What you’ll be doing:

• Having full ownership of the total category performance, including forecasting, monitoring, reporting on the business.
• Leading a team of 2 category specialists
• Contributing to driving projects and trading strategy to achieve business goals.
• Defining and continuously updating Wolt Market’s assortment at a store level to meet customer needs and optimise order economics.
• Leading effective negotiations with suppliers to establish joint goals, improve cost structure, and sustainably grow the P&L.
• Influencing the design of the categories, as well as contributing to new product groups and improving the customer experience to deliver growth.
• Creating business plans for new opportunities and developing and executing project plans for the launch of new features, incorporating merchandising and pricing strategies.
• Working cross-functionally with counterparts across in-stock management, marketing, finance, and retail systems to operate and grow the business.
• Continually improving and automating manual processes to enable the team to scale better as the business grows.

Our humble expectations

• Five (5) years of solid experience in category management, with a proven track record of delivering results
• Background in online grocery, traditional grocery retail, or e-commerce, ideally in fast-paced or scaling environments
• Strong communication skills and experience negotiating with both internal and external stakeholders
• Excellent analytical skills
• Ability to think both strategically and operationally, with strong attention to detail
• Experience in ultra-fresh categories (e.g. fruits and vegetables, fresh meat) is a plus
• Full professional proficiency English, Kazakh and/or Russian