Senior Product Manager - Garment Firm

Sr. Product Manager at leading Garment company at Bangalore

Key Activities and Responsibilities :

Portfolio Management :

- Guide the team in arriving at an optimum product mix in terms of price and product attributes such as type, style, colour and size.

- Review performance of the portfolio across sales channels to identify gaps and suggest solutions

- Guide / provide direction to the Product Development team towards development of new products for the portfolio

- Build a process to launch / test launch products as required

- Rationalize the portfolio based on performance as best suited

Demand Planning :

- Arrive at sales trends / estimates for the portfolio based on market intelligence and historical data

- Own the Marketing Order and plan demand as an input to the production team on a monthly basis

- Ensure optimum availability of stock of the portfolio to maximize sale

- Assist in the long term capacity planning exercise for the brand

Market Intelligence :

- Develop market intelligence by capturing retailer and sales team feedback from across the country

- Constantly study competition and map competitive product portfolios in the market

- Conduct extensive market research and consumer panels to obtain in depth understanding of the rapidly evolving target consumers

Analytics :

- Monitor, analyse and report sales performance of the portfolio on a regular basis

- Obtain relevant insights using the color ratio analysis, size ratio analysis, sell-through analysis, top/bottom sellers analysis, style growth, Style EBO ranking, product mapping and contribution analysis across all collections, categories and verticals.

Communication and Training :

- Collaborate with other functional teams within the organization such as Sales, Retail, Marketing, Visual Merchandising and Commercial to keep them informed about all relevant product information

- Ensure all front end teams (Sales, Retail, Key Accounts) are trained on product information when new products are launched

- Act as a bridge between the front end (Sales, Marketing, VM, Commercial) and back end (Product Development, Quality Control, Production Planning) of the organization for seamless flow of information related to product

Desired Functional Skills :

- Product Portfolio Management

- Line Management and Assortment Planning

- Demand planning and forecasting

- Strong Analytical Skills

- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and other analytical tools

Desired Behavioral Skills :

- Leadership, team building skills

- Energetic and passionate about product

- A flare for numbers and data mining

- Good listener to respond to feedback

- People person - team player

- Strong presentation skills

Experience : 7 - 10 years experience in Product Management, Retail / Assortment Planning, Category Management

Qualification : UG or PG

Location : Corporate Office, Bangalore

Reports to : AGM - Product Management

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