Senior Category Manager - FMCG

Lead the overall Home Marketplace business

- Analyse data or insights to determine industry and consumer trends regarding the various categories, design and implement the categories including lines, products and brands with continuous improvement.

- Build and drive relationships with key vendors to improve pricing and quality of services, evaluate vendor performance on delivery metrics and take corrective actions.

- Become a leader in category range, pricing and promotions across channels

- Lead category management projects to optimise ranges and related merchandising

- Managing budget development and revenue for the category

- Understand the consumer and work with Marketing to create offers, promotions, content, cross sell/upsell opportunities thereby generating demand

- Work with Logistics and other departments to deliver a great consumer experience

- Own and recap financial performance and metrics, make strategic recommendations in order to achieve sales, sell through, margin and inventory targets

Desired Skills and Competencies

- Candidate should be from top design institute

- 5-7 years proven experience in category management preferably with experience in home furnishing, home dcor category.

- Good understanding of data analysis and forecasting methods

- Good understanding of the market and consumer insights and trends

- An analytical mind with strategic ability