Bajaj Finserv - National Manager - Category Management - Consumer Business

Company : Bajaj Finance Ltd

Job Title : National Manager - Category Management

Business : CONSUMER BUSINESS

Reporting to : BUSINESS HEAD - BFL MARKETPLACES

Location : CORPORATE OFFICE

Band : E08

Position Summary :

Duties and Responsibilities :

- Own the P&L for all categories. Set category GMV and contribution margin targets and work with various teams to achieve them.

- Understand the market in detail, identify the target segments, understand their needs and contemporary trends

- Conduct business analysis to maximize opportunities in the assortment in order to achieve continued growth and profitability for Vendor and Company; work closely with sourcing team

- Forecast sales, develop indicative seasonal plans, price merchandise, create promotional strategies and collaborate with sourcing team and vendors to ensure optimum inventory

- Communicate merchandising strategies to all Vendor partners to ensure that goals are met/surpassed on a regular basis

- Set periodic targets for the sourcing team at seller, brand, and SKU level and support the sourcing team in achieving them.

- Work with the technical team to develop tools and measures to improve conversion rates

Leadership Competencies :

- Strategic Focus

- Entrepreneurship

- Customer Focus

- Result Orientation

- Agility

- Inspirational Leadership

- Developing Organizational Talent

Required Qualifications :

- MBA from a reputed institute with a minimum 9-10 years of experience.

- Prior & relevant experience in the Financial Services Industry would be an added advantage.

- Demonstrated success & achievement orientation.

- Strong bias for action & driving results in a high performance environment.

- Should have excellent communication skills along with strong presentation and data analytics skills.

- Excellent Interpersonal Skills.

- Exceptionally high motivation levels and needs to be a self-starter.

- Strong analytical skills.

- High level of proficiency in MS Office (PowerPoint and Excel).