Specialist Category Management - Fresh Food
On-siteManama, Manama, Bahrain
Job Summary
Collect weekly price quotations from produce suppliers, compile data, and propose item allocations based on cost and service levels. Generate daily and weekly availability performance, shrinkage, and sales reports to drive category insights. Set up and activate promotional campaigns within the internal promo tool. Visit the central market to assess new seasonal items and monitor freshness and quality at tMart stores. Collaborate with demand planners and suppliers to ensure timely delivery of fresh food products. Update price changes, rank changes, and content on the app. Follow up with suppliers on listings, pricing, and product availability. Manage ad hoc requests from the manager. Support the growth of tMart, the region's first cloud store concept offering 30-minute grocery delivery, across Kuwait, UAE, Qatar, Jordan, Bahrain, Egypt, Oman, and Iraq.
Required Qualifications
- At least 3+ years of experience in progressive development and management of multiple fresh food categories
- Experience working for large retailers (FMCG)
- Experience in an international setting
- Technical fresh food knowledge
- Commercial knowledge such as profitability, margin calculations and feasibility and benchmarking knowledge
- Detail-oriented
- Structured
- Know how to prioritize
- Delivers solutions
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