Assistant Category Manager - Internet/Online (1-15 yrs)

Job Responsibilities:

- Owner of Category P&L - Category Growth Levers & Market Understanding

- Have a thorough understanding of the industry, category, brand & retail objectives, online & offline competition, trends/events, competition, vendors with a strong understanding of growth levers

- Strong focus on customer needs, both existing and potential, and use that knowledge to deliver a customer experience that is unparalleled

- Stay on top of changing trends and strategic priorities through in-depth data analysis to predict customer behavior

- Conduct financial analysis of business opportunities to meet P&L goals, drive necessary promotions, campaigns basis insights, marketing plans etc.

- Work with marketing team to identify the best initiatives to build awareness and encourage trial across channels - SEM, SEO, ATL, etc. Work on relevant assortment, enable its discovery and ensure conversion

- Implement industry insights and best practices to grow overall category & band P&Ls

- Ownership of Brand P&L - Strategic Brand Partnerships Management :

- Develop deep and long standing relationships with the partners to drive relationships from the strategic to tactical and create win-win situations in the value chain

- Own the brand growth numbers of the platform in terms of revenue, savings, margins, inventory management, products, returns, ordering, etc.

- Expanding the relationships with existing customers by continuously proposing solutions that meet their objectives

- Set up industry best practices and SOPs

- Associations and collaborations:

- External - Brand PoCs, Vendors etc.

- Internal - Supply Chain, Marketing, Growth, Finance, Merchandising, Operations, Analytics.