Category Development Manager

Peoplefy; Pune District; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Peoplefy is seeking a Category Development Head to lead a high-growth retail category in the clean-energy space. You will own the category as a business, driving revenue, margins, and inventory while refining pricing discipline and profitability models.

This role requires partnering with R&D, Sales, and Supply Chain to accelerate time-to-market and translate market insights into the product roadmap. The ideal candidate will blend business acumen with product strategy, operating at the

Qualifications

• Experience leading a retail category in high-growth environments.
• Ability to translate customer/dealer insights into the product roadmap.
• Strong pricing and inventory management experience.

Responsibilities

• Own the category as a business — Revenue, Margin & Inventory.
• Drive competitive benchmarking and hyper-local market intelligence.
• Build district-level profitability and unit economics frameworks.
• Translate customer/dealer insights into product roadmap and feature enhancements.
• Strengthen pricing discipline, SOPs and Sales–Supply Chain alignment.
• Work with R&D, Sales, Operations and Supply Chain to accelerate time-to-market.

Skills

Category management

Market intelligence

P&L management

Product strategy

Operations

Job description

I’m looking for a Category Development Head to lead a high-growth retail category in the clean-energy space.

This role is ideal for a business-oriented product leader who can operate at the intersection of Category Management, Market Intelligence, P&L, Product Strategy and Operations.

• Own the category as a business — Revenue, Margin & Inventory
• Drive competitive benchmarking and hyper-local market intelligence
• Build district-level profitability and unit economics frameworks
• Translate customer/dealer insights into product roadmap and feature enhancements
• Strengthen pricing discipline, SOPs and Sales–Supply Chain alignment
• Work closely with R&D, Sales, Operations and Supply Chain to accelerate time-to-market