Senior Category Buyer – E‑commerce & Beauty Growth

Axceltrees

Saudi Arabia

On-site

SAR 180,000 - 300,000

Full time

6 days ago
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Qualifications

  • 5+ years of buying, category management or commercial experience.
  • Strong experience within E-commerce, marketplace, retail, beauty, health & wellness, pharmacy, FMCG or consumer goods.
  • Proven experience managing suppliers and negotiating commercial terms.
  • Strong understanding of category management, pricing, margin and promotional planning.
  • Experience managing large SKU assortments.
  • Strong analytical and numerical capability.
  • Advanced Excel skills.
  • Experience using ERP, BI, merchandising and/or E-commerce systems.
  • Knowledge of the Saudi retail and e-commerce market is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

  • Build category plans covering assortment, brands, pricing, promotions, margin and growth opportunities.
  • Identify assortment gaps and opportunities for new brands, products and emerging trends.
  • Own the product selection and buying process for assigned categories.
  • Build balanced assortments across established brands, emerging brands and strategic opportunities.
  • Identify, evaluate and onboard new brands, distributors and suppliers.
  • Own category sales, gross margin and commercial performance.
  • Maintain competitive pricing across assigned categories.
  • Work closely with the Demand Planner to ensure commercial plans and inventory requirements remain aligned.

Skills

Category management
Buying
Supplier negotiation
Pricing & promotions
Analytics & numeracy
Excel
ERP/BI systems
SKU management

Tools

ERP systems
BI tools

Job description

Responsibilities
  • Build category plans covering assortment, brands, pricing, promotions, margin and growth opportunities
  • Identify assortment gaps and opportunities for new brands, products and emerging trends.
  • Own the product selection and buying process for assigned categories
  • Build balanced assortments across established brands, emerging brands and strategic opportunities
  • Identify, evaluate and onboard new brands, distributors and suppliers.
  • Own category sales, gross margin and commercial performance
  • Maintain competitive pricing across assigned categories
  • Work closely with the Demand Planner to ensure commercial plans and inventory requirements remain aligned
Requirement
  • 5+ years of buying, category management or commercial experience
  • Strong experience within E-commerce, marketplace, retail, beauty, health & wellness, pharmacy, FMCG or consumer goods
  • Proven experience managing suppliers and negotiating commercial terms.
  • Strong understanding of category management, pricing, margin and promotional planning.
  • Experience managing large SKU assortments.
  • Strong analytical and numerical capability.
  • Advanced Excel skills.
  • Experience using ERP, BI, merchandising and/or E-commerce systems.
  • Knowledge of the Saudi retail and e-commerce market is highly desirable.
  • Existing supplier and brand relationships within relevant categories would be advantageous.
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