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Job description:

We are looking for a highly motivated and experienced Category Manager to join our dynamic team at a leading pregnancy, fertility, and parenting startup. As a Category Manager, you will play a crucial role in managing and scaling the fertility/pre-conception vertical.

You will be responsible for driving growth, developing strategic initiatives, product/service design and leading cross-functional teams to achieve business objectives. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in customer roles, strategy implementation in startups, and team leadership, and possess a deep interest in both technology and healthcare.

Responsibilities:

1. Manage and Scale Fertility/Pre-conception Vertical:

a. Develop and execute strategies to drive growth in the fertility and pre-conception category.

b. Identify new opportunities and market trends to expand the product and service offerings.

2. Handling Cross-Functional Team Leadership:

a. Lead and inspire cross-functional teams to achieve common objectives related to the fertility category. b. Collaborate with various teams, such as product development, marketing, and operations, to ensure seamless execution of initiatives.

3. Stakeholder Management:

a. Communicate effectively with internal and external stakeholders to align them with category goals.

b. Stay updated with the latest technological advancements in the fertility and healthcare industry.

We are looking for a Business Growth Manager for an innovative influencer oriented D2C shopping platform by a large retail group

• Leading team of Growth RMs for D2C brand partnerships
• Planning and overseeing new marketing initiatives with partners.
• Researching brands to find new opportunities for business
• Finding and developing new market opportunities and improving sales.
• Attending conferences, meetings, and industry events.
• Develop quotations and proposals for various clients.
• Training and development

• Graduate / Post Graduate degree in business, marketing, or related field.
• The ideal candidate will have prior experience in Business Development dealing with brand partnerships
• Must be an organized multitasker, be able to handle diverse projects at once and meet tight deadlines. Start-up experience will be preferable.
• Strong communication skills and IT fluency.

• PL ownership: Drive and ensure 100% achievement of the targeted sales numbers of the categories. 
• Ensure Profitability by negotiating the best category margins, securing marketing support from brands, and focusing on delivering the budgeted top-line and bottom-line.
• Assortment planning: Ensure we have a competitive catalog compared to other players across brands and sub-categories globally. 
• Customer Experience: Anticipate and create solutions for customer pain points. Should be able to resolve customer escalations and deliver on the expected NPS for the category. 
• Category marketing: Create weekly, monthly, and quarterly calendars  Have joint marketing plans signed off with partner brands, execute the plan in coordination with the internal team
• Operational efficiency: Work with cross-functional teams like CS, Finance, Sales to ensure a smooth functioning system and to be able to deliver on the required set of parameters measured across each function

1. 5-10 years of experience in global category roles, preferably digital categories like gift cards, perks, deals, experiences, loans, insurance, merchandise etc. 
2. Hands-on in Sales, Operations, Catalog and Category Management.
3. Strong analytical aptitude in problem-solving, multi-tasker, critical thinker, and a tactical executioner with a proven track record of finding solutions to business problems.
4. Good communication and team management skills. 
5. Engineering + MBA from reputed colleges would be preferred.

A wholesome opportunity in a fast-paced environment will enable you to juggle between concepts yet maintain the quality of content, interact, share your ideas, and have loads of learning while at work. Work with a team of highly talented young professionals and enjoy the benefits of being at Plum.

• Identifying broader trends and filling category gaps
• Supplier relationship building
• Handling merchandising operations
• Coordinating with marketing, supply chain, catalog team, finance/ commercial and other functions of the organization
• Catalog monitoring
• Discount monitoring

Desired Candidate Profile

• 4 - 10 years of experience
• Good analytical skills
• Willingness to learn, innovate, take initiatives, think beyond what is conventional and accepted and the ability to work in a flat organization
• Strong analytical aptitude in problem solving
• Proven track record of finding innovative solutions to business problem
• Previous work experience in E-Commerce companies    

Join us in making the fastest fashion brand on earth. We live & breathe trends. Working on 3D Virtual Design Technology we launch new trends even before they're produced. Making us the only fast fashion brand to be sustainable at the same time. Enabling young shoppers, first-hand access to latest styles with our Digital Only Collection.

We waste nothing but data & exploit nothing but our imagination. We operate at the intersection of fashion & technology. #SpeakSomethingNew is our mantra.

Roles & Responsibilities:

Key Responsibilities

• This role will be responsible for driving sales through e-commerce platforms & offline partnerships for the categories
• The person would be the business owner for all the categories at HeSpoke. The role entails leveraging know how of internal and external variables to deliver sales and outreach of categories. The role entails forecasting, monitoring, understanding and reporting on the category. The role also requires the incumbent to drive strategic projects and promotions to achieve business objectives.

Driving Sales:

• Responsible for top-line revenue goals within the established investment budget to achieve P&L goals
• Responsible for developing, implementing, managing and reporting on plans to improve site metrics by increasing conversion, AOV, and other KPIs
• Manage website content to align with monthly promotions, seasonal promotions and overall marketing strategy

Monitoring Brand performance:

• Negotiate budgets, set goals, monitor and report on performance
• Secure Margins in line with overall guidance
• Plan and execute brand campaigns across various platforms and take corrective actions to stay on course of the plan
• Meet the plan for recognition and awareness of accountable brands
• Report performance against key metrics in approved formats

Sourcing:

• Overlooking the cost of production, materials & trims required. Planning and sourcing the requirements for the product categories.
• Sourcing knowledge of relevant supplier base to on-board materials at right price
• Create and manage supplier relations to develop long term, reliable & sustainable business
• Builds a strong supplier/vendor base that would stay relevant at every stage of business

Improve customer experience and retention:

• Develop processes and procedures to drive customer retention
• Drive banner revenue through list growth, segmentation and increased efficiency.
• Analyse user experience across channels and touch points through web analytics and determine potential improvements

What to expect:

1. Flexible working hours.

2. Hockey stick growth as the brand scales.

3. ESOPs.

4. Your fashion expenditure sponsored by HeSpoke upto INR five thousand every month.
   
   
   Office Location: Less than a mile from Forum Mall, Koramangala