Category Manager Private Labels, Amazon Now (AE)

Amazon; Dubai; Presencial; AED 150.000 - 190.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Amazon UAE Now offers a Category Manager role to own private label and white label strategies across fresh produce, grocery, and perishable categories. You will drive end-to-end P&L, build local relevance, and collaborate with vendor management, pricing, sourcing, legal, and tech teams.

The ideal candidate blends commercial acumen with structured problem solving, strong stakeholder influence, and a track record in FMCG category development.

Formación

• Experience in Retail FMCG or client/vendor-facing environments such as sales or negotiation.
• Strong analytical skills, attention to detail and effective communication abilities.
• 5 years of FMCG experience in Category Development, Product Development, Innovation, Portfolio or Brand Management.

Responsabilidades

• Build category strategies in private/white label across fresh produce and grocery.
• Identify and evaluate new category opportunities aligned with quick commerce growth.
• Develop category roadmaps, business cases, P&L models and pricing strategies.
• Evaluate private labels from other Amazon marketplaces and localize for AE.
• Lead end-to-end product development and commercialization through stage-gate processes.
• Monitor market dynamics and translate insights into category actions.
• Manage external partners, suppliers and strategic collaborators.
• Coordinate with packaging for new product and packaging developments.
• Track revenue, profitability, market share and ROI; adjust actions accordingly.
• Prepare high-quality strategy papers, reviews, proposals for leadership forums.

Conocimientos

Analytical skills

Attention to detail

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional leadership

Commercial acumen

Vendor management

Negotiation

Educación

Bachelors degree in Management/Business Administration/Economics/Engineering/Marketing

MBA in operations

Descripción del empleo

Amazon Now Amazon UAEs quick commerce offering is looking for a Category Manager to operate as a single threaded business owner for private label / white label space across categories with special focus on fresh produce perishable and grocery portfolio. This is a high-ownership leadership role at the intersection of category strategy P&L management and selection development for one of Amazons fastest-growing businesses in MENA. The leader will own end-to-end category outcomes driving margin improvement building a differentiated and hyper-local private label / white label selection premium offerings and scaling instant consumption verticals. The role requires working backwards from customer needs in a sub-15-minute delivery paradigm while partnering deeply with internal teams of vendor management selection pricing instock legal and tech teams to shape the categorys long-term trajectory. The ideal candidate combines strong commercial acumen structured problem-solving and the ability to influence senior stakeholders and cross-functional teams in a fast-moving ambiguous environment. You will collaborate with cross-functional partners translate data into actionable plans and build lasting vendor relationships that fuel long-term growth. If you are a curious self-starting professional who thrives on turning ambiguity into opportunity we want to hear from you.

Key job responsibilities

• 1) Build effective Category strategies in the private label / white label space across categories with special focus on fresh produce perishable and grocery portfolio
• 2) Identify and evaluate new category and product opportunities aligned with quick commerce growth mandate.
• 3) Develop category roadmaps business cases P&L models pricing strategies and go-to-market plans.
• 4) Evaluate private labels from other Amazon marketplaces and bring them to AE post building local relevance
• 5) Lead end-to-end new product development and commercialization through stage-gate processes.
• 6) Monitor competitive and market dynamics (assortment pricing share) and translate insights into actionable category interventions.
• 7) Manage external partners co-manufacturers suppliers research agencies and strategic partners.
• 8) Liaising with manufacturer Formulation & Packaging for New product and packaging developments
• 9) Track revenue profitability market share launch performance and ROI and recommend corrective actions.
• 10) Author high-quality business documents (strategy papers business reviews investment proposals leadership escalations) and represent the category in senior leadership forums.

• - Bachelors degree in Management Business Administration Economics Engineering or Marketing
• - Experience that includes strong analytical skills attention to detail and effective communication abilities
• - Experience in Retail FMCG (Fast-Moving Consumer Goods) or a client/vendor-facing environment such as sales or negotiation
• - 5 years of FMCG experience in Category Development Product Development Innovation Portfolio or Brand Management.
• - Strong exposure to Brand Management New Product Launches Media Planning and Market Research
• - Proven experience launching and commercializing new categories products or brands.
• - Strong expertise in market assessment consumer insights category strategy pricing commercialization and financial modelling.
• - Experience working with co-manufacturers suppliers and external strategic partners.
• - Strong commercial acumen analytical skills stakeholder management and project leadership.
• - Develop annual marketing plans and coordinate their successful implementation and to grow and achieve both short- and long-term sales profit and market share position for assigned
• - Experience working with technical and product stakeholders to define requirements prioritize features and influence product roadmaps
• - MBA in relevant field of operations
• - Experience influencing multiple stakeholders and leading cross functional teams across geographies and business units
• - 5 years of experience in a Food & Beverage FMCG

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