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Category Manager - Buying - Retail

5 - 7 Years.Bangalore
Posted 10 months ago
Posted 10 months ago

About the job:


Role & Responsibilities:


Business strategy:


- Know the customer: Deeply understand customer behaviour and demand in Kids wear.


- Assortment completeness: Identify and onboard the best brands to achieve Hopscotch Assortment Vision. Build supply where gaps have been identified, with best in market brands- prices launches.


- Drive success rate, product conversion and top line via stronger assortment.


- Know the market: Stay on top of trends in the industry, find opportunities and prioritize based on potential of brands, platform strengths, internal capabilities, etc.


- Know the competition: Understand online and offline players. Ensure Hopscotch selection stays well ahead of competition, make Hopscotch the preferred platform for brands.


- Influence the stakeholders: Convert strategies into action by liaising with cross-functional stakeholders and drive growth for Hopscotch as well as brands. Work Closely with Assortment and Planning team- Track performance and build a constant feedback loop on improving assortment and profitability.


- Customer experience: Deep ties to ensure best replenishment and freshness in assortment from brands.


Vendor Management:


- Negotiate Business Terms: Own the terms of business with the vendor- margins, products, returns, monetisation, promotions budgets etc. Drive bottom line growth via business terms negotiations.


- Develop deep and long-standing relationship with the brands/vendors - to drive relationships from the strategic to the tactical. High share of mind from the supply brand partners.

Market Understanding


- Competition Mapping: Have an in-depth knowledge of competition / Industry and brands.


- Ensure Hopscotch selection stays well ahead of competition, make Hopscotch the preferred platform.


- Find opportunities to suggest for future growth.


- Develop and implement industry best practices.


People:


- Build, retain and groom a strong team to deliver.


- Set goals, define KPIs and ensure team tracks effectively towards goals.


Ideal Candidate:


Educational background NIFT / MBA is preferred with min 5-7 years experience.


- Knowledge of retail, E-commerce and recent 2 years kidswear KAM experience is a must.


- Proven negotiation skills, influencing abilities.


- Good organizational skills including prioritizing, scheduling, time management, and meeting deadlines.


- Strong analytical & problem-solving skills, data driven decision making.


- Strong bias for Action - Hopscotch works at a very rapid pace. Ability to translate strategies into execution plans and take them to completion.


- Ability to connect with people across teams & levels. Proven experience leading cross-functional projects.


- Excellent verbal and written communication.


- Must be willing to learn.


- Innovative, team oriented, and have a desire to participate in change and appreciate a dynamic environment with rapidly changing priorities

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Last Login: 02 November 2024

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Job Code

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