Category Manager - Inside Sales

Job Title: Inventory & Product Analytics Specialist

Location: Indore (M.P.)

Job Type: Full-Time

Job Summary

We are seeking a highly analytical and detail-oriented Inventory & Product Analytics Specialist to join our team. The successful candidate will be responsible for analyzing inventory data, monitoring product performance, and providing actionable insights to optimize inventory levels, improve product availability, and drive overall business performance. This role requires strong analytical skills, an understanding of inventory management, and the ability to work collaboratively across departments.

Key Responsibilities

• Inventory Management & Analysis:

• Monitor and analyze inventory levels to ensure optimal stock levels across various product categories.
• Identify slow-moving, overstocked, and out-of-stock items, and provide actionable recommendations to manage inventory flow.
• Develop and maintain inventory forecasting models using historical data, trends, and market demands.
• Conduct regular audits to ensure data accuracy in the inventory management system.
• Provide reports on key inventory metrics such as stock turnover, days of inventory, and reorder points.

• Product Analytics:

• Analyze product performance, including sales trends, profit margins, and product lifecycles, to drive decision-making.
• Track and report on key performance indicators (KPIs) related to product sales, including top-performing and underperforming items.
• Collaborate with product development, marketing, and procurement teams to evaluate product trends and suggest strategies to enhance product offerings.
• Assist in setting pricing strategies based on data analysis of product performance and market conditions.

• Data Reporting & Visualization:

• Create and maintain dashboards and reports to track inventory levels, product performance, and overall supply chain health.
• Present insights and recommendations to key stakeholders, including management, operations, and marketing teams.
• Provide ad-hoc data analysis as required by various departments.

• Process Improvement:

• Identify inefficiencies in inventory management processes and work with cross-functional teams to implement improvements.
• Suggest automation and technology solutions for inventory tracking and reporting.
• Stay updated on industry trends, inventory management tools, and analytics best practices.

Qualifications

• Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain Management, Data Analytics, or a related field.
• Master’s degree is a plus.

• Experience:

  2-5 years of experience in inventory management, product analytics, data analysis, or a similar role.

• Experience in retail, e-commerce, or manufacturing industries preferred.

• Technical Skills:

• Proficiency in Excel, SQL, and other data analysis tools (e.g., Python, R) is a plus.
• Experience with inventory management systems (e.g., SAP, Oracle, NetSuite) and product analytics platforms.
• Knowledge of data visualization tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau, Looker).

• Key Competencies:
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent attention to detail and ability to work with large datasets.
• Effective communication skills, with the ability to present complex data in a clear and concise manner.
• Ability to work cross-functionally and collaboratively with various teams.

Benefits:

• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• Opportunities for professional growth and development.

Headquartered in Ahmedabad, Appitsimple is better known for its innovative "Digital Products" - SoftwareSuggest and CallHippo. It is an IT company that has been revolutionizing & simplifying the way organizations do business since Jan 2014.

We are a growing team of 150+ professional experts coming from diverse backgrounds who have keen expertise in dealing with Digital Products. A flexible work environment, a high level of empowerment, involvement in the company's business decisions, leadership development through mentoring, skills development initiatives are the big takeaways at Appitsimple Infotek.  

URL: https://appitsimple.com/about  

Appitsimple is looking for a highly resourceful EA to CEO with the ability to also be extremely effective independently.

Responsibilities:

• Managing an active calendar of appointments of the CEO
• Complete a broad variety of administrative tasks.
• Provide a bridge for smooth communication between the CEO and internal departments
• Taking MOM and working closely and effectively with the CEO to keep him well informed of upcoming commitments and responsibilities.
• Maintain and take care of organization data.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office.

 Requirements

• Strong organizational skills that reflect the ability to perform and prioritize multiple tasks seamlessly with excellent attention to detail.
• Very strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build relationships with employees 
• Expert-level is written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrated proactive approaches to problem-solving with strong decision-making capability.
• Proven ability to handle confidential information with discretion.
• Demonstrated ability to achieve high-performance goals and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Forward-looking thinker, who actively seeks opportunities and proposes solutions.

About the job

Whirldata Inc. is an AI/Data Sciences/App Dev company established in 2017 to provide management and technology consulting services to small and medium enterprises across the globe. We are headquartered in California and our team works out of Chennai. The specific focus is on

1. Helping clients identify areas where Data Sciences and AI-based approaches can increase revenues, decrease costs or enhance customer engagement experience
2. Help clients translate business needs into process flows for exploratory and cutting-edge applications
3. Provide appropriate and targeted solutions that can achieve the planned objective

Whirldatas management team consists of individuals with a combined 45+ years of management and technology consulting experience, spanning multiple verticals such as finance, energy, retail, manufacturing and supply chain/logistics. Please look up our website and go through the blogs/videos/articles to find out more about us.

Working Philosophy

Whirldata works on the principle that, larger business goals come first and any technology-intensive solutions need to support necessary business goals. Hence all engagements start as a management consulting exercise and solution building follows after a thorough understanding of business needs.At Whirldata, we put our minds together, mix technology, art & math to deliver a viable, scalable and affordable business solution. We are passionate about what we do because we know that our work has the power to improve businesses. You can join our team working at the forefront of new technology, solving the challenges that impact both the front-end and back-end architectures, and ultimately, delivering amazing global user experiences.

