Category Manager - Consumer Durable

Category Manager

About company : An emerging consumer durable brand, awarded as one of the top 100 Start-ups in India.

Roles and responsibility :

- Monitor, analyze, and evaluate market trends, consumer behavior, and competitor activity to identify new opportunities.

- Developing and maintaining a healthy new product pipeline, overseeing New Product Development (NPD) and design, launching new products basis the need gap in the market for all product groups.

- Managing all P&L responsibilities, for brands, including planning, forecasting, and driving sales and margin improvements.

- Demand forecasting for current assortment to ensure optimum stocks are maintained for all products throughout the year

- Identifying & evaluating new sourcing opportunities, to diversify supply base.

- Assortment planning of the entire Category based on Price Points, Designs, Functionality etc.

- Study current product portfolio & identify product gaps. Develop products, product range, collection from existing merchants. Identify and onboard new merchants and assess them on parameters - Product Quality, Scale, Set-Up, Product Assortment, Merchants Behavioral Alignment

- Partner with Supply Chain and Inventory team to ensure year-round availability of product, avoid excess inventory and utilize working capital efficiently. Work closely with systems team to improve work efficiency by automation of processes

- Plan promotions during Big Days, identify promotion SKUs, negotiate best price for the SKU. Coordinate with Marketing, inventory team for festive offers

Desired profile :

- 5+ years of experience in Category/Product management and/or strategy from consumer internet companies.

- Strong analytical and presentation capabilities (MS Excel, PowerPoint).

- Proven expertise in stakeholder management, aligning with cross-functioning teams and bringing them to a consensus.

- Sharp business acumen and problem-solving skills

- Experience in online Marketplaces like Amazon, Flipkart, Pepperfry etc

Remuneration : up to 13 LPA and benefits.