Online Merchandising Manager | Kobaltt Dubai, UAE
The Role
Innovation and imagination have made this client the fastest growing U.S.-based company in the e-commerce category. In just over two short years, our company has grown from a humble beginning offering a single daily deal to redefining localized online advertising and social commerce in nearly 600 cities worldwide. With an established presence in Europe, the Americas, Australasia and more recently the Middle and Far East, they are proud to have cemented our reputation as a global business phenomenon.
Looking for a highly-motivated Online Merchandising Manager, who has an unquestionable passion for the art of selling. The right candidate will understand what sells, how to make it sell and what price point is required to optimise every single product that we promote!
The primary objective of this role is to make decisions and specific recommendations to increase the quality of deals and ensure the online product offering is of the highest calibre.
You’ll need to have a high-level of organisation and time management skills and be a highly motivated and enthusiastic team player. You should be web savvy with excellent all-round communication skills.
Key tasks include:
Making recommendations to improve deal quality
Where necessary, pushing back on products that are not suitable for promotion on the website
Reviewing potential deals for quality and clarity
Identifying specific gaps in weekly deal offerings
Requirements:
A demonstrated understanding of media planning or merchandising
Experience working in a ecommerce company is highly advantageous
Experience in marketing or advertising planning or strategy
Attention to detail, with skills in basic editing, data analysis and fact-checking
Excellent communication skills
Experience with online scheduling processes or online inventory management
A willingness to step up and do whatever it takes to get the job done
Ability to use initiative and work both autonomously and as part of a team
Relationship building and interpersonal skills with the ability to converse clearly with sales, production and marketing
Creative spark with the ability to multi-task and meet daily deadlines
The Digital Merchandiser will own promotional and merchandising initiatives on all national/retail websites ensuring all deals are attractive and offer the right product at the right price and the right season. In summary, the Digital Merchandiser will control how the company engages customers when they arrive and give them unique reasons to buy through innovative showcasing of our products and services. The Merchandiser will need to have a great sense of marketing, promotion, and advertising techniques and as they will be working closely with the direct team (marketing) especially the content and creative functions, as well as the suppliers relations team.
RequirementsRequirements: A demonstrated understanding of media planning or merchandising |
About the Company
Kobaltt MENA are leaders in recruitment across Technical, Construction, Property, Supply Chain & Logistics, Facilities Management, Sales & Marketing and Accounting & Finance Markets. We enjoy long established client relationships with an in-depth knowledge of the MENA and International Market, offering candidates reputable career prospects.
With established Middle East regional offices located in Abu Dhabi, Doha and Dubai, Kobaltt is providing a specialist range of permanent and contract recruitment services to the construction, property and engineering, Supply Chain & Logistics, Oil & Gas, accountancy and finance sectors.
Our team has over 25 years accumulative years of experience being based in the GCC with established client networks and candidate profiles.
