Specialist, Regional Category/Assortment Management (Grocery)

Delivery Hero

  • Singapore
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 16 days ago
Company Descriptionfoodpanda is part of the Delivery Hero Group, the world's pioneering local delivery platform, our mission is to deliver an amazing experience-fast, easy, and to your door. We operate in over 70+ countries worldwide. Headquartered in Berlin, Germany. Delivery Hero has been listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange since 2017 and is part of the MDAX stock market index.Job DescriptionWe are seeking a passionate and customer-centric Regional Assortment Specialist to help shape and optimize our product offerings across diverse markets. This role plays a key part in supporting our regional assortment strategy by balancing customer needs, local market dynamics, and commercial goals. You'll work closely with local and regional teams to curate, analyze, and enhance the assortment across countries to drive customer satisfaction and business performance.Responsibilities
  • Support the development, refinement & implementation of regional assortment guidelines, ensuring alignment with customer needs, market trends, and business objectives.
  • Partner with local teams to ensure the core assortment is locally relevant Support our markets hands-on in implementing the assortment strategies and driving top line growth through assortment workshops.
  • Leverage customer insights, sales data, and market research to ensure that assortment decisions are deeply rooted in customer behavior and preferences.
  • Collaborate with category managers, supply chain, store operations & campaign teams across countries & regional teams to align assortment strategies and execution.
  • Track assortment performance across markets, identify opportunities for improvement, recommend and implement actions based on data and market feedback.
  • Stay up-to-date with industry trends and emerging customer needs, particularly in the FMCG and grocery retail sectors.
  • Contribute to the continuous improvement of assortment planning processes, tools, and templates to enhance speed and quality of decision-making. Work with BI to develop the appropriate data sources, tools and reporting.
  • Work with Product team to develop best-in-class assortment recommendation & management tools for store level assortment
  • Stakeholder management with strong communication skills to explain assortment prioritization topics across multiple departments and markets
Qualifications
  • At least 3 years of work experience in high growth startups, consulting, retail or FMCG related field
  • Strong ability to analyze, synthesise, and translate large volumes of data into strategies and actions
  • Strong customer centric mindset and passion for creating impactful product selections
  • High level of competence and credibility to influence strategic decisions at all levels of the organization and across different cultures
  • Ability to present insights and recommendations to internal stakeholders in a persuasive manner
  • Result oriented
  • Confident working closely with data and product teams
  • Knowledge and experience in grocery retail assortment / category management / store operations
  • Proficiency in data analysis tools (e.g., Excel, Tableau, Looker).
  • Background in fast-paced, entrepreneurial, startup/tech environments preferred.
  • Fluency in English (our corporate language) and great communication skills.

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