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Job summary
A global well-being company in Dubai seeks a Category Manager to develop and execute category plans to drive sales and profitability. This role involves collaboration with marketing, sales, supply chain, and finance teams to ensure successful implementation of strategies. Candidates should have strong analytical skills and experience in category management. Technical competencies required include proficiency in SAP and MS Office tools, including Excel and Power BI. The position offers opportunities to optimize product assortments and enhance brand visibility.
Qualifications
- Experience in category management or product assortment.
- Strong analytical skills to conduct market research and analyze sales data.
- Ability to collaborate effectively with different departments.
Responsibilities
- Develop and implement category plans based on market analysis.
- Conduct market research to understand consumer behavior.
- Analyze product assortments to maximize sales and meet demand.
- Develop pricing strategies and execute promotional activities.
- Create effective merchandising plans for retail locations.
- Align category strategies with business goals through collaboration.
- Monitor inventory levels and manage product lifecycle.
- Track category performance and provide regular reports.
Skills
Tools
GMG is a global well‑being company retailing distributing and manufacturing a portfolio of leading international and home‑grown brands across sport everyday goods health and beauty properties and logistics sectors. Under the ownership and management of the Baker family for over 45 years GMG is a valued partner of choice for the world's most successful and respected brands in the well‑being sector. Working across the Middle East, North Africa and Asia GMG has introduced more than 120 brands across 12 countries, including notable home‑grown brands such as Sun & Sand Sports, Dropkick, Supercare Pharmacy, Farm Fresh, Klassic and international brands like Nike, Columbia, Converse, Timberland, Vans, Mama Sitas and McCain.
This role will be responsible for developing and executing category plans to drive sales and profitability within the assigned product categories. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams including marketing, sales, supply chain, and finance to ensure the successful implementation of category strategies. Your goal is to optimize product assortments, pricing, promotions and merchandising to meet consumer needs and achieve business objectives.
- Category Strategy Development: Develop and implement category plans based on market analysis, consumer insights and company objectives. Identify growth opportunities within the category and create action plans to capitalize on them.
- Market Analysis and Insights: Conduct market research to understand consumer behavior, market trends and competitive landscape. Analyze sales data, market share and other performance metrics to inform category decisions.
- Assortment Planning & Analytics: Analyze and optimize product assortments to meet consumer demand and maximize sales.
- Pricing and Promotions: Develop pricing strategies to ensure competitiveness and profitability. Plan and execute promotional activities to drive sales and enhance brand visibility.
- Merchandising and Planogram Development: Create and implement effective merchandising plans to enhance the shopper experience. Review planograms and ensure compliance across all retail locations.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with marketing, sales, supply chain and finance teams to align category strategies with overall business goals. Communicate category plans and performance to key stakeholders.
- Inventory Management: Monitor inventory levels and work with supply chain to ensure optimal stock levels. Manage product lifecycle including new product introductions and discontinuations.
- Performance Tracking and Reporting: Track category performance and provide regular reports to management. Analyze the effectiveness of category initiatives and make data-driven recommendations for improvement.
- SAP - BO / BI - Advanced Understanding
- MS Office - Excel & Power BI
- Integrated Business Planning Tools
* The salary benchmark is based on the target salaries of market leaders in their relevant sectors. It is intended to serve as a guide to help Premium Members assess open positions and to help in salary negotiations. The salary benchmark is not provided directly by the company, which could be significantly higher or lower.