Responsibilities:

• Implementing Department Strategy and Category plans, selecting brandsand items and setting the prices.
• Monitoring performance of the assigned commercial departments acrossstore formats - sales, gross margin, Profit & Loss; in alignment with theCompany’s targets.
• Defining and maintaining local assortment and integrating basic assortmentfor the Department/Categories.
• Pricing the items based on set guidelines.
• Identifying local promo products and pricing each item, submitting relevantreordering information to replenishment.
• Coordinating with other functions, Operations, Logistics, and E&M as well asother areas in merchandise such as Private label, Promo, Display, etc.
• Selecting local suppliers, negotiating, and purchasing in line with expectedneeds guided by the corporate guidelines and standards such as cost price,discounts, rebates, payments term discounts, etc.
• Reviewing and attending to/resolving any issues with local suppliers.
• Contributing to the company’s Promotional activities as required.
• Collecting market prices and conducting country price audits.

Skills

Skills and Experience

•Minimum 3-5 years of experience in merchandising preferably with a leadingFMCG retailer (Buying or/and Sales experience)

•Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration or related field.

. We prefer candidates who are bilingual in English and Arabic

•Excellent communication and management skills

•Energetic and motivated personality with great multitasking.

•Proficient in MS office, especially MS Excel.

•Must have excellent interpersonal and networking skills. An ability to buildand maintain effective working relationships with suppliers and colleagues.