As Buy Head at Flipkart Wholesale, Key KRAs would include business growth, strategy, profitability, exclusivity, team development, vendor relationship management.
Vendor network management & operations:
- Lead a vendor-relations team to identify strategic partners, negotiate better terms of trade and deals for customers
- Create a comprehensive Vendor management strategy and governance framework
- Put in processes & metrics to scale the business
- Use technology to scale operations and expand selection
- Work with Supply Chain teams to ensure product availability
- Think big - unlock value for consumers, Flipkart and vendor partners
Business strategy:
- Develop the business model: Go deep, understand where opportunities are and create a viable business model to service the opportunities
- Know the market: Stay on top of trends in an ever-changing landscape, find opportunities and prioritize based on size, internal capabilities, etc.
- Know the customer: Understand connected customer behaviour, develop new customer insights
- Know the competition: Understand on-line and off-line competition. React as and when necessary
- Know the value chain: Understand vendor & Flipkart value chain end-to-end, identify opportunities for P&L optimization and profitability
- Influence the leadership: Convert strategies into action by liaising with cross-functional leadership and drive the changes required.
People leadership:
- Build, retain and groom a strong team
- Set goals, define KPIs and ensure team tracks effectively towards goals
- Maintain and develop the culture of the category
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