23 Category Management jobs in Oman

Job Purpose: To plan, implement, and oversee marketing strategies and campaigns for all Al Hashar Group automotive and equipment brands, including Nissan, Infiniti, Peugeot, Aston Martin, Tata Trucks, UD Trucks, and the Heavy Equipment Division. The role is responsible for driving brand awareness, supporting sales growth, ensuring unified corporate messaging, and maintaining each brand’s identity while aligning with global brand guidelines and local market needs.

Key Responsibilities: 1- Multi-Brand Marketing Strategy: Develop and execute marketing strategies tailored for passenger vehicles, premium luxury cars, commercial trucks, and heavy equipment, while ensuring synergy with overall Group objectives.
2- Brand Management: Maintain the integrity of each brand’s global positioning (luxury, mainstream, commercial, heavy equipment) while enhancing its local market appeal in Oman.
3- Campaign Development & Execution: Design and deliver integrated campaigns across digital, traditional, and experiential channels, covering launches, promotions, aftersales, and brand-building initiatives.
4- Dealer & Principal Coordination: Work closely with international brand principals to ensure adherence to global standards while adapting strategies for the Omani market.
5- Digital & Social Media Marketing: Manage the Group’s digital presence, social media platforms, and performance marketing campaigns to increase customer engagement and lead generation.
6- Event & Sponsorship Management: Plan and execute brand events, auto shows, product launches, sponsorships, and community outreach to boost brand visibility.
7- Market Research & Competitive Intelligence: Conduct regular market studies to analyze competitor activities, customer preferences, and industry trends for proactive marketing strategies.
8- Budget & ROI Management: Manage the marketing budget across brands and divisions, ensuring effective allocation of resources and demonstrating measurable returns on investment.
9- Team Leadership: Lead, coach, and develop the marketing team, ensuring high performance and alignment with the Group’s values and strategic goals.

Job Requirements: 1- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Marketing, Business Administration, or related field.
2- 8–10 years of marketing experience, with at least 4–5 years in the automotive sector (multi-brand experience preferred).
3- Proven track record of successful marketing campaign management.
4- Gulf work experience preferred.

The Client:

Our client is a leading FMCG company based in Oman. We are looking for an experienced and dynamic Marketing Manager to drive their brand initiatives and marketing activations.

The Role:

As the Marketing Manager, you will play a key role in executing integrated marketing strategies across ATL, BTL, and digital channels. You will oversee brand campaigns, activations, and events, ensuring consistent brand communication and impactful engagement with consumers. Your role will also involve market research, packaging innovations, PR activities, and close coordination with advertising agencies to amplify brand presence.

• Develop and implement comprehensive marketing plans and campaigns for corporate and consumer brands.
• Lead ATL, BTL, and digital media activities to enhance brand visibility and engagement.
• Plan and execute market research initiatives to gain insights into consumer behavior and market trends.
• Manage packaging design and innovation processes in alignment with brand objectives.
• Coordinate and oversee exhibitions, in-store samplings, and other activation events.
• Handle PR activities and maintain relationships with media and other external partners.
• Work closely with advertising agencies to ensure alignment with brand strategies and campaigns.
• Monitor campaign performance and provide actionable insights for continuous improvement.

The Ideal Candidate:

• 7–10 years of marketing experience, preferably within FMCG brands in the Middle East.
• Hands-on experience across ATL, BTL, digital marketing, market research, packaging, and activations.
• Strong understanding of brand management, marketing campaigns, and consumer engagement.
• Excellent coordination skills with agencies, vendors, and internal stakeholders.
• Creative, result-oriented, and able to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• Strong communication, interpersonal, and project management skills.
• Passion for driving brand growth and executing innovative marketing strategies.
• As per Oman regulations, local Omani candidates are highly preferred for this role.

Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. Our platform, Ubuntu, is very widely used in breakthrough enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation, and IoT. Our customers include the world's leading public cloud and silicon providers, and industry leaders in many sectors. The company is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with 1200+ colleagues in 75+ countries and very few office-based roles. Teams meet two to four times yearly in person, in interesting locations around the world, to align on strategy and execution.

The company is founder-led, profitable, and growing.

We are hiring a Marketing Manager

Canonical is looking for a creative and data-driven Marketing Manager to lead marketing initiatives that generate awareness, engagement, and pipeline for our products. This role blends strategy with hands-on execution, from crafting compelling campaigns and driving demand generation, to collaborating cross-functionally with Sales, SDRs, Product, Communications, and Alliances.

As a key contributor to our marketing team, you'll take ownership of high-impact programs including integrated campaigns, product launches, events, and account-based marketing. You'll play a pivotal role in connecting our products with the right audiences whether enterprise customers, developers, or strategic partners.

