Category Head - F&V

Weekday (YC W21); Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 2,600,000; Full time

Job summary

Weekday (YC W21) is seeking a mid-senior Category Manager for the Fruits & Vegetables category in Bengaluru. You will own P&L, pricing, assortment planning, merchandising, and growth, driving category strategy and revenue.

You will lead sourcing, inventory health, perishability economics, and demand planning, building scalable processes and a high-performing team to optimize profitability and customer trust.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in category management or related fields.
• Strong analytical and vendor management skills.
• Experience in fruits & vegetables or perishables is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Own F&V category strategy including P&L, pricing, and assortment.
• Develop and execute sourcing to optimize quality, cost, and vendor performance.
• Lead demand planning, inventory health, and perishability economics.
• Improve sell-through and category performance via insights and trends.
• Build scalable category processes and operating rhythms.
• Develop and lead a high-performing category team.
• Drive sustainable improvements in growth, profitability, and availability.
• Monitor metrics to tighten margins and strengthen category economics.

Skills

Category Management

P&L Management

Job description

This role is for one of our clients
Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
Min Experience: 8+ years
Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
JobType: full-time
We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.

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