Category Merchant Manager - Softlines, MENA Marketplace

Amazon; Dubai; On-site; AED 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading e-commerce company in Dubai seeks a Senior Category Merchant Manager to drive category strategy, manage Seller partnerships, and execute significant projects. The ideal candidate is highly analytical, proficient in SQL, and a self-starter, possessing strong project management skills. This role offers a chance to own a substantial portion of a category P&L while working in a fast-paced environment. Flexibility and prioritization skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Previous success in IC roles.
• Works well through influence.
• Comfortable presenting to senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with Category Leadership on planning and strategy.
• Own category’s weekly/monthly/quarterly reviews.
• Identify key business opportunities for categories.
• Manage large Sellers and enhance Seller experience.
• Automate and scale category level growth.
• Execute 3P level projects/programs.

Skills

Highly analytical

Proficient with SQL

Ability to write effectively

Self-starter and entrepreneurial mindset

Ability to prioritize and manage multiple activities

Job description

Do you thrive in fast paced and highly ambiguous environments that challenge your analytical abilities and creativity? Want to be part of an ever growing third‑party sellers in the UAE marketplace team we are seeking a Senior Category Merchant Manager (CMM) to shape the future of our 3rd party marketplace.

The CMM role offers the unique opportunity to own a sizable portion of a category P&L while also driving large scale high visibility projects across different Amazon teams. The successful candidate will be a strong project manager with deep analytical abilities and will ideally over‑index in ownership bias for action deep dive invent and simplify and deliver results leadership competencies. The ideal candidate will be a self‑starter and possess a passion for retail a high level of flexibility ability to prioritize. The breadth and depth of experience gained in the CMM role will equip a candidate to rotate into other roles across Amazon on their path to become among Amazon future leaders.

Key Responsibilities

• Category strategy and ownership: Work closely with Category Leadership and account managers on planning and business strategy drive best‑in‑class customer experience and maximize Selling partners selection and sales growth through timely analysis and initiatives.
• Maintain category’s on‑going reviews: own category’s weekly/monthly/quarterly reviews via establishing a tracking mechanisms to enable team track their progress while recommend best track of action to grow/recover.
• Define category’s growth opportunities: Identify key business opportunities of your categories via spotting popular brands trends and pricing to ensure managing the sellers toward a growth plan; deploying detailed deep dives and data analysis.
• Seller management: Identify and lead Selling partners partnerships manage large Sellers and enhance overall Seller experience with better self‑service and reporting resources.
• Technical project management: Automate and scale the category level growth via new selection product listing quality and in‑stock opportunities. Partner with other teams to drive automation and scalability across the organization.
• Category/3P project management: Work within the marketplace org to establish and execute a 3P level projects/programs.

Desired Qualities & Skills

• Highly analytical
• Proficient with SQL
• Previous success in IC roles
• Works well through influence
• Previous planning experience with good understanding of P&L
• Ability to write effectively
• Comfortable presenting to and working with senior stakeholders across multiple teams
• Translating data & insights into practical workstreams
• Self‑starter and entrepreneurial mindset
• Able to prioritize and manage multiple (sometimes competing) activities

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Required Experience

Manager