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A leading retail organization is hiring an experienced Category Manager – Apparel to lead merchandise planning, category strategy, assortment decisions, and commercial performance. The role calls for strong apparel merchandising experience and the ability to use sales, inventory, and market data to drive category growth.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop category plans, merchandise strategies, and product assortments.
- Build seasonal and annual merchandise plans and buying strategies.
- Analyze consumer preferences, market trends, and competitor activity.
- Identify product and category growth opportunities.
- Prepare merchandise and new-product budgets.
- Lead SKU selection, assortment planning, and product lifecycle management.
- Coordinate product launch calendars with logistics and operations.
- Monitor product costs, inventory, sell-through, and stock turnover.
- Analyze category, SKU, seasonal, and store-level performance.
- Work closely with buying, supply chain, logistics, and store operations teams.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree or higher in Business Administration, Retail Management, Fashion Merchandising, Marketing, or a related field.
- Minimum 5 years of relevant apparel merchandising or category-management experience in retail chains.
- Strong apparel merchandising, assortment planning, and product-selection experience.
- Experience supporting a large retail network is preferred.
- Strong analytical, commercial, negotiation, planning, and communication skills.
- Proficiency in ERP systems and Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
- Good understanding of retail operations, supply chain, logistics, and inventory management.
- Flexibility to travel when required.
Job Details
- Location: Dubai, UAE
- Employment Type: Full Time
- Salary: AED 15,000 – 22,000 per month (estimated)
- Experience: 5+ years
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