Senior Category & Buyer Manager

If you’re here, it’s because you’re looking for an exciting ride. 

A ride that will fuel up your ambitions to take on a new challenge and stretch yourself beyond your comfort zone. 

We’ll deliver a non-vanilla culture built on talent, where we work to amplify the impact on millions of people, paving the way forward together. 

Not your usual app. We are the fastest-growing multi-category app connecting millions of users with businesses, and couriers, offering on-demand services from more than 170,000 local restaurants, grocers and supermarkets, and high street retail stores. We operate in more than 1500 cities across 23 countries. 

Together we revolutionise the way people connect with their everyday needs, from delivering essentials to connecting our ecosystem of users through innovative solutions powered by technology. For us, every day is filled with purpose.

What makes our ride unique? 

🤝 Our culture and strong values. 

💪 Our career development philosophy. 

🤝 Our commitment to being a force for good. 
 

We have a vision: Building the largest marketplace in your city, to give access to anything in minutes. And this is where your ride starts.

YOUR MISSION

The Senior Category & Buyer Manager is responsible for the strategic direction and operational execution of the product assortment within our Micro-Fulfillment Centers (MFCs). This role serves as the primary architect of the commercial offer, balancing procurement excellence with digital merchandising to drive sustainable growth, maximize margin, and ensure optimal inventory turnover in a high-velocity environment.

THE JOURNEY

1. Strategic Assortment & Space Productivity

• Portfolio Strategy: Define and implement the end-to-end assortment strategy, ensuring the product mix aligns with market demand, customer preferences, and corporate growth targets.
• Space Optimization: Manage the trade-off between SKU breadth and physical storage constraints. Implement data-driven assortment rationalization (listing/delisting) to maximize revenue per square meter.
• Market Analysis: Conduct regular competitive benchmarking and trend analysis to ensure the entity remains a leader in assortment relevance and innovation.

2. Commercial Negotiation & Strategic Sourcing

• Vendor Management: Oversee the full supplier lifecycle, including the identification of strategic partners, onboarding, and the management of day-to-day commercial relationships.
• Contractual Excellence: Negotiate comprehensive commercial terms (COGS, payment terms, rebates, and service level agreements). Ensure all contracts minimize risk and comply with internal legal and regulatory standards.
• Revenue Diversification: Drive the negotiation and collection of trade marketing funds and retail media investments to enhance the overall profitability of the assigned categories.
• Joint Business Planning: Establish long-term strategic roadmaps with key suppliers to secure preferential terms and exclusive opportunities.

3. Financial & Operational Performance

• Financial Accountability: Ownership of the category profitability, with direct responsibility for meeting Revenue, Average Order Value (AOV), and Gross Margin targets.
• Inventory & Waste Management: Develop and oversee strategies to mitigate shrinkage and waste, through dynamic markdown management and promotional planning.
• Supply Chain Synchronization: Collaborate with the Operations & Demand Planning teams to monitor supplier fill rates and lead times, ensuring high product availability and minimal "Out of Stock" (OOS) occurrences.

4. Digital Merchandising & Pricing Strategy

• Digital Shelf Management: Direct the categorization, sorting, and search-path logic for the assortment to enhance user experience and maximize conversion rates.
• Pricing Architecture: Formulate and execute pricing strategies that align with brand positioning, ensuring a balance between price competitiveness and margin requirements.
• Cross-Functional Growth: Partner with the Brand Ads teams to integrate commercial priorities into the promotional calendar, in-app visibility, and customer communication channels.

5. Leadership & Stakeholder Management

• Team Development: Lead, mentor, and develop a team of category specialists and buyers, fostering a high-performance culture focused on data-driven decision-making.
• Organizational Alignment: Act as a central point of contact for Legal, Finance, and Global Commercial teams to ensure local category strategies are integrated with broader organizational goals.