Flipkart - Manager - Category Merchandising - Books & General Merchandise (2-6 yrs)

About Flipkart - Who We Are - Flipkart went live in 2007 with the objective of making books easily available to anyone who had Internet access. In matter of few years, we have kick-started the e-Commerce revolution in India, in the process becoming the largest Internet company in India. Flipkart offers a fast paced, fun environment to top talent in the country.

Flipkart's Core Purpose: To make Shopping Delightful for all. 

Our vision: To be the most preferred destination for shoppers in India by following our core values - Audacity, Bias to action & Customer centricity

What We Do

Home and BGM (Books & General merchandise) are Business units which hold super categories that are already billion dollars sized individually in the market. These BUs will help Flipkart increase focus on critical customer segments like metro customers & women shoppers

We are looking for people like us who will build a category together from scratch and scale and enroute gather fun filled learning experience

Role Summary : This role owns enabling ample discovery on Flipkart platform for each category of the BUs and make Flipkart a destination by habit for the customers of the respective categories. Own all internal merchandising for Home & BGM. Launch, develop & execute sustained merchandising campaigns.

Strategy and planning

- Know the market and trend forecasts: Stay on top of trends in an ever-changing landscape, find opportunities and prioritize based on selection, gaps, size, internal capabilities, etc. Optimise for monthly content and trend planning.

- Identify product differentiation based on consumer needs and journey funnel

- Own key merchandising channels & metrics

- Front end all merch requirements in terms of offer creation in BAU & sale events

- Designing month/ weekly calendar plan and ensuring each constructs drives healthy traffic flow as per the business objectives

- Ability to drive adoption & scale up businesses via merchandising

- Manage in store promotions along with brands - make brands partners in customer communication

- Working with in-house/ external designers to produce materials of visual impact and within brand guidelines

Desired Background:

- MBA/Marketing graduate with 3-6 years of experience

- Experience in online merchandising or sell side

- Experience in a retail/online/FMCG/Creative agencies is a must

- Ability to translate strategies into execution plans and take them to completion

- Very strong bias to action

- Over indexed on analytical side of business

- Planning comprehensive roadmaps to achieve shared goals.

- Strong communication and influencing skills

- From Tier 1/2 B-School is preferred

General Expectations from the role:

- Willing to take calculated risks to grow the category

- Excellent verbal and written communication with interpersonal skills

- Strong understanding of technology and business

- Fungible & adaptable around the new age technology and marketing strategies

- Strategic and intuitive thinking