Assistant Category Manager

Job description

Talabat is looking for an Assistant Category Manager to join the team and focus on growing its own grocery store, tMart, 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. The role calls for a hands-on, detail-oriented category professional who is willing to do whatever the project needs, including working on the warehouse floor or taking customer calls when the team is short-staffed.

Responsibilities

• Grow and manage multiple product categories for the tMart grocery store
• Lead cross-functional projects and interact with senior-level executives, managing the expectations of multiple stakeholders
• Support the team operationally when needed, including working on the warehouse floor or taking customer calls to complete a customer delivery

Requirements

• At least 5+ years of experience in progressive development and management of multiple product categories, gained at large retailers (FMCG) in an international setting
• Experience building teams and leading cross-functional projects at scale
• Detail-oriented and structured, with the ability to prioritize and deliver solutions
• Willing to do anything necessary for the project to succeed
• Ability to interact with senior-level executives and manage the expectations of multiple stakeholders
• Excellent analytical and communication skills and a hands-on approach with several tools
• Robust interpersonal and intercultural skills; able to inspire several teams and stakeholders behind a mission
• Fluent English is mandatory; Arabic can be a plus

Skills

• Analytical skills
• Category management
• FMCG
• Stakeholder management