Category Manager - Retail/Fashion Industry (5-8 yrs)

Deliverables :

1. Develop the estimate of demand, production, sales, and resultant inventory for all categories . Plan the revision of AMS for demand loading and periodically monitor it according to the mix of new products expected in the next 3 months over 6 months period.

2. Setting the norms for all stores for all categories.

3. Generate the indents for all categories for new developments and repeat products

4. Closely working with teams to form the store norms across all categories with understanding of Core and Regional products

5. Conduct meetings with the Cross functional Team to accurately forecast the new product demand for every store based on the product details like pricing, features, target customers etc.

6. Forecast the demand for new categories that would be introduced in the future based on certain rationale and industry knowledge

7. Manage any skew in sales based on regionality ,local festivals or any other marketing led activities resulting in sales surge etc

8. Conduct action planning on sales review and sales & operations discussion

9. Approve the stock allocation across stores and develop plan in line with defined product mix

10. Approve the settings for buffer for ecommerce channel requirement based on seasonality and mobilizing stocks for enabling sales

11. Coordinate with sales and ISCM teams to finalize on the rolling 3-month sales plan

12. Collate and analyse retail sales data across channels and develop understanding and use it for managing the inventory more efficiently

13. Manage the ageing of Inventory based on analysis of stock

14. Create MIS Reports for stock availability across locations

15. Replenishment of all stores aligned to norms and sales trend

16. Market understanding and setting up stock norms for all new stores and manage the existing stores

Eligibility :

1. Candidate having merchandising experience preferred

2. 5 to 7 years of experience in the retail or fashion industry, preferably apparels handling similar roles / responsibilities

3. Proficiency in analytics and using related tools like MS Excel and similar sensitivity

4. Internal system understanding and familiarity with working on software tools and implementation.