Category Manager - Mahally

About the Role
The company is one of the fastest-growing e-commerce platforms in the MENA region, delivering innovative technology solutions that empower businesses to scale rapidly. We are seeking a Category Manager – Mahally to take ownership of product selection and merchandising. This role entails analyzing sales performance, curating the best products, building campaign lists, and collaborating closely with marketing and growth teams. Your decisions will have a direct impact on Gross Merchandise Value (GMV).

Key Responsibilities

• Build the yearly promotional calendar, including events such as 11.11, White Friday, Ramadan, Eids, National Day, Founding Day, pay week, and seasonal moments.
• Choose the focus categories for each campaign, aligned with current sales trends and seasonal demands.
• Build product lists for each campaign and establish GMV targets.
• Own the category tree in both Arabic and English, focusing on consumer shopping behavior rather than merchant listings.
• Identify winning products and merchants, ensuring competitive pricing, real demand, and reliable delivery while onboarding new merchants.
• Oversee merchandising decisions, determining which products, stores, and categories feature in homepage banners, store tiles, category tiles, and search results; refresh these regularly based on performance.
• Collaborate with CRM, marketing, and growth teams on campaign targeting and timing.
• Analyze category performance and monitor competitor marketplaces to identify trends, opportunities, and gaps, making necessary strategy adjustments.

Requirements

• Experience: Minimum 3+ years in category management or marketplace operations on large-scale eCommerce platforms, demonstrating a proven ability to drive category performance and GMV growth.
• SKU Management: Experience managing over 50,000 SKUs, including curating top-performing products, ensuring listing quality, and optimizing product visibility for campaigns.
• Data & Analytics: Proficiency in SQL for data extraction and analysis, with familiarity in analytics/BI tools such as Metabase, Looker, or equivalents to generate actionable insights.
• Traffic & Marketing: Solid understanding of traffic-driving mechanisms like Search, Email, SEO, and Affiliates, with the ability to coordinate campaigns to maximize engagement and GMV.
• Consumer & Market Insight: Strong capability in analyzing consumer behavior and market dynamics to assess category performance, identify trends, and adapt strategies in response to competitor actions.
• Language: Proficient in both Arabic and English, spoken and written.