Who we are looking for:

Full Stack Engineer (Position based in Chennai)

The following criteria are mandatory requirements and we strongly encourage that you apply only if you meet all these criteria:

1. Minimum 3 years of work experience

2. Proven capability to understand clients business needs

3. At least one demonstrable stint of architecting a database from scratch

4. Multiple programming language capabilities a must. In-depth knowledge of at least one programming language

5. Willingness to wear multiple hats depending on our business needs will be a priority

6. At least 2 years of hands-on experience in front-end development

7. Knowledge of current tools, platforms and languages an absolute must

8. Hands-on experience in cloud technologies and project management capabilities will be considered favourably

What do you get in return

• AI, Data Sciences and App dev require individuals who are both business and tech-savvy. We will turn you into one and make you a rockstar!
• You will get to work in an environment where your effort helps the customer and you will get to see it
• We will provide on-the-job training that will make you a doer and not a talker on data sciences, AI and app dev
• Opportunities to shine and pave your own way forward. We are good at identifying your talents and providing a platform where you will get immense satisfaction from demonstrating the same.
• Of course - we will pay you well too!

If you are interested - please apply with a small note with your thoughts on why you find this opportunity exciting and why you are willing to consider a move.

For this hire, we’re looking for a Senior Software Engineer who is independently able to architect and build an entire on-demand service platform from scratch. This would require knowledge of and proven experience in Backend (Golang, Python, C/C++, Java, Ruby), Web Frontend (React, Angular, Next, Vue), APIs (nodeJS), Cloud (AWS, GCP) and Database (RDBMS like Postgres and NoSQL)

Basic qualifications:

• Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field
• 5+ years of relevant work experience
• Prior experience of having built or been involved in building an on-demand service platform from scratch (think Uber, Ola, Swiggy, Dunzo, etc.)

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Guide complex projects autonomously, from technical design to launch
• Write high-quality code (i.e., reliable, readable, efficient, testable), provides quality code reviews, and creates comprehensive tests and quality documentation using software engineering principles. This includes knowledge of data structures, algorithms, programming and associated programming languages and frameworks, and major phases/activities of the software research and development life cycle (e.g., requirements, design, build, experiment, test, debug, deploy, monitor). 
• Conduct code reviews and provide feedback to other developers
• Participate in architectural and design discussions, and contribute to the development of software engineering practices and standards
• Stay up-to-date with emerging trends and technologies in software development, and identify opportunities to apply them in our products

Requirements:

• Experience with front-end frameworks such as React.js, Vue.js, Next.js or Angular, and back-end frameworks such as Golang, Java, Javascript, Python Node.js, Ruby
• Experience with cloud-based technologies such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform
• Experience with agile development methodologies, continuous integration and delivery, and DevOps practices
• Familiarity with architecture styles/APIs (REST, RPC, etc.)
• Experience creating and implementing well-tested, scalable, performant micro-services and other distributed systems
• Passion for building high-quality software that solves real-world problems
• Ability to learn quickly on the go. We’re looking for software engineers who thrive while learning new technologies and don’t believe in one-size-fits-all solutions. You should be able to easily adapt to meet the needs of our massive growth and rapidly evolving business environment

If You've Got These Skills, Even Better - 

• Experience in a technical leadership role leading project teams and setting technical direction
• Experience working in a complex, matrixed organization juggling multiple dynamic projects

• The ideal candidate is adept at using large data sets to find opportunities for product and process optimization and using models to test the effectiveness of different courses of action.
• Mine and analyze data from company databases to drive optimization and improvement of product development, marketing techniques and business strategies.
• Assess the effectiveness and accuracy of new data sources and data gathering techniques.
• Develop custom data models and algorithms to apply to data sets.
• Use predictive modeling to increase and optimize customer experiences, revenue generation, ad targeting and other business outcomes.
• Develop company A/B testing framework and test model quality.
• Develop processes and tools to monitor and analyze model performance and data accuracy.

• Experience using statistical languages (R, Python, SQL, etc.) to manipulate data and draw insights from large data sets.
• Experience working with and creating data architectures.
• Looking for someone with 3-7 years of experience manipulating data sets and building statistical models
• Has a Bachelor's, Master's in Computer Science or another quantitative field
• Knowledge and experience in statistical and data mining techniques :
• GLM/Regression, Random Forest, Boosting, Trees, text mining,social network analysis, etc.
• Experience querying databases and using statistical computer languages :R, Python, SQL, etc.
• Experience creating and using advanced machine learning algorithms and statistics: regression, simulation, scenario analysis, modeling, clustering, decision trees,neural networks, etc.
• Experience with distributed data/computing tools: Map/Reduce, Hadoop, Hive, Spark, Gurobi, MySQL, etc.
• Experience visualizing/presenting data for stakeholders using: Periscope, Business Objects, D3, ggplot, etc.