Category Manager - Non Food

Role Summary

We are looking for a Category Manager - Non Food to join the team in Qatar and focus on growing our own Grocery Store “tMart”, which is the region’s first cloud store concept offering 30‑minute delivery of groceries at hypermarket prices. The service has expanded rapidly across Kuwait, UAE, Qatar, Jordan, Bahrain, Egypt, Oman and Iraq!

• Full ownership over the category management role in terms of assortments, pricing, offers and supply.
• Responsible for monitoring economic performance of the assigned departments/categories across sales, gross margin, profit and loss and consistency with the company’s commercial strategy.
• Ensuring proper implementation of the commercial strategy and strategic guidelines, including category plan and pricing strategy.
• Providing input to the Ops team flows, adjacencies, tools and templates, fixtures, etc.
• Reviewing and resolving any issues with local suppliers.
• Assortment
  • Ensuring cost efficiency across our consumers that meets their needs and wants.
  • Defining and maintaining the local assortment and integrating the basic assortment for the department/categories.
  • Providing regional teams with information regarding products and quantities needed for international and regional contracts.
  • Selecting local suppliers, negotiating and purchasing in line with expected needs guided by standards such as cost price, discounts, rebates, payment terms, discounts, etc.
• Price
  • Pricing the items based on pricing guidelines and recommended prices for PL/Imported items.
  • Collecting market prices and conducting country price audits.
• Promos
  • Identifying local promo products and pricing each item and submitting forecasting/relevant reordering information to replenishment.
  • Developing the country promotion calendar.
  • Following up and ensuring effective execution of all activities required for each promotional event.
  • Analyzing and providing inputs for more effective promotional activities such as consumer preferences, local competitors and trends.

• At least 5+ years of progressive development and management of multiple product categories, matured by working for large retailers (FMCG) in an international setting.
• Built teams and led cross‑functional projects at scale.
• Very detail‑oriented, structured and able to prioritize; delivers solutions rather than bottlenecks.
• Willing to do anything necessary for the project to succeed, including working on the warehouse floor, making a customer delivery, or taking customer calls – no detail is too small.
• Able to interact with senior‑level executives and manage the expectations of multiple stakeholders; energized by the unknown and eager to learn each day on the job.
• Excellent analytical and communication skills; hands‑on with several tools.
• Robust interpersonal and intercultural skills, able to inspire teams and stakeholders to rally behind a mission.
• Language skills:
  Fluency in English and Arabic is highly advantageous.

• Growth and recognition, both professionally and personally.
• Diverse & inclusive environment with colleagues from across the globe.
• Impactful work within the fastest‑growing online food ordering network.
• Company events, cultural outings and sports activities for community building.
• Daily perks such as fresh fruits, coffee in lounges and wellness rooms.
• Sponsored healthcare and gym memberships.