Gulf Marketing Group - Assistant Category Manager - Sports & Wellness eCommerce Vertical

Hiring for assistant category manager role in Category Management team for a leading Sports & Wellness e-commerce company.

Job Location: Dubai

Company: Sun and Sand Sports (Gulf Marketing Group)

Role: Assistant Category Manager

About GMG:

Gulf Marketing Group owns and operates brands like Nike, Under Armor, Vans, Columbia etc in the GCC and few SEA countries. GMG also owns the biggest sports retailer in the GCC, Sun and Sand Sports. GMG is in the process of building a central ecommerce and omnichannel team which would operate and run the entire ecommerce business for the group across brands and retail concepts starting with the GCC and then SEA. This is a great opportunity to join a startup within a mammoth organization driving transformation across markets

Preferred Qualifications:

MBA from Tier-1 colleges (IIT/IIM/FMS) or B.Tech from IIT with 1-2 years experience in category management roles in leading e-commcerce companies in India/MENA region.

Responsibilities:

- Driving category growth across GCC. Should be able to identify customer purchase trends and fill category gaps.

- Responsible for merchandising, assortment planning, inventory planning & pricing for the category

- Owning New brand onboarding and selection ramp up charter

- Coordinate & influence internal stakeholders to get things done.

- Deep dive, root cause & create action plan for driving sales of the category

Job requirements:

- Mandatory prior e-commerce experience with at least 1-2 years of experience in category management.

- Strong analytical skills , data-driven decision making & sales driven mind-set

- Strong MS Excel skills

- Excellent oral & written communication skills

You will succeed in your role if you are able to :

- Deliver results and within timelines

- Hustle, take complete ownership & have Bias for action

- Convert data to customer stories and vice versa.

- Show passion towards building & growing categories/brands online