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Job description / Role
Category Director / Head of Trading / eCommerce Director
Working for an extremely well-funded start-up based in Dubai, the Category Director / Head of Trading / eCommerce Director will lead and grow a talented team to drive commercial growth of this eCommerce business, which is set to be the Amazon of the Middle East.
The Category Director / Head of Trading / eCommerce Director will be responsible for:
* Full P&L responsibility for the numerous categories in your “super category”
* Developing and implementing a customer-centric category plan across both marketplace and retail stocked in to deliver sales, margin and stock budgets
* Site merchandising, merchandising, buying and marketplace account management
* Establishing credible relationships with suppliers to ensure the best cost, best supply and best delivery for customers
* Working closely with the exec team to drive overall rapid growth of the business
* Growing and leading a team of talented category managers, merchandisers and others
* Ensuring best in class customer experience
This is an amazing opportunity for a talented Category Director / Head of Trading / eCommerce Director to join what is set to be a high-profile, global challenger at the start of their journey. Package Includes high tax free salary, bonus, benefits, expat benefits (education allowance, family flight allowance, family medical, etc.) full relocation and accommodation assistance.
Requirements
* Strong category management / trading / merchandising / eCommerce experience
* Excellent analytical skills and a data driven mindset
* Great negotiation and influencing skills
* Strong team management experience
* Good academics (or equivalent work experience)
Intelligent People is a specialist Category Director recruitment agency.
About the Company
We’re a recruitment consultancy, founded in 2002 by experienced recruitment professionals Doug Bates and Chris Mason. We specialise in placing top-level (up to director-level) marketing, product management and ecommerce professionals throughout the UK.