Associate Manager - Category

63 Ideas Infolabs Private Limited (Ninjacart); Chennai; On-site; INR 800,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading agri tech company in Chennai is looking for a Category Manager to handle fresh produce margins and vendor management. The ideal candidate has an MBA or relevant degree, with 3-5 years of experience in a similar role. You will work closely with procurement and have strong analytical skills, especially in data and customer behavior analysis. Join us to be part of a vibrant workplace that promotes diversity and inclusivity.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of relevant work experience as a Category Manager or similar roles.
• Sound understanding of category pricing, B2B sales, and customer behavior.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work with data.

Responsibilities

• Own margins for fresh subcategories in the city.
• Manage recovery of unsold inventory for effective value realization.
• Coordinate with the procurement team to establish vendor relationships.

Skills

Customer obsession

Data analysis

Vendor management

Problem-solving

Proactiveness

Education

Tier 3 Bachelors/MBA

Tools

Excel

Job description

Ninjacart -Pioneer. Challenge Yourself. Create Better Lives.

Ninjacart is India’s largest agri tech company that's revolutionising the agri ecosystem. By harnessing technology, innovation, and ideas, we are building commerce, finance, and fulfilment solutions that help build better lives for agri citizens. Our role in the agri ecosystem is not to replace, but to uplift its farmers, traders, and retailers, and ultimately, the end consumer. By leveraging our strengths and resources, we innovate for new product categories and customer segments and also solve complex supply chain problems in the soil to sales journey.

So far, we have built products that cater to each segment and their unique needs — Ninjacart for retailers, Ninja Mandi for traders, Ninja Global for importers and exporters, Ninja Kirana for retailers, and Ninja Kisaan for farmers.

We are committed to our ultimate mission to build the most trusted, efficient and inclusive AgriTrade Network.

Since Ninjacart’s inception in 2015, we have garnered support from visionaries and leaders across the globe who have put their faith in our vision. Our investors include Accel US, Syngenta Ventures, Neoplux, HR Capital, Trifecta Capital, Jo Hirao, Founder of ZIGExN, Accel India, Nandan Nilekani, Mistletoe, Qualcomm Ventures, Tiger Global, Flipkart, and Walmart. To know more, please visit:

www.ninjacart.com

Read More:

● #BetterLives For Every Agri Citizenhttps://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7120720715909115905/

● How Ninjacart has evolved in the last 8 years:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9Kts-O7tv4

● Ninjacart Blog :https://www.ninjacart.com/blog/

● Nandan Nilekani on Ninjacarthttps://www.linkedin.com/posts/ninja-cart_tech-pioneersatwork-ninjacart-activity-7027281166 617505792-pciW

● Ninjacart Culture CODE:https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ninja-cart_ninja-code-our-values-activity-70768214025483

Location: Chennai

Responsibilities

1. Own up margins for select/ all fresh subcategories (fruits and vegetables) for a city.
2. Own up the recovery of unsold inventory (Grade A/ dump) - ensure appropriate value realisation.
3. Work closely with the procurement team to build a reliable vendor base in certain categories.
4. Provide inputs on quality and product specifications - take the lead in defining product specifications and make changes based on seasonality or change of source.
5. Keep self the Ninjacart team updated on quality spec changes and market arrivals.

A Ninja is resilient, smart, and ambitious. Sounds like you? Here’s what you will need to have to join the Ninja Clan

• Tier 3 Bachelors/MBA with 3-5 years of relevant work experience as a Category Manager/Pricing Manager/Customer Campaign Manager in F&V/Grocery/B2B/B2C/Ecommerce.
• Sound understanding of the customer segment, their behavior, products in the category, Category Pricing, B2B Sales, Vendor Management
• Sound understanding of Excel, customer obsession, problem solving skills and good with data.
• Drive and proactiveness to dive into numbers to identify, analyze and solve business problems

Additional Information

At Ninjacart, we are creating a workplace that enables everyone to find their true potential, purpose, and passion irrespective of their background, gender, race, sexual orientation, religion and ethnicity. We are committed to providing equal opportunity for all and believe that diversity in the workplace creates a more vibrant, richer work environment that advances the goals of our employees, communities and the business.