Category Manager - FMCG/Retail - IIM

Job Purpose:

Category Manager is a lead for a particular category He/ She will be a leading a 3-4 member team responsible for driving growth of a category. The teams comprise of high quality professionals with significant experience in their area of operation, and this role is intended to give a deep exposure to business and people management for the suitable candidate

Duties:

- Responsible for career management of 8-10 team members

- Spearheading all aspects of a category life cycle

- Responsible for treating category as Profit & Loss statement, achieving targets

- Responsible to manage/spearhead the product catalog, product range and supplier relationships.

- Merchandise planning & Vendor negotiations

- Analysis of inventory cycles and optimization of stock levels

- Identify and leverage alternate buying opportunities to source products

- To work with the business team and ensure that there is consistent, appropriate and unique product presentation across the Category

- Integration with internal stakeholders and external customers

- Competition and consumer tracking

- To manage replenishment strategies for customer and DC inventory levels.

- Driving category level efficiencies with desired service levels and in stock level at warehouse.

Skills/Qualifications:

- Positive attitude, desire to learn

- Excellent written & verbal communication skills.

- Should be Graduate/Master from IIM

- Experience in Nutrution segment will be preferred.

- Experience in E-commerce industry will be preferred.

Contact - rshilpa@peoplelogic.in