Private Label Category Management Specialist

About the role

Talabat, part of the Delivery Hero Group, is looking for a Specialist Category Management - Private Label in Maadi. This is a contract position supporting the Category Manager in managing private label categories, mainly fresh food, and driving category insights through supplier data, audits and promotions.

Key responsibilities

• Collect weekly price quotations from produce suppliers, compile the data and propose item allocations based on cost and supplier service levels.
• Collect retail audits from competitors and generate daily and weekly reports on availability performance, shrinkage and sales to support category insights.
• Set up, launch and activate promotional campaigns directly within the internal promo tool.
• Visit the central market to check new seasonal items and decide on item selection, and visit tMart stores to monitor freshness and quality.
• Work with demand planners and suppliers to ensure timely and efficient delivery of fresh food products.
• Handle administrative tasks such as updating price changes and ranking changes on the app.
• Follow up with suppliers on listings, pricing and product availability, and handle ad hoc requests from the manager.

Required profile

• At least 3 years of experience developing and managing multiple private label categories, in large retailers (FMCG) in an international setting.
• Technical knowledge that allows providing accurate information to the manager.
• Commercial knowledge of profitability, margin calculations, feasibility and benchmarking.
• Detailed, structured and able to prioritise, delivering solutions rather than bottlenecks.