Category Planner - Fashion eCommerce - IIM/ISB/XLRI/IIT/NIT

We are hiring for India's top Fashion E-commerce organization

Role: Category Planner

Qualification: MBA (Tier1 - IIMs/ISB/XLRI) & B.Tech (NIT/IITs)

Experience Level: 2-4 years

Location: Bangalore

Job Description:

A category planner is responsible for:

- Looking at mid to long term planning and buying directions/strategies

- Preparing merchandise plans and OTB plans aligned with AOP

- Conducting regular category performance reviews

- Responsible for key planning metrics like- Stock cover, GM%, Discounting, Ageing, Sellthru, Full price sellthru

- Take ownership to drive automation and proactive alerts/mechanism within respective functions

- Working with cross functional teams (brand, sourcing, technology) to drive bigger strategic projects and initiatives

- Conduct analysis for assigned business problem by collecting data from all internal and external sources and perform analysis to get answers to business questions.

- Help in putting together business proposal based on trends etc.

- Put together excel models for business scenario analysis

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

- 2-3 years- experience in planning/operations/merchandise strategy

- Previous experience in retail & e-commerce added advantage

- Knowledge of BI tools/statistics added advantage

- Strong Analytical Skills and Process Orientation- Proficiency in Excel is must