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Category Manager - Food Retail - Kuwait
With more than 750 cafés, stores and restaurants the Alshaya Food division offers a range of roles for different hospitality backgrounds. Brands such as The Cheesecake Factory, Starbucks, P.F. Chang's, Pizza Express and Shake Shack provide everything from quick service and casual up to fine dining. We launched many new brands in recent years and have exciting plans for 2015.
Our Food Retail Division requires an experienced Category Manager to manage a range of product sectors across multiple brands. As someone who has a passion and strong understanding of 'food', you will have had a solid career in buying, planning or merchandising, ideally within a retail product environment.
This role will cover internationally-recognized brands and have high exposure throughout the business function. This is an outstanding opportunity for a unique individual to apply their knowledge into this growing division, with the autonomy to look ahead for future opportunities and openings.
Your main responsibilities include (but are not limited to):
* Creating and managing the financial operating category plan
* Creating the positioning strategy for the category based on competitive and marketplace strategic assessment
* Understanding of competitive marketplace to project potential threats to category creating positioning strategy for product categories
* Managing the product lines through their life-cycles: core, seasonal and promotional
* Leading the development of new product concepts from conception through implementation
* Working with Supply Chain to ensure integration of planning, forecasting, forward buying and inventory management of product lines.
Requirements
* At least 3 years' experience in Category Management within food retail/FMCG
* Experience of buying and implementing new product lines worldwide
* An effective communicator with excellent negotiation skills and proven ability to handle multiple stakeholders
* Progressive experience of product or brand management with P&L responsibility
* Excellent analytical skills.
About the Company
As a leading international franchise operator, with nearly 90 of the world’s most recognised brands in its portfolio, Alshaya Group brings great shopping, dining, leisure and hospitality experiences to millions of customers across the Middle East & North Africa, Russia, Turkey, Europe and beyond.
Alshaya Group is a dynamic multinational business and family owned enterprise with a consistent record of growth and innovation. For 35 years, Alshaya has been a pioneering force in brand franchising, using its exceptional knowledge and experience to expand at pace.
Our portfolio of well-loved international brands includes Starbucks, H&M, Mothercare, Debenhams, American Eagle Outfitters, P.F. Chang’s, The Cheesecake Factory, The Body Shop, M.A.C, Victoria’s Secret, Boots, Pottery Barn, KidZania and, coming soon, Hampton by Hilton.
From one retail franchise store opened in Kuwait in 1983, Alshaya Group has consistently grown and diversified and today offers customers an unparalleled choice of brands across multiple sectors; Fashion & Footwear, Health & Beauty, Food, Optics, Pharmacy, Home Furnishings, Leisure & Entertainment, and Hotels. A diverse, skilled team of 53,000 people from 120 nationalities support more than 4,000 stores, cafes, restaurants and leisure destinations, a growing online business and a commitment to delivering great customer experiences.