Senior Vendor Manager - Softlines Category - Apparel - eCommerce

Opportunity with a leading E-commerce company for a Senior Vendor Manager-Softlines category (Apparel)

Looking out for candidates with 7+years of experienced in (Apparel),Category management, People Management,Business Development,vendor management.

Softline (Apparel Experience) - NIFT graduate with 8-9 yrs + exp working OR Top B school with 6-7 yrs exp

- Candidate should have people manger exp - mandatory

- Candidate should have working exp with good apparel brands/sites.

Skills :

- Candidates experienced in Apparel/Fashion category is preferred or others.

- MBA from Tier-1 Institutes

- NIFT/MBA and experience from top E-commerce companies.

- NIFT,9+years of experience in apparels category with Top E-commerce companies.

Job location : Bangalore

Responsibilities

This person will have responsibility for:

Building selection and terms negotiation: Will be responsible for determining customer market needs, growing selection across sub-categories, brands and use cases, managing vendor partners, optimizing vendor terms and getting support for marketing campaigns.

Drive efficiency - Inventory turns / OTB Management: Will be responsible for operating on industry benchmark inventory turns for the Vendor and generating a positive/self-sustaining business by efficient OTB management

Pricing: Responsible for pricing strategy for the category so that we can offer to the customers the best value, value being a combination of price and any convenience. Candidate will also be responsible for using pricing as a lever to ensure efficient cash flow management against the profitability goal.

Business planning and communication to senior management: Develop a short-term and long-term plan for growth and report to Senior Management on a regular basis on the state of key topline and bottom-line metrics and risk factors.

Joint Planning with Marketplace team: Work closely with the marketplace team to ensure sufficient visibility to our products and jointly participate in the marketing events conducted on the platform.

Innovation: Invent and drive continuous process improvement and automation across our systems to allow us to scale a fast growing business.

Basic Qualifications

Demonstrated ability to take ownership and drive results

Strong business judgment with a track record of successful negotiations and overall relationship management.

Ability to think strategically and tactically, with excellent attention to detail

Tenacity to develop ideas independently and thrive in a fast-paced start-up environment

Proven analytical thinking, project management skills, attention to detail and exceptional organizational skills are essential

A track record of success in past roles

Candidate must be fluent in English

7 + years of relevant experience in sales manager / category manager/account manager role desired

The position will be based in Bangalore.