Online Merchandiser

Established in the 1930s as a trading business, Al-Futtaim Group today is one
of the most diversified and progressive, privately held regional businesses
headquartered in Dubai, United A"rab Emirates. Structured into five operating
divisions; automotive, financial services, real estate, retail and healthcare;
employing more than ‎35,000 employees across more than ‎20 countries in the
Middle East, Asia and Africa, Al-Futtaim Group partners with over ‎200 of the
world's most admired and innovative brands. Al-Futtaim Group's
entrepreneurship and relentless customer focus enables the organisation to
continue to grow and expand; responding to the changing needs of our customers
within the societies in which we operate.
By upholding our values of respect, excellence, collaboration and integrity;
Al-Futtaim Group continues to enrich the lives and aspirations of our
customers each and every day.
ROLE PURPOSE:

The Online Merchandiser supports and assists the Sr. Online Merchandiser
across trading and merchandising, product content and online promotional
activities across multiple categories for the Al-Futtaim websites.
The job holder will also be accountable for generating an augmented customer
experience, developing and executing the Watsons brand image (DNA) into the
market and provide a unique digital consumer experience.

KEY ROLE SPECIFIC ACCOUNTABILITIES:
* Merchandising and Trading of e-Store, maximising cross & up selling, conversion, and revenue, while managing stock levels for the website. Contribute new ideas to drive sales and conversion.
* Drive Financial Targets
* Responsible for daily/weekly management of products going live ensuring ‎100% accuracy of product content and assets. Identify slow performers and apply corrective measures.
* Assist the Head of department to deliver the weekly, monthly reporting/analysis, highlighting opportunities and risks
* Assist the Head of department to execute the Marketing and Promotional Plan, Emails, Social Media and Homepage content.
* Weekly/monthly competitor/market analysis highlighting opportunities and risks
* Building strong relationship with internal teams. Excellent communicator within internal team to support correct timely execution

PERSON SPECIFIC:
Minimum Experience and Knowledge:
* ‎2+ years' experience in a relevant Merchandising role preferably within a multi-channel retailer or pure play
* Excellent Site Merchandising Skills
* Experience of handling negotiations and being able to build strong relations across key stakeholders

Job-Specific/Technical Skills required to complete the tasks:
* Good planning, organizational and prioritization skills
* Strong/excellent attention to detail
* Results-orientated, with the ability to drive and deliver the implementation of new ideas
* Excellent working knowledge of MS Office
* A high level of customer focus and the ability to understand customers' needs
* Strong analytical and numerical skills with experience in producing trade reports and analysis
* Ability to learn new technology quickly
* Previous Shopify experience is preferred
* Arabic Speaker

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