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 Arab 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 organization 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

Overview of the role:

The job holder is responsible for Fashion website on product content and online promotional activities across Fashion Ecommerce platforms and 3rd parties to drive trade. The job holder will also be accountable for generating an augmented customer experience and to develop and execute the Fashion brand image (DNA) into the market and provide a unique digital consumer experience.

What you will do:-

Description of Accountability:

• Setup products for sale on Fashion website and mobile apps using ecommerce platform
• Manages Online Merchandising – Category Listing
• Report weekly sales performance for products and categories
• Ensure website assets are photographed, retouched, and aesthetically on-brand
• Monitor web analytics as per principle guidelines
• Assist in coordinating initial allocations, new samples, and core replenishment
• Ensure product is delivered to distribution centers and coordinate on-sales and pre-sales
• Work on Improvement plans to enhance customer experience
• Publish collateral for Watsons online platforms Home Page and new landing pages
• Prepare reports and analyze conversion numbers
• Execute catalog audits to ensure the right products are up for sale on Fashion online platforms
• Monitor inventory levels for all GCC domains
• Reference analytics tools to explore and report on trends and opportunities
• Demand Management (from Sales insights)
• Develop SEO (search engine optimization) and pay-per-click (PPC)
• Propose and setup promotions for FAshion online platform
• Report promotion performance for each campaign
• Support the Senior Marketing Manager to improve our digital strategies for website merchandising, promotions personalization, and new digital experiences
• Keep Ecom site exciting and alive (Banners, Blogs)
• Request and deliver collateral for new and existing international domains
• Building strong relationship with internal and external teams, especially the Buying and other brand teams
• Partner with key cross-functional teams including Creative Team and Marketing Team

Required Skills to be successful:-

• Experience conducting analysis with Google Analytics or Adobe Analytics is a plus
• Experience working with search optimization site strategies (SEO) a plus
• Experience working on international domains a plus
• Working with HTML and CSS a plus
• Excellent ability to complete tasks that require perfect attention to detail
• Ability to work efficiently to meet deadlines in a cross-functional work environment
• Customer-centric approach for web content strategies and new software products
• Strong analytical and numerical skills, someone who quickly grasps the key drivers of the Beauty and Skin care market
• Range/category experience or previous company experience at the same level

What equips you for the role:

• Min Bachelor Degree (Preferably Masters)
• 3-5 years’ experience in similar position in a Commercial role, supporting an e-commerce and digital marketing division preferably in Beauty & Fashion
• 2-4 years of e-commerce merchandising and CMS systems management and Marketplace platforms
• Advanced proficiency in Excel
• Strong analytical skills with proven ability to scrutinize datasets
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Retail Background
• Good and effective communication
• Effective time management / Uses time efficiently
• Creative, and detailed orientated
• Ability to adapt to changes as required by the business
• Monitors own work to ensure quality

About Al-Futtaim Retail

Al-Futtaim Retail has established itself as one of the leaders in Retail across the Middle East, Africa & Asia over the past 30 years. We have developed partnerships with some of the biggest and most respected Brands in the world including IKEA, ACE and Toys R Us in the Middle East and the Inditex Group of Brands (Zara, Mango, Bershka and P&B) across Asia. We are also one of the largest Global partners of Marks and Spencer’s in both regions with over 75 stores offering both fashion & food options.

Most recently we have been responsible for bringing brands to the Middle East for the first time with the exciting launches of Watsons and B&Q and we aim to continue to be agile and adaptive to our markets with new launches and further development. For this to be possible we aim to recruit the best talent from all backgrounds who will continue to challenge and develop our diverse workforce which includes over 100 nationalities across 12 countries. Join us today and make a difference…