Category Manager

Clicktech Retail Private Limited; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Clicktech Retail Private Limited, based in Bengaluru, seeks a Category Manager to drive selection, negotiate with brands, and develop pricing and demand strategies during rapid growth on the Amazon India marketplace.

You will deliver world-class customer experience and strong margin growth across sub-categories with a data-driven, entrepreneurial approach. A Bachelor's degree is required, and fluency in English is essential.

Qualifications

• 2–5 years of relevant experience.
• Strong business judgment with a track record of successful negotiations and relationship management.
• Ability to think strategically and tactically, with excellent attention to detail.
• Tenacity to develop ideas independently in a fast-paced startup environment.
• Proven analytical thinking, project management skills, attention to detail and organizational skills are essential.
• A track record of success in past roles.
• Candidate must be fluent in English.
• Bachelor's degree is required.

Responsibilities

• Building selection and terms negotiation: determine customer market needs, grow selection across sub-categories and brands, manage partners, optimize terms and support marketing campaigns.
• Pricing and Demand generation: set pricing, develop promotions, and collaborate on site features to improve customer experience.
• Business planning and communication to senior management: develop short- and long-term growth plans and report KPI/state to management.
• Innovation: drive process improvements and automation, collaborate with global teams to share best practices.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Analytical thinking

Negotiation

Project management

Attention to detail

English fluency

Business acumen

Startup mindset

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree (preferred)

Job description

Clicktech Retail Private Limited (“Clicktech”) is a wholly owned subsidiary of New Trends Commerce Private Limited (“New Trends Commerce”). New Trends Commerce is a Poddar Group entity with investment from Amazon. Clicktech is a prominent seller on the Amazon India marketplace and is currently operating in the category of wireless, wireless accessories, consumer electronics, personal computing, home improvement, BISS - Business Industrial & Scientific Supply, wireless Devices, Smart Home Solutions and Digital Devices. Our vision is to be India’s most customer centric company. We aspire to expand our selection in the categories we operate to every item that our customers want. We want to offer such products at the most competitive price. We intend to make these products available in such a way that these products reach the customers in the shortest possible time. We have a culture and practice of customer centricity, hiring and developing the best, insisting on the highest standards, calculated risk taking and delivering results.

Designation:

Category Manager

About the role:

Are you customer obsessed, relentlessly focused on achieving high standards, street smart, analytical, strategic yet execution focused, hungry and passionate about E-commerce, an experienced and entrepreneurial leader with a strong work ethic? If yes, this opportunity with Clicktech will appeal to you.

As a Category Manager, you will focus on delivering a world-class customer experience and exceptional sales and margin growth for the sub-categories that you are responsible for as we rapidly expand and grow our selection from around the world. The position will be based out of Bangalore.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Building selection and terms negotiation: Will be responsible for determining customer market needs, growing selection across sub-categories, brands and use cases, managing brand partners, optimizing category terms and getting support for marketing campaigns.
• Pricing and Demand generation: Responsible for pricing and demand generation. This includes working with other members on the category management team to come up with innovative promotions and site features to improve customer experience.
• Business planning and communication to senior management: Develop a short-term and long- term plan for growth and report to Senior Management on a regular basis on the state of key topline and bottom-line metrics and risk factors.
• Innovation: Invent and drive continuous process improvement and automation across our systems to allow us to scale a fast growing business. This will include liaising with the global community to drive innovation and share best practice.

Basic Qualifications:

• 2 to 5 years of relevant experience
• Strong business judgment with a track record of successful negotiations and overall relationship management.
• Ability to think strategically and tactically, with excellent attention to detail
• Tenacity to develop ideas independently and thrive in a fast-paced start-up environment
• Proven analytical thinking, project management skills, attention to detail and exceptional organizational skills are essential
• A track record of success in past roles
• Candidate must be fluent in English
• Bachelor's degree is required

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's degree is preferred from T-1 Institutions
• Experience in Consumer-facing sectors such as Ecommerce, Retail, FMCG is preferred

Clicktech and New Trends Commerce are equal opportunities employers. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We value your passion to discover, invent, simplify and build. We welcome applications from all members of society irrespective of age, sex, disability, sexual orientation, race, religion or belief.