Assistant Category Manager

Explore more jobs; Bahrain; On-site; BHD 23,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Explore more jobs is seeking an Ast Category Manager to grow our tMart Grocery Store, a cloud store concept delivering groceries in 30 minutes at hypermarket prices. The role spans multiple regions, requiring seasoned category management and cross-functional leadership across operations, analytics, and stakeholder relations.

You will lead initiatives to optimize product categories, interact with senior executives, and ensure exceptional delivery performance in Bahrain and nearby markets.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in progressive product category management in large retailers.
• Experience building teams and leading cross-functional projects.
• Detail-oriented, structured, and able to prioritize; hands-on mentality.
• Willing to work on-site including warehouse floor to support delivery.
• Excellent analytical and communication skills; comfortable with multiple tools.

Skills

Senior experience

Category management

Cross-functional leadership

Analytical skills

Hands-on

Fluent English

Arabic is a plus

Job description

Industry E-commerce & Marketplace Operations

About the opportunity

We’re looking for a Ast Category Manager to join the team and focus on growing our own Grocery Store “tMart”, which is the region’s first cloud store concept offering 30-minutedelivery of groceries at hypermarket prices. The service has expanded rapidly across Kuwait, UAE, Qatar, Jordan, Bahrain, Egypt, Oman and Iraq!

Job description

About the opportunity

We’re looking for a Ast Category Manager to join the team and focus on growing our own Grocery Store “tMart”, which is the region’s first cloud store concept offering 30-minutedelivery of groceries at hypermarket prices. The service has expanded rapidly across Kuwait, UAE, Qatar, Jordan, Bahrain, Egypt, Oman and Iraq!

What you need to be successful

What Did We Order?

• You have at least 5+ years of experience in progressive development and management of multiple product categories, matured by working for large retailers (FMCG), in an international setting.
• You have built teams and led cross-functional projects at scale.
• You are very detail-oriented, and structured and know how to prioritize -- you consider yourself as someone who delivers solutions and not bottlenecks to be solved.
• You are willing to do anything necessary for the project to succeed, including working on the warehouse floor when you are short-staffed to make a customer delivery, or to take customer calls. No job is too insignificant, no detail is too small for you.
• You can interact with senior-level executives and can manage the expectations of multiple stakeholders.
• You are someone energized by the unknown and look forward to learning each day on the job. You have excellent analytical and communication skills and always like to be hands-on with several tools.
• You have excellent analytical and communication skills and always like to be hands-on with
• several tools.
• Additionally, you have robust interpersonal and intercultural skills. You can inspire several teams and stakeholders to rally behind a mission.
• Language skills: Fluent in English mandatory & Arabic can be a plus

Who we are

We’re looking for a Ast Category Manager to join the team and focus on growing our own Grocery Store “tMart”, which is the region’s first cloud store concept offering 30-minutedelivery of groceries at hypermarket prices. The service has expanded rapidly across Kuwait, UAE, Qatar, Jordan, Bahrain, Egypt, Oman and Iraq!