Associate Manager - Digital Merchandising (Consumer)

Job PurposeOwn the merchandising, pricing/promo and localization strategy across all 10 D2C storefronts, in both English and Arabic. You decide what goes live and why; the Ecom Executive builds and publishes against your strategy and brief. This is a strategic, bilingual role at the center of how the brand shows up commercially across five GCC markets.Key ResponsibilitiesSet the CMS, campaign-page, offer-page and homepage merchandising strategy across all 10 storefronts (EN & AR)Set catalog, pricing and promotional strategy end-to-end, in both languagesDefine and own the Arabic localization standard — culturally accurate adaptation, not literal translation — and QA all Arabic-language content against itBrief and direct the Ecom Executive's build queue and priorities for page updatesMonitor Arabic vs. English storefront conversion and AOV performance, and adjust strategy to close gapsReview Arabic social and marketing content for tone and cultural accuracy before publishingPartner with the Senior Ecommerce Manager on category-level pricing and the promotional calendarCoordinate with Performance Marketing and the CRM Senior Specialist to align offers across paid, lifecycle and on-site channelsBrief the design agency / graphic designer on merchandising and campaign creative — banners, promo pages and storefront visuals — and review their output against brand theme before it goes liveExperience, Qualifications and Skills5-7 years in e-commerce merchandising, trading or category management, ideally in a GCC/MENA D2C or retail environmentFluent in both Arabic and English (native or near-native Arabic strongly preferred, given ownership of the localization standard)Strong commercial instincts for pricing, promotions and catalog strategy in a fast-moving retail calendarExperience working with e-commerce CMS platforms (e.g.Magento)Comfortable reading storefront performance data (conversion, AOV) to guide strategyStrong briefing and stakeholder management skills — this role directs another team member's execution queue day to dayHigh attention to detail, particularly around localization quality and cultural nuance