Strategic Category Manager – Growth & Merchandising

Landmark Group; Dubai; In loco; AED 180.000 - 300.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Landmark Group is seeking a strategic Category Leader to drive growth and profitability for the assigned category in our Dubai operations. You will lead category merchandising planning, study market trends, and ensure pricing, promotions and inventory are aligned with budgets and business goals.

You will also guide design decisions, product assortment, shelf layout, and quality standards while building a robust vendor base and negotiating favorable terms across territories.

Mansioni

• Drive sales from the assigned category by developing comprehensive category business plans
• Drive and monitor gross margins for the category and ensure alignment with the organization’s position, business plan and budgets.
• Prepare annual plans for the assigned category and provide inputs to the Merchandising Development and Buying Head to assist in creation of overall merchandizing budget
• Study trends from historical data around product category sales and market research to assist in the overall planning process
• Ensure adherence to financial plan in all key areas - sales, markdowns, margin & average inventory
• Discuss, decide and freeze the merchandise plans (pricing, promotion, assortment etc.) for the category with the Merchandise Planning department
• Ensure effective in season management across territories (stock balancing, markdown management, stock analysis, stock vs sales performance)
• Ensure optimum utilization of customer research information to guide category management decisions, including decisions on the introduction of new products, product assortment, shelf layout, promotion and pricing of products in the store
• Formulate design and development plan in consultation with the Design Head with specifications on product features, functions, packaging and resource requirement across categories
• Ensure all design and development activities are carried out within budget
• Ensure the merchandise procured and received meets the quality standards
• Create an adequate vendor base for the organization through active scouting and negotiation / renegotiation

Descrizione del lavoro

Landmark Group is seeking a strategic Category Leader to drive growth and profitability for the assigned category in our Dubai operations. You will lead category merchandising planning, study market trends, and ensure pricing, promotions and inventory are aligned with budgets and business goals.

You will also guide design decisions, product assortment, shelf layout, and quality standards while building a robust vendor base and negotiating favorable terms across territories.