Category Specialist

The Category Specialist is responsible for managing and developing assigned product categories across Florose’s e-commerce platforms. The role focuses on category performance, product assortment, pricing, promotions, availability, and customer demand to drive sales, improve profitability, and ensure a strong and competitive product offering.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage assigned product categories and monitor their overall commercial performance.
• Develop and optimize product assortment based on customer demand, seasonality, trends, and business objectives.
• Monitor product availability and coordinate with Procurement and Operations to maintain appropriate stock levels.
• Review pricing and support pricing strategies to ensure competitiveness and healthy margins.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with brands and strategic partners, and negotiate contracts and commercial agreements to secure favorable terms for the company.
• Plan and coordinate category promotions, seasonal campaigns, bundles, and special offers with the Marketing team.
• Identify best-selling, slow-moving, and underperforming products and recommend appropriate actions.
• Conduct competitor and market analysis covering products, pricing, promotions, trends, and new opportunities.
• Support the sourcing and introduction of new products and categories based on market opportunities.
• Ensure products are properly categorized and presented across the app and website, including titles, descriptions, images, attributes, and pricing.
• Coordinate with Marketing, Procurement, Operations, Content, and Technology teams to execute category initiatives.
• Prepare regular category performance reports and provide actionable recommendations to management.
• Support forecasting and category planning for key occasions and seasonal peaks.
• Maintain a strong understanding of customer behavior and purchasing patterns within assigned categories.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Marketing, E-commerce, or a related field.
• 2–4 years of experience in Category Management.
• Strong analytical skills and ability to interpret sales and performance data.
• Good understanding of pricing, margins, promotions, assortment, and inventory management.
• Strong Excel and reporting skills.
• Experience in e-commerce.
• Strong communication and cross-functional coordination skills.
• Arabic and English proficiency.
• Experience in flowers, gifting, beauty, lifestyle, or premium retail is a plus.