You thrive in fast-paced environments, love experimenting and optimizing based on data. You are passionate about technology, marketing and the use of technology in marketing. You bring curiosity, ownership, and a strong desire to make things better for your campaigns, your team, and your own growth. If you enjoy building smart, scalable marketing engines with a bit of creative flair, we'd love to hear from you.

Location: Remote, EMEA

What your day will look like

• Own end-to-end go-to-market planning and campaign execution across portfolios, territory or vertical.
• Develop and lead marketing programs that engage with prospects to drive opportunities and revenue.
• Collaborate closely with other marketing teams to improve content performance and conversion through data-driven insights.
• Partner with events, content, paid media, and social media teams to execute integrated campaigns across channels.
  
  

• Experience in a marketing role in the technology sector (SaaS or enterprise IT preferred).
• Data-driven mindset with the ability to evaluate performance and optimize for impact.
• Comfortable balancing strategy with hands-on execution, a true self-starter.
• Strong storytelling skills—you know how to craft messaging that resonates with both technical and business audiences.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Adaptable, fast learner with a growth mindset and a passion for innovation.
  
  

• Fully remote working environment - we've been working remotely since 2004!
• Personal learning and development budget of 2,000USD per annum
• Annual compensation review
• Recognition rewards
• Annual holiday leave
• Parental Leave
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues at 'sprints'
• Priority Pass for travel and travel upgrades for long haul company events
  
  

Marketing Strategy Development:
• Develop comprehensive marketing strategies aligned with the company's objectives and target market.
• Conduct market research to identify trends, competitor activities, and customer preferences.
• Utilize data analysis to identify opportunities and areas for improvement.

Property Promotion:
• Create marketing campaigns for individual properties, including online and offline advertising, signage, and promotional materials.
• Coordinate with real estate agents and property managers to ensure effective promotion and showcasing of properties.
• Develop compelling property listings for various platforms, including websites, social media, and print media.

Digital Marketing:
• Oversee digital marketing efforts, including website management, search engine optimization (SEO), pay-per-click (PPC) advertising, email marketing, and social media marketing.
• Monitor and analyze digital marketing metrics to measure the effectiveness of campaigns and optimize strategies accordingly.

Brand Management:
• Develop and maintain the brand identity of the real estate company.
• Ensure consistency in branding across all marketing channels and communications.
• Implement branding strategies to differentiate the company from competitors and build brand loyalty.

Lead Generation and Conversion:
• Implement lead generation strategies to attract potential buyers, sellers, landlords, and tenants.
• Nurture leads through targeted marketing campaigns and follow-up efforts.
• Collaborate with sales teams to ensure smooth transition of leads into conversions.

Public Relations:
• Manage public relations activities, including media relations, press releases, and events.
• Cultivate relationships with media outlets, influencers, and industry stakeholders to enhance brand visibility and reputation.

Budget Management:
• Develop and manage marketing budgets, ensuring efficient allocation of resources.
• Monitor expenses and ROI for marketing initiatives and adjust strategies as needed.

The marketing manager is responsible for developing and implementing marketing strategies to promote the business of the organization itself.

Minimum 10 years of Experience.

Nationality: Arabic National.

Accommodation

Key Tasks:

1. Develop long-term and annual Marketing Plans and budgets for the shopping centre under the direction of the Regional Marketing Manager.
2. Monitor and control the budget expenditures monthly, ensuring adherence to MAFI accounting procedures.
3. Oversee and provide monthly Variance Reports to the Regional Marketing Department.
4. Manage Customer Service staff and ensure the implementation of service initiatives, including tenant relations.
5. Handle customer focus groups, manage complaint processes, and train customer service staff.
6. Organize and coordinate annual consumer research for the shopping centre under the Regional Marketing Manager's guidance.
7. Utilize research findings to enhance the Marketing Program and centre positioning.
8. Develop and implement a comprehensive Public Relations plan as part of the Annual Marketing Plan, collaborating with professionals to secure positive coverage.
9. Establish good relations with media and key community groups.
10. Set up forums for retailer communication, such as Retailer Advisory Committee meetings, Annual General Meetings, and category meetings, providing feedback and distributing minutes.
11. Plan and coordinate consistent advertising campaigns that reflect the centre’s brand, under the direction of the Regional Marketing Manager.
12. Ensure all advertising, signage, and marketing collateral align with the creative positioning and templates.
13. Develop a cost-effective media plan with guidance from the Regional Marketing Manager.
14. Plan and execute special events and promotions to increase engagement and visibility.

