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We operate in around 65 countries worldwide. Headquartered in Berlin, Germany. Delivery Hero has been listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange since 2017 and is part of the MDAX stock market index.\n Role Summary\nWe’re looking for a Ast 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-minutedelivery of groceries at hypermarket prices. The service has expanded rapidly across Kuwait, UAE, Qatar, Jordan, Bahrain, Egypt, Oman and Iraq!\nWhat’s On Your Plate?\nFull Ownership over the category management role in terms of Assortments, Pricing, Offers and\nSupply.\nEnsuring proper implementation of the commercial strategy and strategic guidelines, including\ncategories plan and pricing strategy.\nProviding input to the Ops team flows, adjacencies, tools and templates, fixtures, etc.\nReviewing and resolving any issues with local suppliers by regular visiting the suppliers warehouse.Assortment:\n\nMonitoring the daily availability list and ensuring new seasonal items are regularly listed by the supplier.\nEnsuring cost efficiency across our consumers that meets their needs/wants.\nDefining and maintaining the local assortment and integrating the basic assortment for the department/categories.\nProviding regional teams with information regarding products and quantities needed for international and regional contracts.\nSelecting local suppliers, negotiating and purchasing in line with expected needs guided by standards such as cost price, discounts, rebates, payment terms, discounts, etc.\nRegular market visits to check the assortment available in the country and pushing our suppliers to source them for us.Price:\n\nPricing the items based on Ministry pricing guidelines on a daily basis.\nCollecting market prices and conducting country price audits.Promos:\n\nIdentifying local promo products and pricing each item and submitting forecasting/relevant reordering information to replenishment.\nDeveloping the country promotion calendar.\nFollowing up and ensuring effective execution of all activities required for each promotional event.\nAnalyzing and providing inputs for more effective promotional activities such as consumer preferences, local competitors and trends.\n What Did We Order?\nYou have 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.\nYou have built teams and led cross-functional projects at scale.\nYou are very detail-oriented, and structured and know how to prioritize -- you consider yourself as someone who delivers solutions and not bottlenecks to be solved.\nYou are 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. 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