Category Head - eCommerce

The Person :

- Premier Institute MBA (full time).

- 12 - 15 years of experience in Category Management / Buying & Merchandising / Branding / Product marketing / Business Head / Key account management

- Must have handled P&L responsibility.

Target Industries : FMCG/eCommerce/FMCD/Bevco/Retail/Consumer Electronics

The Role :

The Category Leader will be responsible to handle multiple large categories.

- Will have people management responsibilities and lead a large team and be responsible for managing a set of categories (including reporting, driving unit, revenue and margin growth, and executing promotions), negotiating with key brands, driving incremental selection in the stores, and working with stakeholder teams to deliver a best-in-class customer experience that will result in category leadership in the online market segment.

- Act as 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, along with responsibility for driving strategic projects and promotions to achieve business objectives)

- Have a thorough understanding of the industry, seasonality and global trends/events, and continually monitor competitor/industry developments.