Category Head - Grocery Segment - FMCG

Head - Category - Grocery - Ninjacart

Responsibilities :

- Own the PnL Metrics - Category Sales, Category Penetration, Overall Margins and Inventory Management

- Develop and Manage Categories and their SKU assortments as per Regional/City level requirements

- Analyze data or insights to determine industry and consumer trends

- 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

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

- Assume responsibility of budget development and revenue for category

- Ensure best procurement practices to support Margins, vendor spread and Working Capital Management

- Proficient in Closure of TOT with brands , Promo and price negotiations , Driving other income agenda with brands , ensuring Ninjacart the best price support to ensure market competitiveness

- Launch and Own the private label growth and sustenance across multiple categories

- Ensure replenishment and availability of products while maintaining inventory levels as per company policy

- Planning and Executing Campaigns, Offers and customer engagement events to drive overall business objectives

- Work with Sales Team to ensure overall business metrics are achieved

Requirements :

- Relevant Work Experience of at least 7-10 Years as an Cat Manager

- Sound Understanding of the customer segment, their behavior, products in the category, Category Pricing, B2B Sales, Vendor Management

- Drive and proactiveness to dive into numbers to identify, analyze and solve business problems