Merchandising Supervisor - Qatar

MBRF Global Foods Company; Qatar; Remote; QAR 78,000 - 145,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation and benefits

Job summary

MBRF is seeking a Merchandising Supervisor in Qatar to lead and develop a field merchandising team, ensuring top-quality in-store execution across designated customers and channels. You will monitor KPIs, plan routes, and ensure planogram compliance while collaborating with Sales and Trade Marketing to drive commercial excellence.

You will conduct coaching, field visits, and performance reviews, while coordinating manpower planning and day-to-day administration.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Marketing, Management or related field.
• 5–7 years of experience in Merchandising, Field Sales, Trade Marketing or Retail Operations within FMCG.
• Experience leading and developing field merchandising teams.
• Strong understanding of retail execution, route planning, planogram compliance and KPIs.
• Proficiency in MS Office, especially Excel and PowerPoint.
• Experience with field force automation or merchandising reporting systems is preferred.
• Fluent in English; Arabic is an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a team of merchandisers to ensure outstanding in-store execution across assigned customers and channels.
• Monitor merchandising performance through route adherence, productivity, coverage, and execution KPIs, taking corrective actions where required.
• Track MSL, SOS, availability, visibility, and merchandising standards, partnering with Sales to maximize execution excellence.
• Develop and manage monthly route plans to ensure optimal territory coverage and resource utilization.
• Ensure effective implementation of planograms, merchandising guidelines, and in-store activation initiatives.
• Monitor deployment and utilization of POSM materials, maintaining records and ensuring execution quality at store level.
• Collect and validate market intelligence, pricing, and store-level execution data to support commercial decisions.
• Conduct regular field visits, coaching sessions, and performance reviews to strengthen team capabilities.
• Lead daily team meetings to review performance and align action plans.
• Manage manpower planning, leave schedules, attendance and day-to-day team administration.
• Partner with Sales, Trade Marketing and Regional teams to ensure alignment and execution of priorities.

Skills

Leadership

Coaching

Communication

Planning

Problem-solving

Execution Excellence

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Marketing, Management

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Merchandising Supervisor - Qatar

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How about building your career at one of the world’s largest food companies?

Come work at MBRF, a company present in the lives of thousands of families around the world. From the simplest moments to the most special ones, we nourish life through quality, innovation, and the people who make everything happen.

What will you be doing at MBRF?

• Lead and develop a team of merchandisers to ensure outstanding in-store execution across assigned customers and channels.
• Monitor merchandising performance through route adherence, productivity, coverage, and execution KPIs, taking corrective actions where required.
• Track Must Stock List (MSL), Share of Shelf (SOS), availability, visibility, and merchandising standards, partnering closely with Sales teams to maximize execution excellence.
• Develop and manage monthly route plans to ensure optimal territory coverage and resource utilization.
• Ensure effective implementation of planograms, merchandising guidelines, and in-store activation initiatives.
• Monitor the deployment and utilization of POSM materials, maintaining accurate records and ensuring execution quality at store level.
• Collect and validate market intelligence, competitor activities, pricing information, and store-level execution data to support commercial decision-making.
• Conduct regular field visits, coaching sessions, and performance reviews to strengthen team capabilities and improve execution standards.
• Lead daily team meetings to review performance, address operational challenges, and align action plans.
• Manage manpower planning, leave schedules, attendance, and day-to-day team administration activities.
• Partner closely with Sales, Trade Marketing, and Regional teams to ensure alignment and successful execution of commercial priorities.

What kind of profile are we looking for?

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Marketing, Management, or a related field.
• Minimum 5-7 years of experience in Merchandising, Field Sales, Trade Marketing, or Retail Operations within the FMCG industry.
• Previous experience leading and developing field merchandising teams.
• Strong understanding of retail execution, route planning, planogram compliance, availability, visibility, and merchandising KPIs.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel and PowerPoint.
• Experience using field force automation, execution tracking, or merchandising reporting systems is preferred.
• Fluent in English; Arabic is considered an advantage.

What competencies are key to this role?

• Strong people leadership and coaching skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management capabilities.
• Customer-focused mindset with strong commercial awareness.
• Strong organizational and planning skills.
• Problem-solving and decision-making abilities.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Results-oriented approach with a strong focus on execution excellence.
• High level of ownership, accountability, and teamwork.

What can you expect from MBRF?

• Being part of a global, collaborative and dynamic working environment.
• Strong corporate culture with commitments to customers, employees and the communities we serve.
• Vertical, horizontal and cross-functional growth opportunities.
• Exposure to regional best practices and commercial excellence initiatives.
• Competitive compensation and benefits package.