Founded in 1992, Majid Al Futtaim is the leading shopping mall, retail and leisure pioneer across the Middle East, Africa and Asia. A remarkable business success story, Majid Al Futtaim started from one man’s vision to transform the face of shopping, entertainment and leisure to ‘create great moments for everyone, every day’.

ROLE SUMMARY

Category Manager (DPH) is responsible for assisting the sourcing activities for designated country and providing support for the coordination of activities for the International Merchandising function. The role holder is also responsible for supporting collaboration between Sourcing and other business units.

ROLE PROFILE

• Support Sourcing function with conducting the required research using a variety of data sources
• Collect and develop information based on the processes of the function that can be used by the Sourcing team and record it into the relevant information system
• Manage relationships with vendors locally and internationally as required
• Work closely with the relevant teams to provide accurate stock availability records
• Assist content teams to ensure products have required contents as directed by Sales Development
• Retrieve corporate documents, records, reports and maintain records on the international database management system
• Perform general office duties, such as ordering supplies and performing basic bookkeeping work
• Distribute incoming correspondence, including faxes and email
• Answer and direct calls or take messages, Manage diary with all meetings and appointments including appropriate resources and logistics for meetings, Organize travel arrangement for business trips.

REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing or Business Administration
• Communication with relevant stakeholders within the organization
• Experience sourcing for DPH products within and outside the country.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel
• Support provided for research activities
• Strong business communication, negotiation, and presentation skills
• Experience in collecting and analyzing data
• 3 to 5 years of experience in a similar function