Senior Account Manager, Audio & Video

About noon

noon.com is a technology leader with a simple mission: to be the best place to buy and sell things. In doing this we hope to accelerate the digital economy of the Middle East, empowering regional talent and businesses to meet the full range of consumers' online needs.

noon operates without boundaries; we are aggressively and voraciously ambitious. Starting in 2017 with noon.com, the region’s homegrown e-commerce platform and leading online shopping destination, noon is now a digital ecosystem of products and services - noon, noon Daily, noon Food, NowNow, SIVVI, noon VIP, and noon Pay.

We are creating the Middle East’s local digital champion and are looking for world-class talent to join our team.

What you’ll do:

As Strategic Partner manager working with the VP of commercial, the candidate will be responsible for handling the Business strategy, Day to day business operations, overall performance & across all categories fr specific key partners. As we are very much still a startup at the core, we are looking for somebody deeply passionate and committed in making an impactful contribution to the region.

● Co-create and implement strategic growth plans for our most strategic partnerships and acting as the main point of contact to the partner.

● Own the holistic strategy with the most important Marketplace partners, providing commercial expertise and advice with the goal to drive sustainable, qualitative, and mutual commercial growth.

● Develop, maintain, and execute strategic plans with clear roadmaps and timelines and coordinate partner focused initiatives across relevant functions within and beyond Category Management

● Ensure transparency across stakeholders to facilitate project progress. Maintain a strong network within the partners’ organization and enable structured relationship management

● Break down complex and ambiguous problems into simple and actionable work streams

● Financial Planning: Support the Category Teams with the setting and alignment of commercial growth targets for the partnership with the selected brands. Integrate Noon business and services into the plans and track target achievements

● Set annual terms and conditions, ensuring a positive and commercially viable partnership.

● Manage weekly/monthly performance decisions with Head of commercial / category teams to ensure the partner performance is always on track

● Ensure the assortment and onsite strategy is aligned to the wider business strategy

● Ensure we always have the relevant brand partners online within our assortment offer

● Keep up-to-date on external best practices and relevant changes to their field/area; communicates updates to stakeholders

● Liaise with logistics and operations as appropriate.

● Understand the overarching company strategy, as well as communicate and model the core values of the organization to create a sense of teamwork and membership among employees.

What you’ll need:

● Bachelor or Master's Degree in economics, finance, management or comparable qualification. You have gained 3+ years of work experience in consumer-oriented commercial, partner-facing, or highly analytical roles

● Consulting or Buying experience in the e-commerce space

● Experience of stakeholder management and working in large teams, with a successful track record

● Strong influencing, negotiation and communication skills

● You have a strong understanding of the P&L lines in an ecommerce - retailing environment, and empathy for the needs of a consumer brand

● You are a strategic commercial thinker with impressive analytical skills and critical mindset. You have strong technical skills in Microsoft / Google Suite

● You have outstanding communication skills and can drive projects with different teams across the organization, including senior management stakeholders

● Solid experience in online retail environments

● An entrepreneurial mindset

Who will excel?

We’re looking for candidates who thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic start-up environment. We’re searching for problem solvers, people who operate with a bias for action and have a deep understanding of the importance of resourcefulness over reliance.

Candor is our only default. Demanding unequivocal high standards should be non-negotiable because quality matters. We want people who are radically candid, cohorts who commit to settling for nothing but the best - in hiring, in accepting work from colleagues, and in your own work.

Ours is not an easy mission, but it is a meaningful one. Every hire must actively raise the bar of talent in the company to help us reach our vision.

Is this you?