category manager

Majid Al Futtaim

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 JOB TITLE
 
 
 
 Category Manager | Majid Al Futtaim Global Solutions | Procurement
 
 
 
 Role Summary
 
 
 
 The role of the Category Manager will be responsible for delivering and executing strategic sourcing and other procurement processes, supporting all operating countries and all Majid Al Futtaim Operating Companies. The role will need to help in collaborating with stakeholders, Category Leads on the development and implementation of category strategies and plans to achieve goals and objectives and will be accountable for driving improved and sustainable category value.
 
 
 
 ROLE PROFILE
 
 
 
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 Responsible for the implementation of sourcing strategies on a project level in compliance with the legal, internal policies, good practices, and business goals.
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 Responsible for managing sourcing activities for new project development and achieving agreed milestones and key development timelines.
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 Manage the procurement team and represent them with internal business clients regularly on the weekly meetings.
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 Build strong relationship with the Clients.
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 Follow up on the Procurement team member workflow and make sure that we achieve the required job on time.
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 Support the Team in solving any obstacles that they might face.
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 Providing on-going oversight of cost reduction based on technical and commercial intelligence improving the cost.
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 Meeting or exceeding annual sourcing goals and savings targets for the Majid Al Futtaim spend.
 
 
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 Requirements
 
 
 
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 Professional Procurement qualification (e.g. MCIPS).
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 At least 8 years&rsquo; experience in Procurement or category management in Marketing.
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 Supplier Costing Models &amp; Total Cost of Ownership analysis and supplier analysis.
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 Experience with eSourcing tools - eRFx eAuctions.
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 Understanding of Coupa, SAP One ERP, Oracle, eRFx.
 
 
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 What We Offer
 
 
 
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 At Majid Al Futtaim, we&rsquo;re on a mission to create great moments, to spread happiness, to build, experiences that stay in our memories for a lifetime. We&rsquo;re proud to say that over the past 27 years, we have built a reputation as a regional market leader in what we do. Join us!
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 Work in a friendly environment, where everyone shares positive vibes and excited about our future.
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 Work with over 45,000 diverse and talented colleagues, all guided by our Leadership Model.
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Category Manager

Careem

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 About the Company
 
 
 
 Careem is building the Everything App for the greater Middle East &mdash; making it easy to move around, order food and groceries, manage payments, and more. Our purpose is simple: to simplify and improve people&rsquo;s lives and build an awesome organisation that inspires.
 
 
 Since 2012, Careem has enabled earnings for over 2.5 million Captains, simplified the lives of more than 70 million customers, and built a platform where the region&rsquo;s best talent and entrepreneurs thrive. We operate in 70+ cities across 10 countries, from Morocco to Pakistan.
 
 
 
 
 We&rsquo;re now entering our next chapter &mdash; one powered by AI. We&rsquo;re looking for AI talent: curious problem-solvers who know how to apply AI to build tools, automate workflows, and create real impact. Whether it&rsquo;s streamlining operations, enhancing customer experience, or reimagining internal systems &mdash; we want people who can make Careem work smarter and move faster.
 
 
 
 
 
 About The Team
 
 
 
 
 You will be joining the Grocery team at Careem, where we are on a mission to redefine convenience across the region. The team is highly cross-functional and collaborative, working closely with operations, commercial, analytics, and product teams
 
 
 
 
 About The Role
 
 
 
 
 We are looking for a Category Manager to drive strategy and support the execution within the Grocery vertical. This role is based in Riyadh and will play a key part in shaping the growth of our product portfolio, optimizing pricing, sourcing, and vendor relationships to ensure strong performance across the region.
 
