1Tab - Category Manager

Responsibilities :

- Analyze data or insights to determine industry and consumer trends

- Experience in Enterprise Resource Planning

- Devise long-term development strategies for product categories

- Develop exit strategies for unsuccessful products

- Foster trust relationships with vendors to achieve better pricing and quality of services

- Place appropriate orders to ensure product availability that meets consumer demands

- Determine the positioning of a product category to maximize visibility

- Liaise with marketing teams to determine competitive pricing and promotional activities of a product category

- Collaborate with buyers and merchandisers to expand product categories

- Make forecasts for product demand to ensure the sustainability of inventory

- Assume responsibility of budget development and revenue for category

Requirements :

- Proven experience as category manager or similar role

- Solid knowledge of category management, marketing and sales principles

- Understanding of data analysis and forecasting methods

- Must have a commercial mindset and full comprehension of marketing, sales and product launch principles

- Proficient in MS Office

- An analytical mind with a strategic ability

- Excellent communication and people skills

- B.Tech/ B.E/ B.Sc/B.A/M.Tech + Business Administration, marketing, strategic planning or related field