Category Manager

Location: Mumbai
Category Manager
Role Details :
We are looking for dynamic, open-minded self-starters who enjoy Business Leadership
roles and would like to build a Category in an extremely fast-growing healthcare e-
commerce company impacting millions of Indians.
Key Responsibilities :
- Category Growth : Driving marketplace growth of the relevant category keeping in mind
the consumer and competition.
- PnL : Owning P&L for the relevant category in alignment with business goals. The
Category manager would be responsible for the revenue targets as well as the gross
margins.
- Selection : Responsible for merchandising, assortment planning, option plans pre-
season as well as in season to ensure that the Category is well represented
- Cross-Functional Capabilities : Should be able to fruitfully coordinate with marketing,
supply chain, cataloging, finance / commercial and other functions of the organization.
- Supervision and Monitoring of Operations : Should have prior experience or enough
knowledge & confidence to mentor / supervise merchandising operations. Inbound
planning, Cataloging monitoring & Discount monitoring etc should be managed.
- Marketing promotions : Should drive visibility plans, promotion plans and coordinate the
same between the internal marketing teams and that of the sellers
- Inventory : Forecasting product demand to ensure sustainability of the inventory, in sync
with working capital management. Developing exit strategies for unsuccessful products
- Negotiations : Ensuring that company gets best in the market deals from external
stakeholders through current market trends and awareness
Skills :
- Startup Cultural Fit: willingness to learn, to innovate, to take initiative, to think beyond
conventional dogma, ability to work in a flat organisation
- Strong analytical aptitude in problem solving
- Should be good at multitasking, critical thinking, and comfortable with tactical execution
- Proven track record of finding innovative solutions to business problems