 
 
 
 What You&rsquo;ll Do
 
 
 
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 Own the P&amp;L for categories and assortment strategy
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 Develop strategic sourcing strategies, lead supplier negotiations and onboarding, ensuring alignment with Careem&rsquo;s commercial requirements and expectations
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 Work closely with supply chain and demand planning teams to maintain high availability and optimized inventory levels
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 Partner with marketing and product teams to drive visibility, adoption and conversion of SKUs
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 Monitor category performance, customer feedback, and market trends to refine strategies
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 Collaborate with legal, finance, and compliance to ensure all products meet regulatory standards
 
 
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 What You&rsquo;ll Need
 
 
 
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 5&ndash;8 years of experience in category management, merchandising, procurement or strategic sourcing &mdash; ideally in grocery retail or FMCG
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 Proven track record of owning commercial KPIs and delivering on margin and growth targets
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 Strong negotiation skills and experience managing supplier relationships
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 Analytical mindset with comfort in Excel and data tools to drive decisions - Entrepreneurial drive, ownership mindset, and bias for action
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 Excellent cross-functional collaboration and communication skills
 
 
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 What We&rsquo;ll Provide You
 
 
 
 We offer colleagues the opportunity to drive impact in the region while they learn and grow. As a full time Careem colleague, you will be able to:
 
 
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 Work and learn from great minds by joining a community of inspiring colleagues.
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 Put your passion to work in a purposeful organisation dedicated to creating impact in a region with a lot of untapped potential.
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 Explore new opportunities to learn and grow every day.
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 Work 4 days a week in office &amp; 1 day from home, and remotely from any country in the world for 30 days a year with unlimited vacation days per year. (If you are in an individual contributor role in tech, you will have 2 office days a week and 3 to work from home.)
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 Access to healthcare benefits and fitness reimbursements for health activities including gym, health club, and training classes.
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Ingredion Incorporated

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 Position Title: Category Manager
 
 
 Location: Pakistan
 
 
 Workplace type: Hybrid
 
 
 As a
 
 Category Manager
 
 , you will be responsible for driving the growth and strategic development of the assigned Segment/Sub-Segment within Pakistan. This role focuses on achieving sales and innovation targets in collaboration with the Sales and Business Development teams. You will identify new business opportunities, lead projects through structured processes, launch new products, and support go-to-market activities. Additionally, you will play a key role in strategy formulation and implementation for the Segment.
 
 
 This role reports to the Senior Manager Business Development &amp; Specialties.
 
 
 
 What You Will Do
 
 
 
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 Segment Growth &ndash; Drive the growth and development of the Food Segment, ensuring delivery of sales goals and new business generation in collaboration with Sales and Business Development teams.
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 Product Portfolio &ndash; Expand the product portfolio and product positioning in line with market and consumer needs. Develop packaging material in collaboration with sales, technical, legal, and corporate teams.
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 Projects Delivery &ndash; Identify new opportunities, develop project pipelines, and lead projects through an effective and structured process. Liaison with R &amp; T and application team for development of new products and solutions. Liaison with corporate and/or regional technical and marketing teams for new projects application and technical assistance.
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 Market Analysis &ndash; Gather, analyze, and interpret the market data to develop and maintain segment strategy. Interact with external stakeholders including customers, industry specialists, trade associations to understand the market dynamics.
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 Market Insights &ndash; Interact with customers and visit markets for market insight, customer need analysis and new solution validation. Identify trends, macro insights and future scenarios that could impact long-term and short-term Segment growth.
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 Competition Analysis &ndash; Monitor competition and keep a vigilant eye on competitors&rsquo; activities while identifying current and future sources of competitive advantage.
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 GTM Plant - Develop GTM plan for new projects and Lead to launch the new products while preparing the necessary documents, costing &amp; product specification, and scorecard approval of the product. Work towards marketing plans, design, implementation, and product launches.
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 Pricing Strategy - Actively participate in product short-term and long-term pricing strategy and monitor competitors&rsquo; pricing strategy.
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 Strategic planning and forecasting - Strategic planning and forecasting of products in food segment and work towards achieving short term and long-term goals for the segment.
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 Innovation promise - Deliver the Innovation Promise targets for the Segment and prepare the pipeline for future years.
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 Regional Collaboration - Collaborate with regional teams and develop networking at regional as well as at corporate level, for learning and sharing information to facilitate the projects.
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 Marketing tools - Use a range of concepts, models, and tools to market new products. Prepare the demonstrations related to the segment activities for regional and Pakistan team.
 
