Category Head - F&V

Weekday AI; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Weekday AI in Bengaluru is seeking a senior leader to own the Fruits & Vegetables category strategy, including P&L, pricing, assortment, and merchandising to drive growth. You will build scalable processes and lead a high-performing team to ensure strong category performance.

You will develop and execute sourcing strategies for quality and cost efficiency, manage demand planning and inventory health, and push for margin improvements and customer trust through data-driven decisions.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in Category Management and P&L ownership.
• Strong ability to define category strategy and drive growth.

Responsibilities

• Own the overall Fruits & Vegetables category strategy, including P&L management, pricing, assortment planning, merchandising, and category growth.
• Develop and execute an efficient sourcing strategy focused on quality, cost, seasonality, supply reliability, and vendor performance.
• Lead demand planning, product availability, inventory health, and perishability economics to minimize wastage while maintaining availability.
• Drive improved sell-through and category performance by leveraging customer insights and market trends.
• Build scalable category processes, operating rhythms, and performance mechanisms for consistent execution.
• Develop and lead a high-performing category team with ownership and analytical decision-making.
• Drive sustainable improvements in category growth, profitability, availability, and customer trust.
• Monitor category performance metrics and identify opportunities to improve margins and optimize assortment.

Skills

Category Management

P&L Management

Job description

This role is for one of Weekday’s clients

Min Experience: 8+ years
Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
JobType: full-time

Requirements

Key Responsibilities

• Own the overall Fruits & Vegetables (F&V) category strategy, including P&L management, pricing, assortment planning, merchandising, and category growth.
• Develop and execute an efficient sourcing strategy focused on product quality, cost optimization, seasonality, supply reliability, and vendor performance.
• Lead demand planning, product availability, inventory health, and perishability economics to minimize wastage while maintaining customer availability.
• Drive improved sell-through and category performance by leveraging customer insights, field-level intelligence, market trends, and purchasing behavior.
• Build scalable category processes, operating rhythms, and performance mechanisms to ensure consistent execution across the category.
• Develop and lead a high-performing category team, fostering ownership, analytical decision-making, and operational excellence.
• Drive sustainable improvements in category growth, customer purchase frequency, profitability, availability, and customer trust.
• Monitor category performance metrics and identify opportunities to improve margins, reduce losses, optimize assortment, and strengthen overall category economics.

Must-Have Skills

• Category Management
• P&L Management