Qualifications:

1. College or university degree in Marketing or PR.
2. Over 3 years of experience in events, PR, or Marketing.
3. Excellent communication skills in Arabic and English, both written and verbal.
4. Proficient in computer applications.
5. Strong financial skills.
6. Strong organizational and analytical skills.

About The Company

Majid Al Futtaim Fashion is a subsidiary within the Majid Al Futtaim Ventures portfolio, part of Majid Al Futtaim Holding. In partnership with designer Liz Claiborne, MAF Fashion’s portfolio includes brands such as Jane Norman, Monet, Mexx, Fat Face, Liz Claiborne, Juicy Couture, and Hoss Intropia. MAF Fashion operates approximately 90 retail outlets across the Middle East, including standalone stores and store-in-store concepts.

Job Title: Sales and Marketing Manager

Location: Sohar - FZC

Department/Division/Grade/Level: Manager

Reporting to: COO

To develop and execute comprehensive sales and marketing strategies to position the business as a regional and global leader in the production and distribution of Titanium Slag. The role ensures revenue growth, customer acquisition, market expansion, and brand awareness, aligned with the company’s strategic objectives and Oman’s national vision for industrial diversification.

1. Sales Strategy and Execution
   • Develop and implement global and regional sales strategies to achieve revenue growth targets.
   • Build and maintain strong relationships with key customers, industrial buyers, and channel partners.
   • Expand market reach by identifying new business opportunities globally.
   • Lead pricing strategy, contract management, and negotiation to ensure profitability.
   • Provide regular sales forecasts and market intelligence to guide business decisions.
2. Marketing and Brand Management
   • Develop and execute integrated marketing campaigns to strengthen brand awareness and product positioning.
   • Design and deliver B2B marketing assets including digital content, brochures, datasheets, and presentations.
   • Manage corporate presence at industry exhibitions, conferences, and trade events.
   • Oversee the company’s online and offline brand reputation across global markets.
3. Market Intelligence and Strategic Input
   • Monitor global Titanium Slag industry trends, competitor movements, and customer preferences.
   • Lead competitive benchmarking and customer insight programs to inform strategy.
   • Collaborate with R&D and production teams to align product offerings with market demand.
4. Business Planning and Cross-Functional Collaboration
   • Collaborate with operations, production, and logistics teams to ensure synchronized supply-demand planning.
   • Develop annual sales and marketing budgets and long-term business plans.
   • Participate in cross-functional leadership meetings to align commercial goals with organizational strategy.
5. Export Management and Compliance
   • Ensure adherence to global trade regulations and export compliance protocols.
   • Coordinate with shipping and freight providers to optimize export logistics.
   • Manage international documentation, customs processes, and export risk mitigation.

Internal:

• General Manager / CEO
• Production and Operations Team
• Supply Chain & Logistics
• Finance and Legal
• Quality Department

External:

• Key Distributors and Industrial Customers
• International Trade Representatives
• Government Export Bodies (e.g., OCCI, Ministry of Commerce)
• Marketing Agencies and Consultants
• Industry Associations (e.g., Titanium Products Manufacturers Association)

Qualification:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Marketing, Chemical Engineering, or related field. MBA in Marketing is preferred.

Experience:

• 8+ years of experience in B2B industrial sales and marketing, preferably in the chemical, pigment, or raw materials sector, preferably in the titanium feedstocks.
• Proven experience in international sales/export and managing multicultural teams.
• Experience working in the Middle East/GCC region is a strong advantage.

Knowledge:

• Comprehensive understanding of Titanium Slag markets, applications, and global demand trends.
• Strong knowledge of B2B industrial sales, international trade practices, and export documentation.
• Familiarity with GCC and international regulatory frameworks related to minerals and industrial products.
• Understanding of supply chain coordination, especially in port-based export operations.
• Knowledge of branding, market positioning, and product differentiation in industrial sectors.
• Pricing models, margin management, and customer lifecycle value.
• Fluency in English.

• Strategic thinking
• Communication
• Negotiation
• Interpersonal & cross-functional collaboration
• Leadership
• Data-driven decision making
• Planning and coordinating
• Creativity

With over 90 years' combined experience, NES Fircroft (NES) is proud to be the world's leading engineering staffing provider spanning the Oil & Gas, Power & Renewables, Chemicals, Construction & Infrastructure, Life Sciences, Mining and Manufacturing sectors worldwide. With more than 80 offices in 45 countries, we are able to provide our clients with the engineering and technical expertise they need, wherever and whenever it is needed. We offer contractors far more than a traditional recruitment service, supporting with everything from securing visas and work permits, to providing market-leading benefits packages and accommodation, ensuring they are safely and compliantly able to support our clients.

Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. Our platform, Ubuntu, is very widely used in breakthrough enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation, and IoT. Our customers include the world's leading public cloud and silicon providers, and industry leaders in many sectors. The company is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with 1200+ colleagues in 75+ countries and very few office-based roles. Teams meet two to four times yearly in person, in interesting locations around the world, to align on strategy and execution.

The company is founder-led, profitable, and growing.

EMEA Marketing Manager

Canonical is looking for a regional marketing manager who will be responsible for developing long-term marketing strategy and executing campaigns for EMEA across a diverse range of products and industries to support our growth strategy. This is a hands-on, multi-disciplinary and dynamic position, requiring close collaboration with the regional sales teams, the partner teams, product teams, and other marketing functions.

The ideal candidate is passionate about technology, technology marketing and the use of technology in marketing. They prefer to work in an environment that emphasises ownership of campaigns, collaboration, learning, curiosity and a drive to continually improve oneself / the team / the organisation. They love to problem solve, get hands-on, experiment, measure and use automation to make daily life easier.

This role reports to the EMEA and Americas regional marketing team manager.

Location: This role will be based remotely in the EMEA region.

What your day will look like

• Develop and execute solution-focused go-to-market strategies across key Canonical offerings (e.g. security, apps, cloud infrastructure, or IoT)
• Translate complex technical capabilities into compelling value propositions for target industries and personas
• Build and manage multi-channel marketing campaigns aligned with solution-specific goals
• Collaborate with product management, sales, alliances, and marketing to align messaging, prioritize use cases, and support pipeline acceleration
• Define and track KPIs for demand generation, solution awareness, and engagement; monitor performance and iterate for impact
• Own webinars and industry events tied to solution areas: plan, execute, and coordinate holistic pre/post-event strategies
• Work with the growth engineering teams to segment, engage, and nurture audiences around relevant solution themes
• Support the sales enablement process by supporting the delivery of playbooks, messaging guides, competitive briefs, and customer-facing content with PMs
  
  

• Experience in B2B marketing for enterprise IT products, SaaS experience
• Experience working with the EMEA market
• Excellent academic results, with Bachelor's or equivalent in Business, Marketing, or STEM
• Excellent verbal, written, presentation skills in English
• Hands-on mindset and ability to test various marketing assumptions attributing to scaling the most efficient ways of achieving positive marketing results
• Growth mindset - enthusiasm for challenges and work ethic with a 'can do' attitude
• Objectivity and openness to others' views while continuously building a positive team spirit
• Proven ability to prioritise and meet deadlines without sacrificing quality
  
  

• Fully remote working environment - we've been working remotely since 2004!
• Personal learning and development budget of 2,000USD per annum
• Annual compensation review
• Recognition rewards
• Annual holiday leave
• Parental Leave
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues at 'sprints'
• Priority Pass for travel and travel upgrades for long haul company events
  
  

Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. Our platform, Ubuntu, is very widely used in breakthrough enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation, and IoT. Our customers include the world's leading public cloud and silicon providers, and industry leaders in many sectors. The company is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with 1200+ colleagues in 75+ countries and very few office-based roles. Teams meet two to four times yearly in person, in interesting locations around the world, to align on strategy and execution.

The company is founder-led, profitable, and growing.

EMEA Marketing Manager

Canonical is looking for a regional marketing manager who will be responsible for developing long-term marketing strategy and executing campaigns for EMEA across a diverse range of products and industries to support our growth strategy. This is a hands-on, multi-disciplinary and dynamic position, requiring close collaboration with the regional sales teams, the partner teams, product teams, and other marketing functions.

The ideal candidate is passionate about technology, technology marketing and the use of technology in marketing. They prefer to work in an environment that emphasises ownership of campaigns, collaboration, learning, curiosity and a drive to continually improve oneself / the team / the organisation. They love to problem solve, get hands-on, experiment, measure and use automation to make daily life easier.

This role reports to the EMEA and Americas regional marketing team manager.

Location: This role will be based remotely in the EMEA region.

