Associate - Category Management

Associate - Category Management

Category - Sports - Apparel and Footwear

• Preparing AOP, as per overall Brand numbers.
• Managing all communication and relationship with the relevant key brands.
• Managing listing/cataloguing and go-live activities with the top brands.
• To keep a check and maintain TAT of go live date for all marketplace brands.
• To monitor inventory, price points live across top brands.
• Should maintain tracker to achieve weekly targets.
• To formulate and suggest discounting strategies to the brands.
• Should be able to give on platform merchandising input
•  Building brand strategy and execution plan
• To propose marketing budgets based on overall GMV/NGMV

Buying, Inventory

• Should keep a track of best sellers and formulate replenishment plan for the same.
• To monitor worst sellers and advise liquidation strategy.
• Should advice on SMU, if required.
• At any given point, healthy inventory should be available.

Operations and Account Reconciliation

• Sort out seller pay-out and cataloguing related issue
• RTVs – Slow moving or non-live inventory

Qualifications & Experience

• Graduate from NIFT or other reputed institution

• 3-4 Years of relevant experience in Apparel buying / planning / merchandising

• Understanding of planning & Inventory management (Understanding of E-comm will help)

• Willingness to learn, innovate, take initiatives

• Strong MS Excel skills & understanding of data analytics

• Customer centric, creative & analytical problem-solving mindset

• Ability to work as part of a team & collaborate with others

• Should be good at multitasking & time management

• Good interpersonal & negotiation skills