Assistant Category Manager - Menswear - Fashion eCommerce - IIM/ISB/XLRI/MDI/SPJIMR

Role : Assistant Category Manager with India's top fashion ecommerce organization.

India's largest online fashion and lifestyle ecommerce organisation, it aims at providing a hassle free and enjoyable shopping experience to shoppers across the country with the widest range of apparel fashion brands and a array of private labels .

Position : Asst. Category Manager - Menswear

Reporting to : Category Head (Apparel)

Location : Bangalore

- A Category Manager is the business owner for his or her categories, possessing a complete understanding of internal and external variables that impact our business (this entails owning forecasting, monitoring, understanding and reporting on the category).

- He/She needs to have understanding of the industry, seasonality and global trends/events, and continually monitor competitor/industry developments

His/Her roles and responsibilities include but are not limited to the following :

- Maximize long-term business profitability

- Plan and execute seasonal category buy plans

- Manage Brand relationships - manage supplier/partner contracts, manage day-to-day relationships, and negotiate and secure marketing funds

- Create business plans for new opportunities and develop and execute project plans for the launch of new features, incorporating merchandising and pricing strategies

- Coordinate cross-functional teams, and communicate with internal and external parties, while meeting tight deadlines

- Report key shopper trends and derive seasonal merchandising actionable

- Work with Brands to define the Key Stories for the season.

- Review the Stories to deliver a planned ROI and define visibility

- Collate the assets and work with the collections team to define the open requirements

- Plan the category page visibility with the category marketing team

- Ensure Refresh of the Page and define visibility to ensure high ROS

- Plan Mark Downs to meet the deliverable margins and keep a healthy stock holding.

Looking for MBAs from Tier 1 colleges with at least 1 yr exp in a good fashion eCommerce company.

Ideal profile - NIFT+MBA(Tier I)