Category-Footwear

Avenue-Supermart-Ltd; Thane; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Avenue Supermart Ltd in Thane, Maharashtra, invites applications for a Vendor Sourcing & Category Management role. You will onboard vendors, schedule orders, negotiate best rates, and ensure on-time payments while managing existing supplier relationships.

You will analyze consumption patterns across geographies, conduct market benchmarking, drive category profitability, and maintain strict inventory control. Travel to supplier locations is expected.

Qualifications

• Vendor sourcing and vendor management, including onboarding, scheduling, buying and on-time payments.
• Manage relationships with existing vendors and drive profitable growth.
• Category management and merchandise selection throughout lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Identify products and offers; negotiate best rates.
• Analyze consumption patterns across geographies.
• Drive profitable growth for the categories.
• Maintain inventory control.
• Benchmark competitors and conduct market visits; plan forecasts.
• Prepare reports and travel as required.

Skills

Vendor sourcing

Vendor management

Negotiation

Planning

Coordination

Data analysis

Stakeholder management

Interpersonal skills

Team handling

Travel readiness

Tools

Excel

Job description

Requisition ID113921-Posted24/09/2026-Avenue Supermart Ltd-Maharashtra-Thane-Category General Merchandising

Job Responsibilities

The role holder will be responsible for Vendor Sourcing and Management i.e. sourcing new vendors, onboarding the new vendors, scheduling, Buying / ordering, ensuring on time payments, Debits to vendors as per process, Product Development (GM), etc. Simultaneously, he / she will need to manage working relationships with existing vendors.

The role holder will be responsible for managing the assigned Category and for related product / merchandise selection. The responsibilities will include the following:

• Identifying products, offers and negotiating the best rates
• Analysis of consumption patterns across various geographies
• Ensuring profitable growth for thecategories
• Inventory Control
• Conduct Competition benchmarking and market visits. Data analysis, planning and forecasting, Sales growth, product enhancement, product lifecycle management

Will need to prepare and present reports. Will be required to travel.

Skills

Communication, negotiation, planning, delegation, co-ordination, follow up and team Handling skills. He / She will be required to maintain good working relationships with all internal and external stakeholders, hence good interpersonal skills are needed. Must be good with related processes and proficiency in excel is a must

Competencies

• Business Acumen
• Simplicity & Process Optimisation
• Speed of Execution