Myntra - Associate Director - Category - Women Apparel

AD Category(Footwear- only from Footwear/Fashion/Retail Industry)

Roles & Responsibilities

Role: Category , P&L , Brand Range & Portfolio Selection, Inventory/OTB & Vendor management. Manage Stakeholders across FK and MY - Design, Sourcing, Category Teams - Buy Side & MP, Marketing Teams, IB Team, Bizfin, Operations &Quality teams

Responsibilities:

Range and Portfolio Selection -

- Liaise with the sourcing team to ensure production timelines are met as per the agreed timelines

- Liaise with the buy team to ensure proper product portfolio availability on the Flipkart platform

- Kick-start and manage VPL brands - Kidotsav and Billion through marketplace vendor management

Product Design & Development

- Liaise in Market research, product understanding etc in the Product research phase of Design Work with Sourcing team to ensure samples are made available for Range presentation Liaise with category and Sourcing team in new product selection/identifications Work with Quality to ensure product quality adherence from vendors (both Alpha and MP) is constantly tracked and maintained.

Inventory & Vendor management

Work with Sourcing and Ops and ensure stocks are always available and inwarded seamlessly basis planned OTB/DP and DOH Work with Ops to solve vendor issues - onboarding, inwarding, Close exclusive partnerships with critical vendors (both alpha and MP)

Qualifications & Experience:

Years of Experience - 10 years+.

Preferably a post graduate degree with Masters in Business Administration from Tier-1 colleges.