Category Specialist

A Category Specialist is a crucial role in the commercial department, dealing with all communications with vendors, distributors and beauty manufacturers, and ensuring the availability of products to meet customer demand.

Responsibilities:

• Collaboration with brands of specialised cosmetic groups
• Building effective relationships with suppliers
• Negotiating commercial terms and conditions with suppliers and concluding contracts
• Category assortment management
• Achieving sales revenue and margin targets
• Monitoring the market, trends, novelties in the relevant product category

Requirements:

• Work experience in retail companies
• Fluent English and Russian (Arabic will be an asset)
• Managing product assortment and purchasing
• Negotiating at a senior level
• Results orientation
• Positive and enthusiastic with the high level of responsibility and independence