Careem Careers Dubai – Senior Commercial Manager

Job Description:

As a Senior Commercial Manager, you’ll be responsible for driving our strategy on assortment, pricing and promotions across our markets for a specific segment (either Fresh, Packaged food or Non Food). This is a unique role with the opportunity to create genuine impact for the lives of everyday people in our region. You will report to the Head of Grocery.

We’re looking for someone with an amazing understanding of grocery category management who can help us build our grocery dark store offering from the ground up. Our ideal candidate is someone with a strong sense of the industry, a knack for building selection in a customer obsessed manner and leveraging data-driven decision making, complemented by exceptional leadership skills and the ability to maintain strong external relationships so we unlock the best deals and execute seamlessly.

Job Responsibilities:

• Define an actionable strategy for Category Management (assortment, category hierarchy, pricing and promotions) based on Careem Grocery commercial strategy and guidelines
• Strive to continuously update and maintain assortment strategies to reflect market trends, local needs and preferences based on data-driven analysis
• Cooperate with Market heads and Area Managers to effectively tailor assortment to each neighborhood and store
• Establish strong relationships with suppliers and identify new suppliers to negotiate best-in-class deals
• Manage P&L for your segment – Manage budgets and define product margin targets by category
• Drive and own the reporting on category and item-level KPIs and performance to identify potential assortment improvements and derive strategies to improve supplier performance
• Grow, lead and influence a team of Category Managers and Pricing Analysts
• Report to the Director of Commercial

Job Requirements:

• You proactively recruit, coach and mentor top talent and ensure the team is fully engaged and delivering its very best work.
• You are an excellent communicator with any audience – executive, business, design or technology. You can easily explain complex concepts to people of any level.
• Experience in defining solutions to complex, strategic topics with a deeply analytical approach to issues. Sophisticated analytical capabilities is a plus.
• You never hesitate to roll up your sleeves and address something hands-on, you persevere when others fall away

Qualification & Experience:

• At least 6-8+ years of experience in category management or purchasing in the grocery industry. Time spent in tech, consulting, strategy, or a start-up is a plus.

Job Details:

Company: Careem

Vacancy Type:  Full Time

Job Location: Dubai, UAE

Application Deadline: N/A

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