Category Manager
$85,000–$100,000 year
On-sitePatna, Bihar, India
Job Summary
Own end-to-end Category Management across F&B space, including creating vision, planning execution, and developing differentiation strategies to keep the category refreshed. Identify fast-moving products, map competition, and optimize sales while managing pricing, promotion, margin, and inventory control. Develop merchandising strategies, analyze sales figures, and forecast profits to improve category turnover. Manage vendor relationships through evaluation, commercial negotiations, and business reviews to maximize income and service quality. Create product strategies backed by market insights and drive new product development. Grow the branding business line by creating funnels for prospects and managing static and digital branding revenue. Gain insights from customer feedback to provide solutions and take corrective actions. Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Sales, Operations, Procurement, and Finance to implement product strategies seamlessly.
Required Qualifications
- 5-7 years of quality experience in Category Management, preferably in FMCG, F&B space
- Have good exposure to managing end-to-end lifecycle of new product development
- Consumer Centricity and Growth & Entrepreneurial Mindset
- Commercial Awareness and familiarity with Market Research, Competition and Analytics
- Derive insights from Market as well as Data and use the same for Product Development, Improvements and Iterations
- Ability to Multi-Task and Prioritize
- Ability to collaborate
- Hand-on approach, result focus and Go-getter
- Self-starter and Innovation
- Eye to Detailing
- Curiosity & Creativity
- Numerical & Analytical Ability
- Excellent verbal and written communications skills
- Strong listening, presentation and decision-making skills
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