Assistant Category Manager - Grocery

Black & Grey HR is hiring for a well-established retail group in Saudi Arabia for their supermarket division. Our client is seeking a Saudi National Assistant Category Manager to support end-to-end category operations, assist the Category Manager in strategic planning, and independently handle key tasks to ensure category growth and performance.

Key Responsibilities
- Support in analyzing industry, pricing, and consumer trends to guide category decisions.
- Assist in building and maintaining strong relationships with distributors, wholesalers, and suppliers.
- Participate in sourcing new suppliers and evaluating their fit with category strategy.
- Contribute to preparing annual budgets, sales forecasts, and margin targets.
- Assist in executing business plans and monitoring category KPIs.
- Manage pricing updates, SKU performance reviews, and margin optimization tasks.
- Ensure product availability, timely replenishment, and assortment accuracy.
- Coordinate with buyers and merchandisers to enhance product range and shelf visibility.
- Track competitor activities, market pricing, and promotional trends.
- Handle reports, data analysis, and documentation required for category performance reviews.
- Independently manage assigned sub-categories or product groups as delegated by the Category Manager.
- Support vendor negotiations and follow up on agreements, timelines, and service levels.

- Minimum of 3 years of experience as a Buyer or Category Manager in FMCG.

- Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Marketing, or related field.

- Strong organizational and analytical skills.

- Excellent financial acumen and decision-making ability.

- Effective communicator and negotiator.

- Highly proficient in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).

- Detail-oriented with excellent time management.

- Ability to manage complexity and drive results collaboratively.

- Competitive salary and performance-based incentives

- Career growth opportunities within a reputed retail group

- Dynamic work environment