Category Manager

Location: Mumbai (base)

Role Type: Individual Contributor

Travel: Extensive field travel across rural India

Role Overview

We’re looking for a Category Manager who thinks like a field operator, not a traditional warehouse or inventory planner.

This role involves building and managing the labour-sourcing pipeline for a specific agricultural crop category. You will work directly on the ground to build relationships with local operators and communities, identify and mobilise skilled labour crews, and convert these learnings into a repeatable sourcing and operations system.

This is a ground-up, field-heavy role involving significant ownership across sourcing, field operations, process building, and technology enablement.

Responsibilities

Build the end-to-end labour-sourcing playbook for an assigned crop category.
Go on the ground and build solid relationships with local operators, labour communities, and other relevant stakeholders.
Convert field-level insights and relationships into SOPs, processes, and scalable systems that can be replicated by others.




Own first-mile and last-mile field operations for the assigned category once the sourcing model is established.
Identify, source, and mobilise skilled labour crews into structured roles.
Build a repeatable system for connecting skilled labour with farmers who require them.
Bring sufficient technical understanding to translate field learnings into systems, tools, and product requirements.
Work closely with relevant internal teams to define and improve technology solutions supporting field operations.
Use data and analytical rigour to evaluate sourcing performance, identify gaps, and improve operational efficiency.

Requirements

8–9 years of experience with an MBA, or 10–15+ years of experience irrespective of educational background.
Experience in field-heavy sourcing, workforce mobilisation, or operations, particularly in businesses involving distributed or on-ground teams.
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