Senior Manager - Category Management

Responsibilities, aka, what we’d like you to deliver :

- Category Strategy & Growth: Own P&L; outcomes, category margin targets, pricing strategy, and growth initiatives for the Cooking Essentials.
- Performance Analysis: Analyze sales data, inventory turnover, stockouts, and consumer buying trends to identify white space opportunities and optimize product assortment.
- Vendor & Supply Chain Management: Lead negotiations with brands and suppliers for favorable trade terms, margin structures, joint business plans, and fill rates.
- Merchandising & Visibility: Drive on-app visibility, campaign placements, and promotional strategies in collaboration with the Performance Marketing team.
- Cross-Functional Leadership: Partner closely with Supply Chain, Operations, Tech, and Product to build scalable processes, minimize wastage, and optimize hyper-local inventory distribution.
- Analytical Capability: High proficiency in SQL, Advanced Excel, and data-driven decision-making. Comfort handling large-scale transactional datasets.
- Negotiation & Leadership:



Strong business acumen with demonstrated experience managing vendor relationships, P&L; ownership, and cross-functional teams.
- Execution Focus: Bias for action and ability to thrive in a high-velocity, fast-paced workplace.

Experience: 3–7 years of proven track record in category management, trade marketing, or key account management, specifically in Cooking Essentials or quick-commerce/e-commerce.

Education:

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree (MBA from a tier-1/tier-2 institute preferred).

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📌 Senior Category Manager (Bengaluru)
🏢 Zepto
📍 Bengaluru