This role is for one of Weekday’s clients
Salary range: Rs 4000000 - Rs 6500000 (ie INR 40 - 65 LPA)

Min Experience: 10+ years
Location: Bengaluru
JobType: full time

We are looking for an experienced Category Management professional with 10–15 years of experience to lead category strategy, drive business growth, and maximize profitability across assigned categories. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in category planning, assortment strategy, pricing, promotions, consumer insights, and cross-functional stakeholder management.

Requirements

Key Responsibilities
- Develop and execute comprehensive category management strategies aligned with overall business objectives and growth plans.
- Own the end-to-end performance of assigned categories, including revenue, profitability, market share, assortment, pricing, and inventory.
- Analyze category trends, customer behavior, market dynamics, and competitor activity to identify growth opportunities.
- Build and optimize category assortment based on consumer demand, sales performance, margins, and market trends.




- Develop effective pricing and promotional strategies to improve sales, profitability, and category penetration.
- Monitor category-level KPIs and prepare regular performance reviews, identifying gaps and implementing corrective actions.
- Partner with sales, marketing, supply chain, finance, product, and merchandising teams to ensure seamless category execution.
- Use data and business insights to make informed decisions around product selection, assortment expansion, rationalization, and lifecycle management.
- Identify emerging trends and customer needs to introduce relevant products and strengthen the category proposition.
- Manage relationships with key vendors, suppliers, and external partners where required, including negotiations and commercial planning.
- Conduct regular competitor benchmarking and market analysis to maintain category competitiveness.
- Develop annual and quarterly category pl

📌 Category Management (Bengaluru)
🏢 Weekday AI
📍 Bengaluru