Category Manager Amazon Now

About the Role

Afaq Q Tech General Trading is seeking a Category Manager - Amazon Now to join their team in Riyadh. This full-time position requires 5-10 years of experience and focuses on managing the non-fresh category for Amazon's Q-commerce service, Amazon Now. The role involves internal collaboration across Amazon functions to ensure optimal selection, pricing, promotions, and activities, while achieving growth, basket penetration, and margin objectives.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the Category Leader in driving new strategic initiatives and business opportunities.
• Collaborate with Retail PF/Category Leaders to identify the optimum selection mix for top-line and bottom-line growth across Grocery and Non-Grocery portfolios.
• Identify automation opportunities to offer scalable solutions and improve key input metrics such as selection, profitability, pricing, and availability.
• Manage the P&L post-launch to achieve top and bottom-line targets, and lead projects to enhance profitability with critical stakeholders including vendors, operations, and advertising teams.
• Define selection assortment and continuously refine the mix to improve space utilization.
• Engage with the Retail team to source deals during Tier 1 and Tier 2 events, ensuring continued value for Prime Customers.
• Collaborate with retail category teams to ensure content quality is best-in-class, aiming to improve conversion rates.
• Negotiate category marketing funds from vendors (via the retail category team) for category visibility during business-as-usual and event periods.
• Partner with the Retail Category team to ensure asks are integrated into the Annual Retail Joint Business Plan (JBP) for common vendors.
• Collaborate with the Ads team to secure a fair share of Brand Ads investment for Amazon.

Experience Requirements

Candidates for this position should possess 5 to 10 years of relevant experience in category management or a similar role, preferably within the e-commerce or retail sector, with a focus on non-fresh categories.

Work Environment and Type

This is a full-time position based in Riyadh. The role involves extensive internal collaboration with various Amazon functions and external engagement with vendors and partners to achieve business objectives.

Compensation

Salary for this position will be not disclosed and will be discussed with qualified candidates.