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
Online Merchandiser will play a significant role in driving sales, optimize conversion and support the buying strategy through navigation and product discovery. Responsible for all tradable touch points on the site, from owning the taxonomy, visual merchandising of all category and designer pages, to optimizing cross sell/upsell opportunities through product recommendations. Individual need to have a commercial mind, confident with analysing data and identifying ways to improve the customer journey, plus a strong understanding of the ACE Hardware product range.
What You will do

• Help achieve the financial target & margin.
• Monthly promotional planning and optimize the stock levels and availability
• Merchandising CRM digital campaigns catalogues and homepage pushes to deliver traffic and sales to the website.
• Content/graphic team to guide them on the choice of pushes/categories/products to push.
• Work with the Buying team to understand key areas of concern and ensure full product catalogue is available on site, and trouble shoot for any missing products/product issues.
• Competitor mapping for product range & prices.

Required Skills to be successful

• Ecommerce site merchandising/Basic IT skills
• Good planning, organizational and prioritization skills
• Highly operational, with an understanding of retail processes
• Strong analytical and numerical skills – someone who quickly grasps the key drivers of the market
• A high level of customer focus and the ability to understand customers’ needs
• Ability to learn new technology quickly

What equips you for the role

• Education: Graduate.
• Minimum Experience and Knowledge: 2 to 3 Years Ecommerce experience preferably in Home Furnishings Retail division
• Good working knowledge of MS Office

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…