Assistant Manager - Category
Swiggy
Roles & Responsibilities
- Business ownership & managing Business P&L for the region- Drive the business through a mix of assortment, pricing, promotions and vendor engagement initiatives to deliver overall growth of category & margin
- Plan right product assortments, assortment benchmarking, assortment gaps fixation and review it every quarter for efficiency and productivity of each city to stay relevant for customers
- In Depth Knowledge of category, regional variations, pricing, vendor sourcing, regional brands & MOP for key brand/items
- Develop & strengthen existing business relationship by engaging with brands, closing monthly business plan and overall business growth at brand level
- Plan, build & drive new categories/missing portfolio to gain maximum share in a division
- Ensuring 100% vendor fill rate , WH availability and front end availability by working closely with brands for Delivery in full and on Time
- Ownership like an entrepreneur / Be a merchant / Build the category with a long-term view deliverable- Constantly benchmark on product range to ensure leadership position on the same every month.
- Build & Drive PL category sales growth, share, profitability, availability and NPD push with PL regional Repackers & co-packers
- Exp with 5+ years of Category management from Dairy background.
- Demonstrated ability to identify and solve ambiguous problems
- Identifying customer needs and inventing new ways to meet those needs
- Tenacity to develop ideas independently and thrive in a fast-paced start-up environment
- Proven analytical thinking, project management skills, attention to detail and exceptional organizational skills are essential
- Excellent verbal and written communication with interpersonal skills
- Extreme attention to detail and willingness to roll up your sleeves.