best - in hiring, in accepting work from colleagues, and in your own
 
 
 work.
 
 
 
 
 
 Ours is not an easy mission, but it is a meaningful one. Every hire must actively raise the bar of
 
 
 talent in the company to help us reach our vision.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Is this you?
 
 
</div>

Category Manager, Commercial

Henkel

Responsibilities <ul><li>Align, adapt, and implement initiatives to support brand and business objectives.</li><li>Co-create and supervise digital, social media, and e-commerce communications for brands, ensuring effective localization.</li><li>Contribute to global or regional innovation, category, and branding activities.</li><li>Steer and execute marketing, advertising, and promotional activities to drive brand performance.</li><li>Provide marketing inputs to inform the relevant marketing master plan.</li><li>Analyze competitor scenarios and draw actionable conclusions despite limited market data.</li><li>Ensure consistency in market sizing methodology and develop tangible sales tools.</li><li>Oversee the implementation of channel strategies to maximize reach and impact.</li><li>Coordinate with external agencies on concepts, strategies, and budget considerations.</li><li>Manage resources to ensure timely local execution of initiatives.</li><li>Execute brand management and sales promotion activities at the local level.</li><li>Take ownership of L17 steering to align brand execution with strategic priorities.</li></ul>

Regional Category Manager

Salt

<div>
 
 My client are a leading conglomerate in the UAE. They are looking for an exceptional Category Manager to join the team to support Procurement on tech products.
 
 
 
 
 
 Job Responsibilities
 
 
 
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 Responsible for day-to-day procurement for the organisation for assigned spend categories.
 </li>
 <li>
 Understand the requirements and needs of the stakeholders/project.
 </li>
 <li>
 Manages end-to-end Source-to-contract process working closely with requestors, Legal and all other relevant stakeholders
 </li>
 <li>
 Manages RFx (RFI, RFQ, RFPs) process in a timely and efficient manner.
 </li>
 <li>
 Continuously strive to get the best value for your money through usage of best practice sourcing process and as per corporate governance requirements.
 </li>
 <li>
 Establish and negotiate the price and contract terms and conditions, prepare and maintain purchasing records, reports and price lists.
 </li>
 <li>
 Maintain and build relationship with the existing and new suppliers to improve levels of service and establish new sources of supply.
 </li>
 <li>
 Ensure compliance with policy, procedures, standards and reporting requirements, plus any relevant regulatory and statutory requirements.
 </li>
 <li>
 Good understanding of the market trend and research potential vendors to procure the right products of right quality at right price.
 </li>
 <li>
 Identify and recommend improvements to existing procedure and processes, suggest changes for improving controls and reducing cost.
 </li>
 <li>
 Review and analyse all vendors/suppliers, supply, and price options at regular intervals.
 </li>
 </ul>
 
 
</div>

Procurement Category Manager

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