Category Manager - Start Up

Job description - Staples Category Manager

Roles and Responsibility :

- Responsible for developing and managing staples categories to drive sales, margin and inventory levels as per target

- Build and manage assortment, have the best assortment in market

- Responsible for replenishment of stock from suppliers and stock availability in store

- Responsible for driving sales through promotions and offers

- Responsible for managing vendor relationships

- Responsible for driving customer engagement events with marketing team

- Responsible for growing sourcing functions for staples by identifying suppliers, mills and building networks.

- Closure of Terms of Trade (TOT) with suppliers, commercial negotiations, and building strong relationships.

- Generate and implement efficient sourcing and category management strategies to meet business requirements from time to time.

Requirements :

- Achieving sales and margin target

- Achieving 100% availability and 90% + fill rate with customers

- Managing inventory levels to inventory norms

- Prior exposure of Sourcing and Supplier management is preferred.

- Excellent negotiator

- Ability to build and maintain professional relationships with suppliers

- Ability to analyse data and present information (prepare reports, and recommendations to all levels of management)

- Demonstrated strong self-initiative, sense of urgency and customer relationship building skills

- Ability to multitask and be proactive and independent in a fast-paced and dynamic environment -Reasonable knowledge of Sourcing and Procurement, Price, Supplier/ Product evaluation

Reporting to: Regional Head

Experience :

- At least 7 year of category management

- Experience in one of the Staples Food

- Experience in Bangalore