Olacabs - Category Manager

Roles and Responsibilities:

- Act as the business owner for his or her categories, possessing a complete understanding of internal and external variables that impact our business including forecasting, monitoring, understanding and reporting on the category

- Develop performance metrics for supply chain, vendors, retail outlet performance and cost management

- Develop policies for stock control, inventory management, order management and scheduling delivery

- Build excellent relationships to develop alliances and execute sourcing strategy

- Should have a view of and drive towards growing the category keeping in mind the consumer and competition

- Should be able to fruitfully coordinate with sales, marketing, supply chain, cataloging, finance / commercial and other functions of the organization.

- Should have prior experience or enough knowledge to mentor / supervise merchandising operations, Inbound planning, Cataloging monitoring & Discount monitoring etc.

- Should drive visibility plans, promotion plans and coordinate the same between the internal marketing teams and that of the brands

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

- Conduct financial analysis of business opportunities to meet and exceed revenue and profitability targets

Skills and Expertise:

- MBA from Tier-1 B Schools

- Experience of 5-10 Years

- Prior experience in e Commerce, retail, or consumer shopping preferred

- Understanding of Buying, Planning and Inventory Management

- Exceptional communication skills (verbal & written) and influencing skills

- Proven analytical thinking, project management skills, attention to detail and exceptional organizational skills are essential

- Drive to independently develop a data-driven point of view, and execute across with multiple stakeholders in a fast-paced, complex and unstructured cross-functional environment

- Strong business judgment with a track record of successful negotiations and overall relationship management

- Candidate needs to have a winning attitude and an ability to never get bogged down by issues, problems

- Demonstrated ability to conceptualize, manage and prioritize multiple projects

- Tenacity to develop ideas independently and thrive in a fast-paced start-up environment

Company Profiles:

Olacabs is an online car aggregator and the first of its kind to be launched in India. Started in 2010 by two IIT Bombay graduates, we are young and energetic company based in Mumbai. Nothing excites us more than using technology to bring the same efficiency and customer experience to the car rental industry that you expect from flights!

We're looking for extremely talented people to help us bring the transportation industry into the 21st century. Your contributions will not just move bits, but move actual people. Are you up for the challenge-

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