Category Management

Retail Insights; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 800,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Retail Insights seeks a Category Management professional in Bengaluru to lead assortment, pricing, and space plans across product categories. You will analyze performance, identify growth opportunities, and collaborate with merchandising, demand planning, supply chain, and marketing teams to drive profitability and customer satisfaction.

The role requires 3+ years in category management or retail merchandising, strong analytical skills, and experience in Agile environments.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3+ years in Category Management or Retail Merchandising.
• Strong understanding of retail category dynamics and consumer buying patterns.
• Proven experience managing assortment, pricing, and category performance.
• Strong analytical and data interpretation skills.
• Experience working with cross-functional retail teams.
• Ability to present insights and recommendations to senior stakeholders.
• Experience in Retail, FMCG, or Consumer Goods environments.
• Experience working in Agile or project-based delivery environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead category management strategy and execution across assigned product categories.
• Develop and manage assortment, range, and space plans aligned with business objectives.
• Analyze category performance using sales, margin, inventory, and customer data.
• Identify growth opportunities and recommend pricing, promotion, and assortment actions.
• Collaborate with merchandising, demand planning, supply chain, and marketing teams.
• Drive category profitability, inventory turns, and customer satisfaction.
• Support planogram development and space optimization initiatives.
• Monitor category KPIs and provide actionable insights to stakeholders.
• Support new product introductions and product lifecycle management.
• Leverage analytics and tools to support data-driven category decisions.
• Support UAT, go-live, and stabilization of category management platforms.
• Act as a subject-matter expert for category management best practices.
• Drive continuous improvement in merchandising and category analytics.

Skills

Analytical skills

Cross-functional collab

Presentation to stakeholders

Retail knowledge

Job description

About

Retail Insights delivers scalable, innovative, and cost-effective IT solutions through centers in India, Dubai, and the U.S. We specialize in Full Stack Development, Data & AI/ML, Mobile, DevOps, and digital platforms like Adobe, Salesforce, Shopify, Snowflake, and Blue Yonder.

Responsibilities

• Lead category management strategy and execution across assigned product categories
• Develop and manage assortment, range, and space plans aligned with business objectives
• Analyze category performance using sales, margin, inventory, and customer data
• Identify growth opportunities and recommend pricing, promotion, and assortment actions
• Collaborate with merchandising, demand planning, supply chain, and marketing teams
• Drive category profitability, inventory turns, and customer satisfaction
• Support planogram development and space optimization initiatives
• Monitor category KPIs and provide actionable insights to stakeholders
• Support new product introductions and product lifecycle management
• Leverage analytics and tools to support data-driven category decisions
• Support UAT, go-live, and stabilization of category management platforms
• Act as a subject-matter expert for category management best practices
• Drive continuous improvement in merchandising and category analytics

Requirements

• Minimum 3+ years of experience in Category Management or Retail Merchandising
• Strong understanding of retail category dynamics, consumer behavior, and buying patterns
• Proven experience managing assortment, pricing, and category performance
• Strong analytical and data interpretation skills
• Experience working with cross-functional retail teams
• Ability to present insights and recommendations to senior stakeholders
• Experience working in Retail, FMCG, or Consumer Goods environments
• Experience working in Agile or project-based delivery environments

Education Qualification

• Minimum 3+ years of experience in Category Management or Retail Merchandising
• Strong understanding of retail category dynamics, consumer behavior, and buying patterns
• Proven experience managing assortment, pricing, and category performance
• Strong analytical and data interpretation skills
• Experience working with cross-functional retail teams
• Ability to present insights and recommendations to senior stakeholders
• Experience working in Retail, FMCG, or Consumer Goods environments
• Experience working in Agile or project-based delivery environments

Join the team

Thank you for your keen interest in becoming a part of Retail Insights. We're eagerly looking forward to gaining deeper insights into your candidacy through this application.