Whirlpool - Assistant Category Manager - IIM/ISB/FMS/MDI

PURPOSE

Create & sustain a dynamic environment that fosters development opportunities & motivates high performance amongst team members; imparting continuous on-job training to accomplish greater operational efficiency

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

- Responsible for delivery of Category P&L

- Accountable for driving category sales and support sales channels through execution of advertising, promotion and branding activities

- Responsible for market size estimation, identifying market trends and shift in consumer preferences and pricing decisions pertaining to the category

- Responsible for tracking and mitigating competition actions

- Responsible for driving various planning cycles (eg, long range plan, profit plan, operating plan) for product category.

- Responsible for supporting product design process, mining of consumer relevant innovation and maintaining the health of product portfolio

- Responsible for New Product Development, Launch and Project Management

- Networking

External : Collaborate with vendors

Internal:

1. Collaborate with Design, procurement and supply chain team towards product development

2. Collaborate with Sales Channel Heads and Regional Sales Managers for need analysis and implementation

Applicants from Premier B Schools will be preferred