Category Manager, Toys

Overview

Mumzworld is the leading digital commerce platform for mothers and families in the GCC region. Trusted by millions, we are the region’s go-to destination for baby, mother, and child essentials - and we’re just getting started. Our next chapter is bold: building the region’s most ambitious Super App for families - integrating e-commerce, pharmacy, healthcare, education, and more. With 300+ team members across the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and remote locations in Europe, Asia, and Africa, we’re growing fast.

We’re looking for professionals who combine business rigor with a builder’s mindset - entrepreneurial thinkers, data-driven decision-makers, and strong collaborators who prioritize people, culture, and long-term impact. Join us as we shape the future of family living in the region.

• Maximizing category sales revenue and profit.
• Negotiating contracts, contractual terms, promotion, and seasonal activities with relevant vendors.
• Stock planning, monitoring and managing to maintain the stock at healthy level as per the KPI’s set and managing OTB accordingly in collaboration with the Logistic department.
• Ensuring product availability and maintaining SKVIs, KVIs at the KPIs set.
• Creating a productive category strategy and range planning to implement across the site by identifying growth opportunities for categories.
• Analyzing trends and sourcing new brands including onboarding.
• Analyzing and reporting on category performance and enhancement.
• Responsible for the P&L of your department.
• Contributing to planning, trading and sales meetings with the ability to analyze trade and trends.
• Coordinating and finding solutions for any customer care and warehouse enquiries.
• Setting strong relationships and connections with key vendors to maintain proper investment and selling E-commerce features to maximize other incomes.
• Carrying out competitor analysis to identify opportunities and market trends.
• Ensuring pricing strategy is implemented and reporting risk.
• Communicating and reporting all key information to the Manager.
• Coordinating weekly and monthly marketing activities. To liaise with the marketing department to maximize sales through Site.
• Category merchandising: to liaise with tech and marketing dept to ensure seamless navigation through the web/App to deliver outstanding customer experience.
• Helping in strategizing, planning & executing category campaigns in collaboration with the marketing department.

• Strong negotiation skills.
• Strong planning and organizational skills.
• Solution driven.
• Comprehensive understanding of MS office, Excel and PowerPoint.
• Able to thrive in a high-pressure and fast-paced environment.
• Self motivated individuals that can also work as part of a team.
• Vendor management.
• Work autonomously.
• Able to multi-task and to work with all retail’s departments.

• More than 2 years of working experience in Ecommerce &/ Retail as an Account Manager, Key Account Manager, Buyer, Senior Buyer, Category Manager or relevant role.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Knowledge of the toys category would be an advantage.
• Proven ability to juggle multiple account management projects at a time.

Has an entrepreneurial spirit and craves a high-growth, fast-paced innovative environment seeking to disrupt the ecosystem positively. Prioritizes team culture and people management above all else, recognizing the value of establishing an effective organization and internal process to drive business results. Is a positive team-player who thrives on challenges, the opportunity to problem solve, build/create and have the mindset that no job is too small.

Is analytical and data driven.

This is your chance to be a part of the No.1 E-commerce organization for Baby, Mother and Child products across the GCC and be a part of a dynamic team working towards taking the organization to its next quantum leap. We need brains, ambition, grit and passion to continue helping Mumz everywhere and to help make their lives easier.