Category Manager

AimGulf; Muscat; On-site; OMR 10,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

Delivery Hero is seeking a Category Manager to lead the Grocery Store “tMart” category across Oman, aligning assortments, pricing, offers and supply for rapid 30-minute delivery. The role requires strong category leadership, cross-functional collaboration and hands-on problem solving to drive growth in a high-paced retail environment.

The successful candidate will manage supplier relationships, forecast demand, and execute promotions while maintaining cost efficiency and alignment with the

Qualifications

• 5+ years in progressive development and management of multiple product categories in large retailers (FMCG).
• Built teams and led cross-functional projects at scale.
• Willing to do anything necessary for the project to succeed, including hands-on tasks on the floor or with customers.

Responsibilities

• Own category management including assortments, pricing, offers and supply.
• Monitor sales, gross margin, profit and loss against commercial strategy.
• Implement pricing strategy and category plans; provide input to Ops flows and tools.
• Negotiate with local suppliers and manage local assortment for departments/categories.
• Lead regional/international contracts information and forecast replenishment needs.
• Develop country promotion calendar and ensure effective execution of promos.

Skills

Category management

Team leadership

Detail-oriented

Structured

Analytical

Interpersonal & intercultural

English & Arabic

Job description

Job Reference/ID: 50d7c6b1-641d-4278-bdfa-c6c552bbc8e4

Job Description / Role:

We’re looking for a 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-minute delivery of groceries at hypermarket prices. The service has expanded rapidly across Kuwait, UAE, Qatar, Jordan, Bahrain, Egypt, Oman and Iraq!

Key Responsibilities:

• Full Ownership over the category management role in terms of Assortments, Pricing, Offers and Supply.
• Responsible for monitoring economic performance of the assigned departments /categories across sales, gross margin, profit and loss and consistency with the company’s commercial strategy.
• Ensuring proper implementation of the commercial strategy and strategic guidelines, including categories plan and pricing strategy.
• Providing input to the Ops team flows, adjacencies, tools and templates, fixtures, etc.
• Reviewing and resolving any issues with local suppliers.
• Ensuring cost efficiency across our consumers that meets their needs/wants.
• Defining and maintaining the local assortment and integrating the basic assortment for the department/categories.
• Providing regional teams with information regarding products and quantities needed for international and regional contracts.
• Selecting local suppliers, negotiating and purchasing in line with expected needs guided by standards such as cost price, discounts, rebates, payment terms, discounts, etc.
• Pricing the items based on pricing guidelines and recommended prices for PL/Imported items.
• Collecting market prices and conducting country price audits.
• Identifying local promo products and pricing each item and submitting forecasting/relevant reordering information to replenishment.
• Developing the country promotion calendar.
• Following up and ensuring effective execution of all activities required for each promotional event.
• Analysing and providing inputs for more effective promotional activities such as consumer preferences, local competitors and trends.

Experience Required:

• 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.
• Built teams and led cross-functional projects at scale.
• 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.

Skills Required:

• Detail-oriented
• Structured
• Analytical skills
• Interpersonal and intercultural skills

Languages: Fluent English and Arabic would be highly advantageous.

Employment / Job Type: Full Time

Nationality: Any Nationality

About the Company:

Headquartered in Berlin, Delivery Hero operates in roughly 65 countries across four continents with more than 40,000 employees. It connects customers to local restaurants and shops, and runs around 800 Dmarts for quick commerce.

Company Industry: Retail

Department / Functional Area: Sales & Business Development

Closing Date: Not mentioned