Reliance eCommerce - Head/Chief Manager - Category Planning - IIM/ISB

Role : Head - Category Planning (Level - Chief Manager)

- Role is to do mid to long term overall planning, preparing merchandise/operating plans, coordinate strategic initiatives and take care of new tool/process development for a complete business group

Base Location : Bangalore

Job Requirements :

- 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 (product, finance, scm, marketing) to drive bigger strategic projects and initiatives

- Coordinate various project activities with different departments, follow-up on agreed upon milestones and maintain tracker for critical projects with weekly updates

- 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

- Conduct Market research for an assigned topic to dig out relevant data and analytics

Skills Required :

- Strong communication and project management skills

- Strong Analytical Skills and Process Orientation- Proficiency in MS-Office is must.

- Knowledge of BI tools/statistics added advantage

- The ability to thrive in a fast-paced, start-up environment

Education and Experience Required :

- Master's in Business Administration - Preferably IIMs/ISB

- 4-6 yrs experience in strategy, planning, operations, finance or related functional areas

- Previous experience in retail & e-commerce added advantage

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