Private label & Directly Imported Beauty Brands Senior Specialist (2023550)

Overview

Accountabilities

• Planning and leading new product Project Management process
• **In assistant with Category Manager and direct Manager works on detailed category assessments and segmentation identifying opportunities for PL and DI**
• **Proposes New Product annual launch plan (NPD) for Private Label (PL) and DI brands by following global trends and insights**
• **By collaborating with the internal and external stakeholders, manages and executes new PL and DI brands projects and processes within categories that he is responsible for**
• **Ensures that all the PL and DI brands are in line with PL/Di brands Strategy**
• **Ensures coordination and collaboration with the category managers to ensure the achievement of PL and Imp brands sales, margin and inventory targets.**
• **Project management - ensures that PL/DI brands NPD projects he is accountable for, meet defined timelines and all the activities are executed**
• **Conducts cost benefit analysis pre and after product launch, identifies the risks, defines market positioning, sets quality standards for the product**
• Sourcing and negotiation of buying terms
• **Through negotiations with various suppliers responsible for reaching best buying terms for both overseas and local suppliers (targeted cost prices, margins, payment terms, quality level and inventory)**
• **Based on defined criteria and in line with his manager, proposes new vendor selection and commercial terms to management**
• **Assists in overall PL/DI brands vendor relationship in front of Nahdi Company (main contact point)**
• **Assists in contract management with all of our PL/Imp brands vendors**
• **Ensures effective inventory control by working closely with Merchandise Planning, Category Management and Overseas buying planner (inventory level, lead times, and other logistic requests).**
• Packaging development coordination – Design and regulatory compliance
• **Briefs Design agencies in reference to new product packaging design by providing all the required information**
• **In collaboration with SFDA and QA Manager, follows up with SFDA and another local legal regulation and ensures that PL/DI brands products are aligned and have full legal compliance**
• **Follows global PL and retail market trends, product innovation and packaging trends, - sets benchmarks and uses global or local best practice as reference**
• **Works closely with QA manager in ensuring that PL products have quality level in line with PL Strategy and that delivered products meet agreed product specification**
• **With other internal stakeholders initiates kick off meetings for pre-lunch activities**
• Reporting to internal stakeholders
• **Reporting to all internal stakeholders on status of new launches**
• **Reports on PL/DI brands achievements through internal presentations (Commercial meetings, SOP meetings, meeting with other stakeholders )**
• **Reports directly to PL and DI**
• Employee duties are not limited only to the above-mentioned Accountabilities; he/she may perform other duties as assigned.

Work Environment

• Indoors : 80%
• Outdoors : 20%
• Working Days : 5 Working Days
• Days off : 2 Days Off
• Working Hours : 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Education

• **BSc Degree**

Experience

• **1-3 Years of Experience in Retail – preferred PL or CM background**
• **Experience of doing business with international or local suppliers**
• **FMCG product development experience preferred**

Computer Skills

• **MS Office Suite**

Languages

• **English**
• **Arabic (optional)**