Key Responsibilities:
1. Product Strategy & Vision
- Define and drive the overall product and category strategy aligned with business goals
- Identify market trends, customer preferences, and growth opportunities
- Build a balanced product portfolio across price points, categories, and seasons

2. Buying & Merchandising Leadership
- Lead buying plans, assortment planning, and range architecture
- Oversee OTB (Open-to-Buy) planning, inventory management, and sell-through
- Drive margin optimization, pricing strategies, and vendor negotiations

3. Category & Business Performance
- Own P&L; for product categories, ensuring revenue and profitability targets
- Monitor sell-through, stock turns, markdowns, and inventory health
- Drive data-led decision-making to improve performance

4. Vendor & Brand Management




- Build and manage vendor partnerships and sourcing strategies (domestic & international)
- Identify and onboard recent brands/categories to strengthen portfolio
- Ensure quality, timelines, and compliance across sourcing

5. Trend & Design Direction
- Collaborate with design and sourcing teams on trend forecasting and product development
- Ensure right product mix aligned with target consumer and brand positioning

6. Omni-channel Integration
- Align product strategy across retail stores, e-commerce, and marketplaces
- Drive channel-wise assortment and pricing strategy

7. Team Leadership
- Lead and mentor buying, merchandising, and planning teams
- Build a high-performance, data-driven culture

📌 Chief Product Officer (Mumbai)
🏢 Metro Brands
📍 Mumbai