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Category Manager would be responsible to drive revenue and margin growth through assortment planning, on-site merchandising, promotion planning, inventory management, and managing day-to-day commercial activities. The role requires the individual to analyze data or insights to determine consumer trends, and develop and execute plans to maximize customer appeal on all e-commerce channels.

Job Responsibility:

  • Researching and analyzing trends in sales and consumer behavior
  • Reporting of brand performance on a weekly basis with insights
  • Analyze data and provide insights to determine industry and consumer trends
  • Drafting reports for the organization to report forecast weekly/monthly sales & enhance sales too
  • Assume responsibility of budget development and revenue for category
  • Devise long-term development strategies for product categories
  • Develop exit strategies for unsuccessful products
  • Foster trust relationships with marketplaces/KAMs to achieve better pricing and quality of services
  • Adjusting strategies to improve sales with new target markets and platforms
  • Coordinating with brand managers/store etc. and briefing market research initiatives
  • Collaborate with fulfilment team if any queries raised
  • Work on forecasts for product demand to ensure the sustainability of inventory
  • Determine the positioning of a product category to maximize visibility
  • Liaise with marketing teams to determine promotional activities of a product category
  • Lead the Catalogue management team to ensure products go Live!
  • Communicating with Buyers and working with the Catalogue Management team to ensure products go Live!
  • Collaborate with brand managers and merchandisers to expand product categories
  • Check & ensure that the products display is in a way that is visually appealing to the customer on the website
  • Producing, adapting, and advising on display and current marketing materials as needed
  • Ensuring the product categories along with web store displays are optimized for sales and marketing
  • Plan and implement web store displays based on different seasons
  • Days of supply are considered to ensure that a product has enough facings to avoid out of stocks and overly stocked products
  • Checking and managing inventory for various product categories
  • Make forecasts for product demand to ensure the sustainability of inventory
  • Plan and implement promotions and marketing strategies

Requirements:

  • A bachelor's degree in marketing, business, or supply chain management
  • 8-10 years’ experience in retail and marketing
  • Experience of leading a team
  • Excellent grasp of category management, campaign management & promotional planning
  • Up to date with the latest category management principles
  • Proficient at evaluating current business retail practices
  • Ability to write well and generate reports on market activity
  • Possess great negotiation and interpersonal skills
  • Ability to think from a consumer perspective and understand buying behaviour
  • Analytical, creative, and goal-driven thinking

Nice to have:

  • Experience with different E-commerce platforms is a plus
  • Master degree preferred

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Job Posted:
March 05, 2026

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