Arzooo - Category Manager - Large Appliances - IIM/ISB/MDI/FMS

About the Company :

Founded by ex-Flipkart colleagues and IIT alum in 2018, Arzooo is India's fastest growing B2B commerce venture powering offline retail with technology to enable physical stores with 10X larger product selection, access to better prices for 10,000+ products from 100+ brands and financial solutions, through it's technology platform Arzooo go store.

On it's mission to transform offline retail with technology, by removing the barriers of inventory, Scale and capital for offline retail with a platform that enables Individual stores to compete and grow their business effectively. Arzooo platform empowers retailers with Digital inventory, efficient sourcing, and a wide array of enabling service to drive up sales conversions in store.

3 years into its journey Arzooo is clocking a sales run rate of Rs 3,000 crores while powering 20,000+ retail stores across India.

Arzooo with it's constant innovation to bring the best of technology to empower offline retail, introduced it's unique fintech product, Arzooo Credit, built to facilitate credit lending to offline retail equipping business with working capital headroom. Arzooo credit offers retailers credit line of up to Rs 20 Lacs. Arzooo Credit is fueling the growth of offline retail with one touch, hassle free, unsecured credit lines to thousands of merchants.

Arzooo's vision is to revolutionize the traditional retail by transforming millions of medium and small stores with technology that puts each one of them on same pedestal as amazon and Flipkart and Empowering offline shoppers with better selection and value in stores, over online

Backed by some top VCs from India and USA including celesta Capital, 3Lines VCs and Eric yuan, the founder of ZOOM video communications, Arzooo has raised $20 MN of venture capital so far with latest funding coming at a valuation of $100 Mn

Role & Responsibilities :

Category Managers at Arzooo have end to end responsibility of growth of the category they have been assigned to. Arzooo strives to present its customers with the widest selection of products at the best prices.

Responsibilities :

- Driving the topline, Profitability and other key metrics like GMV, Orders for the category

- Assortment rationalization : Effective assortment management of the category keeping in mind the product & price mix across different locations / zones. Oversee new and existing product line assortment and modular planning for the category. Benchmarking National & Regional competitors to maintain competitive pricing on the platform

- Designing & Implementing the Campaign for the category to drive growth. Owning the display and campaigns of the category on the website. Strategize positioning of a product based on various factors like promotions, brand commitments etc.

- Working with a team of KAMs and vendor managers to ensure timely stocking up of relevant assortment.

Desired candidate Profile :

- MBA from Premier Institute with 5 years of experience.

- Experience in Consumer-facing sectors such as FMCD or with relevant buying experience.

- Ideally must have worked leading a specific category, drafting category management strategies for high growth

- Excellent communication and Analytical Skills.