Job Description

Role Purpose

Own and grow a defined portfolio of food products across manufacturing and retail channels, ensuring the right assortment, compliant packaging and labelling, competitive pricing, and strong in?market performance.

Key Responsibilities

Manage the full product lifecycle for assigned SKUs (from concept/onboarding through launch, review, renovation and delisting). Drive new product development and listings in coordination with Marketing, Sales, Procurement, QA, Regulatory and Operations. Lead product registration, labelling and packaging coordination with relevant authorities and internal teams (e.g., MOPH standards, GSO requirements, Arabic/English artwork, nutrition panel, claims, shelf?life). Coordinate pricing and promotions, including preparation of documentation for price approvals with the relevant ministry or regulatory bodies where required. Maintain accurate product information (PIM/ERP), including specifications, pack sizes, barcodes, allergens, nutrition, carton details and images. Monitor category and SKU performance (sales, margin, distribution, waste, promo ROI) and recommend corrective actions. Support menu and merchandising initiatives: ensure products are correctly positioned in planograms, menus, digital platforms and marketing materials. Conduct regular market and competitor reviews on assortment, pricing, packaging and communication to feed into portfolio and pricing strategy.

Required Experience & Skills

4-8 years of experience in

FMCG food

or

food retail/manufacturing

in roles such as Product Manager, Category Manager, Brand Manager, or Product Specialist. Proven experience managing a

food product portfolio

(not only sales or procurement), including launches and lifecycle management. Practical exposure to

food regulatory processes

in Qatar/GCC (e.g., MOPH/MOH, MOCI/price approvals, GSO labelling standards) or close collaboration with Regulatory/QA on these topics. Strong commercial acumen: able to interpret P&L, pricing structures, promo mechanics and category performance reports. Comfortable working cross?functionally and managing stakeholders across Marketing, Sales, Procurement, QA, Regulatory, Operations and Agencies. Excellent communication skills in English; Arabic is an advantage. Advanced Excel/PowerPoint; experience with ERP/PIM or master?data systems is a plus.
Job Type: Full-time