Moglix.com - Senior Manager/Manager - Category Management - IIT/NIT/BITS/IIM/MDI

Job Title: Sr. Manager- Category

Job Location: Noida

Reporting To: Director Online

About Us :

- Moglix is the fastest growing B2B E-commerce start-up in India, backed by marquee investors like Mr. Ratan Tata, Accel partners, Jungle Ventures, IFC, Rocketship VC. Moglix, headquartered in Noida, has been growing in leaps and bounds since inception in 2015 and disrupting B2B procurement & supply chain space in the country acquiring 200+ large enterprise customers and 1 lac+ SME customers. Moglix caters to the business procurement need through its flagship e-commerce platform which is completely GST compliant. Moglix has also launched its own GST S/W GreenGST to help its customers become fully GST compliant in their full-scale business.

- Moglix is looking for talented young energetic minds to propel to next level growth scaling up its business at an unprecedented pace disrupting the Indian Industrial & commercial procurement landscape building its strength in Technology, Business development & Marketing, Category Management, Logistics & Supply Chain.

- Top talents from India's premiere Tech & B schools will be offered an exciting career opportunity with Moglix enabling them to spread wings into the various domains of leadership, challenging problem solving, creating ground breaking products and business solutions.

- Moglix has built a unique culture over the last couple of years and would like to open doors to more talents who would help further gravitate and uphold the culture which has been evolved with a strong core values in 1) Fearlessness, 2) Hard work, 3) innovation, 4) Integrity, 5) Make in India & Digital India, 6) Team work & 7) Operations Excellence

PURPOSE OF JOB :

Responsible for managing specific categories and maximizing the sales and margin while achieving budget requirements. A successful candidate will be sure to stay current with market trends and competitive with key competitors in the business (assortment, pricing, space, etc). Analysis of the categories (market data, sales insight) is expected and required for the position. Ability to plan the direction and strategy for categories 2+ years out with regards to sales, footage requirements, fixtures, etc.

PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES :

- Responsible for maximizing the sales and profit of the categories and achieving sales budgets while remaining competitive in the marketplace.

- Management of market development funds, (e.g. co-op, V.R.), product returns and inventory mix.

- Negotiate all vendor buying agreements between the company and respective suppliers.

- Work with vendors on promotional planning, funding, in-store merchandising and inventory.

- Selecting products for advertising through flyers, online, social media etc., and ensuring pricing accuracy

- Maximizing the inventory turns in the categories while maintaining an adequate in stock position to maximize sales in all stores

- Actioning slow moving and discontinued products on a monthly basis and developing action plans to accelerate sales to move the inventory

- Work closely with your category specialist to ensure adequate inventory is ordered and placed in the correct stores allowing for maximum sales and regional sales differences.

- Line reviews annually in each category, documenting all financials for the business as well as detailing the status of competition with regards to space, pricing, assortment etc.

- Work collaboratively with members of the advertising, marketing, web, signage, and operations teams on merchandising/advertising opportunities

- Work collaboratively with members of the online team ensuring they are up to date with all new product additions, pricing, advertising etc.

- Plan website promotional vehicles including banners, and promo pages as examples.

- Plan website layout and taxonomy to improve customer shopping experience.

Experience:

- Minimum of 5-7 years of category management.

Education :

- Post Graduate from Tier 1/Tier 2 college.

- Graduate from Tier 1/Tier 2 college.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS / WORKING CONDITIONS:

- 6 Days working attitude

- Periodic travel required.