What your day will look like

• Develop and execute go-to-market strategy for certain industries within the EMEA region
• Set relevant KPIs for lead generation, demand generation and brand awareness campaigns; monitor and improve them on a regular basis
• Build organic and paid campaigns from scratch including crafting strong copy, and creating visual assets for emails, social media and paid ads in line with canonical's brand
• Own webinars and regional offline events at all stages from planning to execution including holistic pre- and post-event/webinar strategies, webinar set up, streaming
• Work with the CRM Team to attract, convert, engage and communicate with new and existing audiences
• Be fully responsible for the regional budget planning and execution constantly monitoring and adjusting it accordingly
• Collaborate extensively with regional Sales teams to get their insights and implement them to the regional marketing strategy
  
  

• Experience in B2B marketing for enterprise IT products, SaaS experience
• Experience working with the EMEA market
• Excellent academic results, with Bachelor's or equivalent in Business, Marketing, or STEM
• Excellent verbal, written, presentation skills in English
• Hands-on mindset and ability to test various marketing assumptions attributing to scaling the most efficient ways of achieving positive marketing results
• Growth mindset - enthusiasm for challenges and work ethic with a 'can do' attitude
• Objectivity and openness to others' views while continuously building a positive team spirit
• Proven ability to prioritise and meet deadlines without sacrificing quality
  
  

• Fully remote working environment - we've been working remotely since 2004!
• Personal learning and development budget of 2,000USD per annum
• Annual compensation review
• Recognition rewards
• Annual holiday leave
• Parental Leave
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues at 'sprints'
• Priority Pass for travel and travel upgrades for long haul company events
  
  

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Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. Our platform, Ubuntu, is very widely used in breakthrough enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation, and IoT. Our customers include the world's leading public cloud and silicon providers, and industry leaders in many sectors. The company is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with 1200+ colleagues in 75+ countries and very few office-based roles. Teams meet two to four times yearly in person, in interesting locations around the world, to align on strategy and execution.

The company is founder-led, profitable, and growing

Product Marketing Manager

Location: EMEA - Remote

At Canonical, the product marketing team is not just marketing products—we're building the best Go-To-Market (GTM) engine in the open source world. Our mission is to take the power of open source innovation and bring it to businesses everywhere, from the data center to the edge. We're growing fast and looking for a Product Marketing Manager (PMM) to join our team—someone who loves technology, thrives in fast-paced environments, and wants to make a global impact.

This is a hands-on, multi-disciplinary, and dynamic position, requiring close collaboration with the Product, engineering, content, Sales, and other Marketing teams. The ideal candidate is passionate about technology, technology marketing, and the use of technology in marketing. They prefer to work in an environment that emphasises ownership of GTM campaigns, collaboration, learning, curiosity, and a drive to always improve oneself / the team / the organisation. They love solving problems, getting hands-on, experimenting, measuring, and using automation to make daily life easier.

Why You'll Love This Role

You'll own the GTM strategy for key products, shaping messaging and positioning that speaks to developers and enterprise buyers alike.

You'll collaborate cross-functionally with product management, sales, regional marketing, content, and partner marketing teams to bring campaigns to life.

You'll get creative, crafting compelling advertising, launch plans, and campaigns that make our products stand out in a competitive landscape.

You'll measure impact, using data to refine messaging, optimize marketing funnels, and drive customer engagement.

You'll be part of a truly global team, working with colleagues in over 85 countries in a fully remote, high-performance environment.

As a product marketing manager, you will:

• Develop and execute go-to-market (GTM) strategies for a range of products.
• Lead messaging and positioning efforts ensuring our products stand out in a competitive market.
• Lead content planning with product managers —from website copy to whitepapers, blogs, and sales enablement materials.
• Collaborate on marketing campaigns, partnering with regional marketing teams to execute integrated campaigns that drive pipeline growth.
• Launch new products and features, leading cross-functional teams to drive awareness and adoption.
• Run competitive analysis, staying ahead of market trends and evolving our positioning accordingly.
• Support the customer success team on driving customer engagement and growth, working on strategies to upsell and cross-sell across our customer base.
• Plan and execute global events, live webinars, and community meetups that align with our GTM priorities.
  
  

• A passion for technology and open source—you get excited about innovation, software, and community-driven development.
• Strong storytelling skills—you know how to craft messaging that resonates with both technical and business audiences.
• Growth mindset—someone who thrives on experimentation, learning, and continuous improvement.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
  
  

• Data-driven mindset, using insights to refine strategies and improve performance.
• Experience in product marketing for enterprise software, cloud, DevOps, or open-source solutions.
• Experience with demand generation, understanding how to translate GTM strategies into pipeline growth.
• Comfort working cross-functionally with product, sales, partners, and marketing teams.
  
  

• Fully remote working environment - we've been working remotely since 2004!
• Personal learning and development budget of 2,000USD per annum
• Annual compensation review
• Recognition rewards
• Annual holiday leave
• Parental Leave
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues at 'sprints'
• Priority Pass for travel and travel upgrades for long haul company events
  
  

• Seniority level Mid-Senior level

• Employment type Full-time

• Job function Marketing and Sales
• Industries Software Development

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