Flipkart - Category Manager

Flipkart's Private Label team owns and drives growth for the house brands including Flipkart SmartBuy, MarQ by Flipkart, Billion, Perfect Homes, etc. These brands are taking from inception to strategy and growth by this team

What this job entails:

The role requires to drive development, growth & day to day operations for the assigned portfolio. This will include:

1. Product Development: Be the voice of the consumer, be on top of Industry & Market Knowledge & consumer understanding (on & outside Flipkart) of what do customers buy and why. Develop products in alignment with Flipkart category & consumer needs.

2.Range development: Expand categories basis selection requirement.

3.Product Communication: Create a consumer-centric catalog that helps improve conversion. Also develop product packaging & related communication.

- Plan & deliver on growth(Volume, Value) in alignment with Internal Category teams.

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- Work with the central & category teams to drive discovery, traffic & conversion. Ensure active participation in all relevant events across the platform. Work in close alignment with Business Finance to manage portfolio pricing & P&L. 

- Inventory Management: Work closely with category & sourcing teams to ensure stock availability.

- Quality: Own the quality scores (Ratings, reviews & return). Work closely with Quality to take regular consumer feedback & improve scores.

- After Sale: Work closely with after sale & service team to ensure smooth consumer experience - pre, during & post purchase.

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Associations and collaborations:

The role requires close collaboration with the following teams:

- Category

- Central Marketing

- Quality

- Business Finance

- Sourcing

- Analytics

- Inventory

- After sales

Qualifications and experience:

- Looking for candidates with an MBA from a Tier 1 & 2 B-School with 2+ years of experience. Skills required:

- Business development/Growth

- Ability to analyze data and make decisions.

- Project & Stakeholder Management

- Customer first approach ( Passion to understand Customer behavior, product quality,customer experience)

- Past experience in consumables (FMCG) Sales/Product Development preferred