Vendor Manager/Senior Vendor Manager - eCommerce - IIM/FMS/MDI/XLRI

Opportunity for roles of Vendor Manager/ Senior Vendor Manager with one of the leading eCommerce companies.

Please note : Below mentioned is a generic Job Description.

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 category 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 top-line 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

- Relevant experience in sales manager / category manager/account manager role desired

The position will be based in Bangalore.

Preferred Qualifications :

- Master's degree from Top Ranked B-Schools

- Experience in Consumer-facing sectors such as Consumer Durables, Retail, FMCG, eCommerce is preferred