 
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 Requirements
 
 
 
 
 What you will bring:
 
 
 
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 Bachelor degree in food science &amp; technology (Preferred) OR MBA/MS Business studies
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 Proven expertise in business operations, designing marketing plans, product development, and successful product launches.
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 English fluency, both written and spoken
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 Proficiency in data analysis and research &amp; development methodologies.
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 In-depth knowledge of starch and sweetener modification and manufacturing processes.
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 Strong analytical mindset and problem-solving capabilities.
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 Ability to influence and communicate effectively with senior stakeholders.
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 Customer-centric mindset with a passion for innovation and business model transformation.
 
 
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 Who You Are
 
 
 
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 Agile leader with the ability to respond swiftly to changing market conditions.
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 Curious and proactive in staying updated with industry trends and developments.
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 Strategic thinker with strong project management and execution skills.
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 Collaborative team player with a commitment to excellence and innovation.
 
 
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 Ingredion uses AI-enabled tools to support parts of the recruitment process, including resume screening and interview scheduling. These tools help match candidate skills to job requirements and streamline communication. All AI-assisted decisions are reviewed by our Talent Acquisition team to ensure fairness and compliance with applicable laws. By applying, you acknowledge that AI may be used to support your application journey.
 
 
 
 Relocation Available:
 
 
 
 No
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Urban Company

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 Job location: Dubai
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Company Description
 
 
 
 Urban Company is Asia&rsquo;s largest technology marketplace for home services, offering services such as beauty &amp; spa at home, cleaning, plumbing, carpentry, appliance repair, and painting. With a vision to empower professionals worldwide, the company operates in 50+ cities in India, Singapore, and The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, transforming service professionals into high-quality micro-entrepreneurs. Urban Company focuses on delivering high-quality, delightful services at home through its mobile app &amp; website. About the role: At Urban Company, a Category Manager/ Senior Manager&rsquo;s role is to maximize sales and profitability in their respective categories by working one or more work streams such as quality, supply, growth and innovation.
 
 
 The role is dynamic and requires a combination of analytical, strategic, and interpersonal skills to effectively manage and grow their product category within the organization. We are looking for folks with a high degree of ownership, bias-for-action, passion and ability to go above and beyond.
 
 
 
 Key Responsibilities:
 
 
 
 
 
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 Quality Building
 
 : We are required to maintain very high NPS as per industry standards of existing services along with all the new planned additions to the portfolio. With a very diverse supply wrt nationality and skillset, the categories have always been open to crazy problem solving and innovation when it comes to ensuring that the right set of supply is onboarded with adequate training. You will work with trainers to shape training modules, build training infra to drive quality improvement.
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 Supply Building
 
 : You will identify and onboard service aggregators in the category &ndash; This will involve meeting many of them and plenty of fieldwork.
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 Problem Solving
 
 : The role requires you to problem solve at the grass root level. We expect the candidate to self ideate and innovate solutions to the problems at hand.
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 Hustle
 
 : Significant ability to hustle and desire to get their hands dirty. The candidate should have the willingness to deep dive into each problem, understand and improve the key drivers of the business.
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 Partner Relationship
 
 : We need to constantly work to improve partner side economics and happiness of our professionals. The candidate will be accountable for building a loyal base of professionals with a very high affinity to UC as a platform.
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 What we&rsquo;ll need:
 
 
 
 
 
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 Strong SQL and data analysis/insights skill
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 Go-getter attitude and ability to be hands-on
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 Strong ability to communicate and work collaboratively with others. Experience of managing teams/people would be a plus.
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 1-3 years of experience
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 Why Join Us?
 
 
 
 
 
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 Be part of a dynamic team driving growth in one of Urban Company&rsquo;s most important markets.
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 Enjoy a competitive compensation package.
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 Gain hands-on experience in hyperlocal marketing and field sales with a leading global brand.
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 Contribute to a mission-driven organization that is transforming the home services industry.
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 At Urban Company we are committed to providing equal and fair opportunities in employment and creating an inclusive work environment.
 
