- An ideal candidate will possess the following:
- Minimum 5 years of experience in category management
- Responsible for maximizing the sales and profit of the categories and achieving sales budgets while remaining competitive in the marketplace.
- Management of topline and bottom line (P&L;), product returns and inventory mix
- Plan website layout and taxonomy to improve the customer shopping experience
- Monitoring product lifecycle of every product in the category and take early calls for chance maximization
- Drives Business growth, and Market Share of the Specific Category with a strong bend towards product, competition & consumer analytics.
- Planning and developing the product range and finalizing the pricing strategy for products
- Search for insights into consumer needs and wants
- Make changes to the product line to increase profit margin/take rate
- Highly developed skills for problem solving and strategic thinking
- Strategize positioning of a product category to maximize its visibility and know how to convert leads by bringing traffic.
- Handling end to end category management, owning and managing P&L; responsibility
- Prior experience in competitive analysis and pricing is preferred
- Prior experience in E-Commerce & Internet industry preferred
- Prior experience in category, working closely with marketing and merchandising preferred
- Someone with experience in automobile industry/consumer internet preferred
- Ability to collaborate across departments
- This role requires working directly with senior management team
📌 Manager - Category (India)
🏢 Droom
📍 India