Senior Category Manager - FMCG

Immediate openings for senior category manager :

Experience - 7-13 Years

Work location - Bangalore

Education : Tier 1 or Tier 2 only

Skills : Category manager, category management and P&l management.

Specific responsibilities include the following:

- Understand Services products and services

- Track and report performance using appropriate metrics. Achieve productivity and other input/output targets by category

- Provide category level insights to deep dive and pinpoint the gaps in inputs/output metrics across geographies

- Identify and drive initiatives to improve the seller input metrics by setting up dashboards for category leaders and account managers

- Ensure seamless tracking of all metrics and timely reporting of status to leadership across all categories (Hardlines, Softlines, Consumables) across all geographies (North America, Europe, Middle East)

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS :

- Deep understanding of and passion for e-commerce required.

- Experience in a highly analytical, results-oriented environment with external customer interaction required.

- Proven analytical skills and demonstrated ability to manage the business by the numbers. Must be metrics-driven.

- Excellent written and oral communication and presentation skills and the ability to express thoughts logically and succinctly.

- Demonstrated active listening skills, highly consultative and solutions-oriented.

- Bachelor's degree required, MBA is preferred with 3-5 years of relevant work experience

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS :

- Experience with cross border trade selling, e-commerce, retail, advertising, or media would be an advantage

- Previous responsibility for strategic development, product management or product marketing, revenue targets and quotas is highly desirable.

- Prior experience influencing C-level executives highly desirable

- Deep understanding of the retail and wholesale landscape in India with prior interactions with sellers and distributors is desirable.

- Experience selling nascent (embryonic/start-up) products/services into new markets is desirable