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noon

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 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 Lead 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 Core 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:
 
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 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
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 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
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 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.
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 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
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 Implement the perfect consumer journeys through our host of channels by combining a deep understanding of the category and our customer base
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 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
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 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
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 Stay up-to-date with regional competitors and global business trends, reviewing critical information as it becomes available and innovating the product offering
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 Help develop the next wave of talent by sharing learnings and training junior team members to become future category leaders.
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 What you&rsquo;ll need:
 
 
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 Bachelor&rsquo;s degree in Business Management or a similar field
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 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
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 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
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 Advanced comprehension of Excel/Google Sheets with a strong appreciation for data analytics is key
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 Experience working on cross-functional projects and delivering outstanding results in previous roles
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 Who will excel?
 
 
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 We&rsquo;re looking for people with high standards, who understand that hard work matters.
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 You need to be relentlessly resourceful and operate with a deep bias for action.
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 We need people with the courage to be fiercely original.
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 noon is not for everyone; readiness to adapt, pivot, and learn is essential.
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 BUSINESS INTRODUCTION
 
 
 
 Majid Al Futtaim Holding is the leading shopping mall, retail, communities, entertainment developer and operator in the Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia regions. With over 43,000 people, revenues of over US$ 11 Billion, and operations in 18 countries. Some of the iconic brands we carry include Mall of the Emirates, Carrefour, All Saints, Lego, City Center, Abercrombie &amp; Fitch, &amp; Vox Cinemas. We believe in making Great Moments for Everyone, Every day.
 
 
 
 JOB TITLE
 
 
 
 Category Manager | MAF LifeStyle | Planning and Merchandising
 
 
 
 
 
 
 ROLE SUMMARY
 
 
 
 The Category Manager will be responsible for analyzing multi-dimensional plans, including sales performance, gross margin, and inventory, across wholesale partners and regional markets. The role collaborates closely with the Buying, Commercial and retail partners to maximize profitability through effective planning, forecasting, and trading of assortments. It is responsible for managing deliveries, allocations, and replenishment in line with agreed wholesale plans
 
 
 
 
 
 
 ROLE PROFILE
 
 
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 Ensure accurate demand forecasts for wholesale partners by analyzing sales trends, order patterns, and market performance.
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 Monitor sell-in and sell-out performance by account, identifying risks and opportunities to maximize sell-through and minimize excess inventory.
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 Coordinate with Logistics to ensure on-time delivery and accurate fulfilment of wholesale orders
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 Develop and maintain weekly and monthly sales, stock, and intake (WSSI) reports specific to wholesale accounts
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 Support planning and execution of end-of-season stock clearance, ensuring alignment with margin targets and partner commitments
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 Work closely with Finance to validate margins and assess the impact of discounts, markdowns, and promotions on trade profitability.
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 Develop and maintain strong inter and intra departmental relationships for open and effective sharing of information and follow up actions.
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 Build and maintain strong relationships with wholesale partners to understand sales trends, demand drivers, and product preferences.
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 REQUIREMENTS
 
 
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 Graduate degree in a related field preferably business or finance
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 2- 4 years of experience in Category Manager / Distribution Planner role
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 Experience in a Retail environment is mandatory
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 Previous experience in a Beauty and Skincare retail environment is required
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 Experience in Distribution and Wholesale is mandatory
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 WHAT WE OFFER
 
 
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 At Majid Al Futtaim, we&rsquo;re on a mission to create great moments, to spread happiness, to build, experiences that stay in our memories for a lifetime. We&rsquo;re proud to say that over the past 27 years, we have built a reputation as a regional market leader in what we do. Join us!
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 Work in a friendly environment, where everyone shares positive vibes and excited about our future.
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 Work with over 45,000 diverse and talented colleagues, all guided by our Leadership Model.
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