Category Manager

Role

• Revenue Planning
• Create annual, monthly & daily plan incorporating metrics such as traffic, DAU, MAU, and MAC, for both business-as-usual (BAU) and event days
• Lead quarterly planning to enable smarter inventory decisions
• Own and drive business planning and analytics end-to-end — from forecasting to execution
• Revenue management (Ecom Sell Side):
• Manage day-to-day revenue activities in collaboration with cross-functional teams to meet planned targets
• Identify and execute new avenues of revenue generation through growth areas, promotions, offers, and other strategies
• Growth initiatives:
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (brand, sourcing, technology) to drive strategic projects and initiatives
• Drive performance reviews:
• Analyse key initiatives using data, spearhead automation projects, and build robust processes for seamless execution
• Participate in leadership reviews with data-backed insights, maintain planning consistency across teams, and deliver actionable, insight-rich performance summaries to drive continuous improvement

Requirement

• MBA or Engineering degree from a Tier 1 institute (IIT/IIM/NIT/ISB or similar)
• 2–4 years of experience in demand planning & e-commerce sell roles in Tier 1 firms
• Strong stakeholder management skills – you can manage up, across, and diagonally
• Comfort with structured processes – and an eye for when they need to be reinvented
• Past experience in a fast-paced e-com or retail environment is a major plus
• Strong data management & analysis skills – Excel, SQL, or whatever gets the job done
• Excellent communication skills – you can turn a messy spreadsheet into a crisp narrative