Head - Category Lifestyle/Apparels - eCommerce

About Rediff.com :

Rediff.com India Ltd (NASDAQ: REDF) is a leading news media and online marketplace in India, focusing on providing world-class online business and consumer offerings. Our websites in India and North America consist of various communication services, such as consumer and enterprise email, our own editorial content as well as real time news which brings fresh and recent news sourced from over 30,000 news sites.

As a category manager you will be responsible for managing one or a few categories.

The category manager role you will have P&L responsibility for one or a few categories.

The category manager role includes market analysis, competitive analysis, marketing sizing, inventory hole, pricing hole, merchant relationship, category merchandizing, and category issues management.

- Identify suitable markets for Sourcing and Generating Leads

- Attract New Sellers to the Platform using various channels like Trade Attract, Seller Attract, Online Data Mining, Direct marketing, BDE Activity

- Identify High Potential Sellers and consolidate seller base. Develop Programs and Promotions to support and scale the sales level of these sellers, including account management

- Daily Relationship Management activities with top sellers to drive their listings, monitor their operations and revenue growth. Educate Sellers on new Seller Tools

- Conduct Offline Seller Meets once in a quarter to ensure that all the sellers are on parity

- Identify Buyer Needs using Various MIS, checking on the offline trend in the industry, doing buyer surveys, studying market trends and competition data

- Conduct direct dialogue with Rediff Shopping Buyers to inform and learn from the community

- Client servicing and Key account management

- Meet the quarterly revenue targets

An Ideal Candidate Will Possess Following :

- Highly developed skills for problem solving and strategic thinking

- MBA from a top-tier school with an engineering degree preferred

- Excellent communication skills is a must

- Prior experience in E-Commerce, retail, or comparison shopping preferred

- Excellent grip on numbers and goals

- Attention to detail

- Ability to collaborate across departments

- Result oriented and ready to take ownership

- Desire to make impact and high work ethics

This role requires working directly with senior management team