Senior Category Manager

About L&T-SuFin:

L&T-SuFin is an integrated B2B Ecommerce Platform which leverages L&T's deep knowledge and capabilities in Procurement (through its huge volume of annual procurement) and Logistics, Financing, and IT solutions. This platform is essentially a digital marketplace for SME buyers and sellers (mainly focused on construction and industrial products & services) to connect in an efficient manner, thereby enabling sellers to expand their sales reach, and for buyers to find required products and services at optimal cost and quality.

Role:

Build a high-performance culture and ensure proper implementation of leading-edge procurement capabilities across categories and brands.

- Lead a team of Category Managers responsible for building selection on the platform through engagement with OEMs

- Establish vendor connects across regions and bring in the required expertise and strategic leadership. Enter into partnerships, Master Sales Agreements , Inventory Planning & price management of catalogues

- Creating rate contracts for products across categories

- Development of white labelled products

- Developing relevant category content for marketing and promotions along with marketing teams

- Support a team comprising of procurement (margin/sourcing owners-vendor team) and fulfillment professionals

- Proficient in data & analytics to identify growth areas and execute

- Quarter on quarter business growth and transformation to make SuFin's offerings/services more efficient and highly effective.

Desired candidate profile:

- 15+ years of experience in procurement, vendor development, and team management.

- B.Tech graduates & MBA ( Preferred ) from Tier I Institutes

- Preferred Industries : Light & Medium Capital Goods , Mechanical & Metal industry Experience ( Steel products like TMT, Sheets, Coils. Mechanical Products like Hydraulics , Pneumatics , Light & Medium products like Welding Machines, Drills etc.. )

- Should be able to adjust to and develop new solutions and business models

Build a high-performance culture and ensure proper implementation of leading-edge procurement capabilities to become a top-class procurement team. B2B ecommerce preferred but not mandatory