Category Manager
Wadi.com
Total des années d'expérience :14 years, 1 Mois
Responsible for sourcing new Brand partners, Sellers, Suppliers relevant to the KSA and UAE Market. Active contribution in growing the fashion categories in Wadi.com. Started as Business Development Manager and promoted to Assistant Category Manager. Played a major role in growing the fashion category GMV by 150 to 200%. Live Catalog number increased from 25, 500 to 209, 000 listings. Assisted in Category launches of Watches, Sunglasses, Clothing, Bags and Jewelry.
Helped in Sourcing suppliers and negotiated terms of contract; maintained relationships with existing suppliers and sourced new suppliers for future products; participated in promotional activities. Attended tradeshows and conferences to stay abreast of industry standards. Brought in International sellers from USA/Spain/Hong Kong/Singapore/Turkey.
Identifying market trends and prospecting new partners.
Helping new Fashion suppliers and liaising with our internal team to ensure smooth registration and introduce E-commerce tools to make best use of the platform.
Forecasted orders and ensured inventory is properly distributed; reacted to changes in demand.
Planning promotions, campaigns to achieve company goals.
Took responsibility for increasing the catalog on website. Work closely with content team, production, in house studio, and merchandiser.
Work closely with Central marketing, Fashion stylist, Studio, Content teams and support the Regional Category Manager to launch new fresh assortments and sub-categories.
Provide decision making for buying, replenishments, and margin earning. Analyze and study the best sellers, slow sellers on daily basis and review the deals with Regional Category Manager.
Assist with Daily & weekly sales and reordering reports using tools. Look closely and study the conversion of individual products and behaving of customers.
Conduct competitor Analysis for enhancing site catalog, promotions, content, customer engagement and experience
Successful in hunting and procuring potential Sku’s.
Responsible for category management and procurement for clothing category
Planning and performance management of apparel category
Negotiation with suppliers on purchase or consignment models
Relationship management with various brands and suppliers
Analyzing performance of category versus planning
Managing team of coordinators, procurement, BD, TSAM, content, production and receiving
Maintaining stocks and completing selections for upcoming promotions
Merchandising deals and promotions for brands
Providing insights and comments on growing products and item types
Preparing daily, weekly and monthly sales reports for the category
Setting up imaging and content guidelines for clothing and shoes category
Coordinating with marketing team for promotions
Assisting and coordinating with category manager for growth of the category
Campaign management and planning for the category promotions
Planning and maintaining brand stores on Souq.com
Working as an acting category manager for shoes category
Coordinating with procurement team for purchasing of stocks
Content management and quality check for the products
Coordination between the content team and suppliers for content creation and imaging
Regulating smooth flow of payments for the suppliers by coordination with the finance team
Setting up guidelines for content and imaging
Coordinating with the production team for photo shoots
Quality check of images, description, price and promotions
Managing and helping suppliers to grow their business with Souq.com
Coordinating with internal teams for marketing promotions for suppliers
Content creation and reviewing content for the product categories of handbags, watches, sunglasses and clothing on the website
Quality check for the content and images uploaded on the website
Product sourcing and sampling before purchase for the fashion category
Invoice management for the products bought
Fostering effective inter-department and intra-departmental communication
Check input data regarding format, consistency, completeness and logical correctness
Training and development for the new employees in the team
Sourcing and content management of the content shared by the suppliers for the products.
Entering Data - (Customer details up to 100+) Per Day
Data updates and transfer
Check input data regarding format, consistency, completeness and logical correctness
Processing account opening for clients
Setting up and coordinating meetings and conferences
Answer phones and direct all incoming calls to appropriate party - promptly and efficiently
Assisting staff members with preparation of presentation materials
Reviewing and summarizing miscellaneous reports and documents; prepare background documents and outgoing mail as necessary
Perform general clerical duties
Maintaining and distributing staff weekly schedules
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