Job Requirements
To introduce the right regional products by generating an in-depth understanding of cultural, ritualistic and community specific requirements for jewelry and by undertaking extensive indexing of relevant competition. On this basis to work closely with the Cluster management and the regional teams for determining the appropriate sales plan and the supporting assortment plans. This role will also be responsible for identifying regionally relevant products or categories that can be imbued with Tanishq’s signature and promoted as such. As a part of the WiMI programme, this role will also work closely with the regional DEC and the Cluster management teams on the development of regionally relevant, marketed collections aligned to regional marketing calendar.
Merchandising: Planning for Regional Products
1. Mapping the current universe of regional products
2. Range-planning for regional products: Identifying the gaps in the current universe, based on customer, community understanding as well as competitive indexing. Accordingly,
planning for product introduction for ensuring that these product gaps are filled
3. Collaborating with the regional vendors to ensure the development of products to fill the product gap happens on a regular & timely basis.
4. Wherever required, work closely with the Responsible Sourcing teams for the timely onboarding on relevant and capable vendor partners
5. Review of product performance and decision making on product continuation
6. Engaging closely with the Retail stores for driving decisions on range expansion/discontinuation
Developing a Robust vendor ecosystem for regional products
1. Evaluating the current vendor ecosystem for regional products both in terms of expertise & cost
2. Periodic visits to the vendors to understand their capability as well to get inputs from vendors on regional products.
3. Conduct existing vendor performance evaluations based on product performance and evaluate recent vendors based on the skill set
📌 Category Manager (Chennai)
🏢 Titan
📍 Chennai