Category Manager - Retail

Roles & Responsibilities :

- Business ownership & managing Business P&L for the region

- Drive the regional business of grocery through a mix of assortment, pricing, promotions and vendor engagement initiatives to deliver overall growth of category

- Plan right product assortments, assortment benchmarking, assortment gaps fixation and review it every quarter for efficiency and productivity of each city to stay relevant for customers.

- In Depth Knowledge of commodities, regional variations, pricing, vendor sourcing, regional brands & MOP for key brand/items

- Develop & strengthen existing business relationship by engaging with brands, closing monthly business plan and overall business growth at brand level

- Plan, build & drive new categories/missing portfolio to gain maximum share in a division

- Ensuring 100% vendor fill, Wh availability and front end availability by working closely with brands for Delivery in full and on Time

- Delivering Visi investment targets from existing vendors to build strong platform presence and penetration of regional brands

- Ownership like an entrepreneur / Be a merchant / Build the category with a long-term view deliverable- Constantly benchmark on product range to ensure leadership position on the same every month.

- Drive PL category sales growth, share, profitability, availability and NPD push with PL regional repackers

Desired Skills:

- Exp with 2-5 years of Grocery (or) Ecommerce/MT Retail experience (must)

- Demonstrated ability to identify and solve ambiguous problems

- Identifying customer needs and inventing new ways to meet those needs

- 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

- Excellent verbal and written communication with interpersonal skills

- Extreme attention to detail and willingness to roll up your sleeves.