PinkBlue.in - Vendor Manager/Category Management

Salary Offered : 8-10 LPA

Key areas of work include :

- Managing pricing with the help of vendor discussions, competitive intelligence, etc to ensure best support for the Sales & Marketing teams

- Identification and development of a large vendor base, as per the needs of the category

- Negotiations with vendors to get the best deals in terms of both pricing and support

- Research and analysis to understand the catalog requirements for all sub-categories in detail

- Managing the cataloging team to ensure continuous and rapid onboarding of new vendors/products on to the platform

- Management of website content and categorization to provide the best-in-class content consumption experience to the customers

- Strategic vendor management to evangelize the concept amongst the vendor base and to prepare them for a pure-play marketplace model in due course of time.

- Category depth (number of products covered) would be the primary outcome area for this role

What will help you do a good job :

Experience :

- At least 2 years experience in Category management/ Vendor management/ Catalog management roles in any industry would be a big plus. Other related experiences may also be good to have. Freshers excuse.

Skill sets :

- Excellent communication skills & ability to learn quickly

- High levels of perseverance and persuasiveness

- Great analytical skills

What is on offer :

- On the compensation front, similar to any other early stage start-up, the cash component will be limited and slightly below industry standards. The same will be more than made up for, through ESOPs.

- Opportunity to work on a highly critical role, which will have a direct and big impact on the growth prospects of the company

- Opportunity to work directly with the Senior Management team, who come with significant experience in all areas of management across large corporates and SMEs

- Potential opportunity to become an early employee in a fast-growing company, which comes with its benefits.

- Flexibility in the role offered, based on the preferences and strengths of the person, as fast growth is expected to open up a wide array of job opportunities in the medium term.

About PinkBlue.in :

PinkBlue is an IIM/IIT alumni start-up in the healthcare supplies space. We operate the largest B2B e-commerce platform for clinical supplies in India, and offer a SaaS solution for clinics and hospitals to manage their inventory and purchases out of a single window. In simple terms, clinics and hospitals across the country buy their raw materials from us. We are focused on solving the supplychain efficiency problem, which leads to 25-30% wastage in the space, by bringing in enterprise process automations and high-end analytics, which would be a first for the industry globally. We are working towards building a fully automated, integrated supplychain solution, which ensures the highest levels of efficiency, while demanding zero effort from every other stakeholder. As we get there, we should be able to have a significant impact on the healthcare costs in the country.

We are the front-runners in this space in terms of the quality and size of the team, the number of customers and suppliers we work with, and in thought leadership. We are an important part of the raising B2B e-commerce wave in India, and have a large market opportunity in front of us. We understand that continuously attracting rockstar talent in every facet of the business, be it Technology, Operations, Marketing, Business Development, Strategy or anyother focus area, is a critical step in ensuring we attain our potential of becoming a $1 Bn business over the next 5-7 years. If you have an entrepreneurial bent of mind, enjoy start-up environments, and want to change the world, you might just fit the bill.