Senior Manager - Commercial

Role Overview

Senior Manager – Commercial at Majid Al Futtaim, MAF Retail, Head Office UAE.

Role Purpose

Establish and execute category sourcing strategies, lead cross-functional strategic sourcing and merchandizing teams, manage supplier relationships, and drive category profitability and promotional calendar execution across the organization.

Key Responsibilities

Strategy & Category Management

• Establish category sourcing strategies and lead cross-functional strategic sourcing and merchandizing teams.
• Define country strategic merchandise and assortment through product.
• Define and implement selection of assortment, definition of category profitability, and promotional national calendar.
• Help develop long-term country strategies and significantly influence cross-company project development.

Supplier Management

• Manage and negotiate with suppliers to execute contracts and optimize opportunities.
• Manage category suppliers to act as a market intelligence provider regarding categories.
• Anticipate strategic opportunities and keep key stakeholders informed.
• Drive category suppliers' activities to mitigate risk, improve performance and add value.

Omnichannel Alignment

• Ensure online assortment and selection is available and matches offline assortment and selection to provide a similar customer experience.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in E-Commerce or Business Administration.
• Master's degree in E-Commerce or Supply Chain (preferred).
• 7 – 10 years of working experience in either category management or merchandise.
• E-commerce experience required.

Skills & Competencies

• Leadership skills.
• Team management.

Additional Information

• Work in a friendly environment where colleagues share positive vibes and enthusiasm for the future.
• Collaborate with over 45,000 diverse and talented colleagues guided by the organization's Leadership Model.