Senior Category Manager, Premium Beauty, GCC Premium Beauty

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

Job summary

A leading online retail company in Dubai is looking for a Senior Category Manager to develop and implement category strategies while managing P&L. This role requires strong analytical skills, vendor management, and operational leadership. Candidates should have 7+ years of experience in account management, a bachelor's degree or equivalent, and proficiency in Excel. A passion for enhancing customer experiences and strong communication skills are essential. Join a dynamic team focused on innovation and excellence in retail.

Qualifications

• 5+ years with Excel experience.
• 7+ years of account management, project or program management or buying experience.
• Experience using data to influence business decisions.

Responsibilities

• Manage full P&L for the category, planning and driving growth.
• Execute strategic business development plans with internal stakeholders.
• Lead day-to-day operational business aspects including feedback and price management.

Skills

Excel

Business analysis

Account management

Data-driven decision making

Education

Bachelor's degree or 5+ years of professional/military experience

Tools

Microsoft Access

SQL

Job description

Description

Work hard. Have fun. Make history. At Amazon we expect no more and no less from you. Ever since Amazon opened its doors, it has been the aim to become the most customer‑centric company in the world. How is this achieved? By having people like you who make sure that customers find everything that they are looking for online – at great prices and convenience. Both Amazon and sellers who list their products on the site already offer millions of new and used items in a wide range of categories. And this is just the beginning. Come and experience a company that reinvents itself every day. Immerse yourself in an environment that is fast‑paced, expanding and is continuously inventing new efficiencies and offering great opportunity for our customers and for you!

The Senior Category Manager will be responsible for developing and owning the strategy for categories at Amazon. Within this role, the individual will have the opportunity to establish and maintain strong vendor partnerships, manage category profitability, and identify means to improve the customer experience. We are seeking a seasoned business leader with a broad skill‑set which demonstrates analytical horsepower, ability to lead and motivate a team, excellent business judgment, strong vendor management and negotiations skills, deep curiosity to uncover how things work, and a passion for creating a world class shopping experience for our customers. You will work with vendors of all sizes and must have the leadership presence and communication skills to represent Amazon at all levels of these organizations. Experience in business analytics, strategic thinking, negotiations and operations are required.

Key job responsibilities

• Managing a full P&L, including planning, forecasting and driving growth for the category, possessing a complete understanding of internal and external variables that impact the business.
• Execute a strategic business development plan while working with key internal stakeholders (e.g., operations, marketing, legal, tech).
• Lead day‑to‑day operational aspects of the business, including gathering and addressing customer and vendor feedback, price management, and business improvement initiatives.
• Setting goals and strategic direction for the category, ensuring alignment with broader business goals and vision.
• Representing Amazon when meeting with senior teams from top vendors and building long‑term strategic relationships.
• Generating and implementing big ideas to drive business improvements, innovation, and scale within the category and across the Retail business.
• Leading cross‑functional collaboration on necessary systems and processes to support business needs, including retail systems, site merchandising and in‑stock.
• Innovating and implementing new customer and vendor programs.
• Collaborating on Marketing and Merchandising initiatives.

A day in the life

As a member of the GCC Premium Beauty team, you will partner with peers in setting the business's long range strategic plans. You will possess direct knowledge of all retail functions within the Beauty business (vendor management, marketing, operations and finance) and be capable of representing Beauty business in high level meetings with both internal and external. This role will be reporting to the Head of Beauty and will be a key leadership position in our Premium Beauty.

About the team

GCC Consumables team is an exciting place to work where we are focused on reinventing the shopping experience for Beauty and Everyday Essentials in GCC, offering the largest selection and best customer experience to become the most trusted Shopping destination. We are a team of industry and Amazon experts whose sole priority is to deliver best in class experiences for our customers and selling partners while nurturing a welcoming and trusting environment for one another.

Basic Qualifications

• 5+ years with Excel experience
• 7+ years of account management, project or program management or buying experience
• Bachelor’s degree, or 5+ years of professional or military experience
• Knowledge of Microsoft Access or SQL
• Experience using data to influence business decisions
• Experience driving internal cross‑team collaboration
• Experience with business analysis and P&L management

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience driving direction and alignment with cross‑functional teams

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