Openings For Category manager

Uberlife Consulting; Kolkata District; On-site; INR 700,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Uberlife Consulting is seeking a data-driven professional for a category management/merchandising role. The role focuses on growth, demand forecasting, pricing, new launches and range planning, with a strong emphasis on understanding customer and market dynamics.

Cross-functional collaboration is essential to align supply and strategy. The position emphasizes business ownership powered by data, with exposure to ecommerce and D2C dynamics.

Qualifications

• Extremely analytical and data-driven approach.
• Strong business and logical thinking; comfortable working with large datasets and dashboards.
• Excellent Excel and Google Sheets skills.
• Ability to connect numbers with customer behaviour.

Responsibilities

• Category Growth
• Demand Forecasting and Supply Alignment
• Pricing, Discounting and Margin Strategy
• New Launch and Range Planning
• Customer and Market Understanding (Core Differentiator)
• Seasonal Campaign Planning
• Cross-Functional Collaboration

Skills

Extremely analytical

Data-driven

Excel/Sheets

Business thinking

Large datasets

Dashboards

Tools

BI tools

Power BI

Tableau

Looker

Job description

Key Responsibilities

• 1. Category Growth
• 2. Demand Forecasting and Supply Alignment
• 3. Pricing, Discounting and Margin Strategy
• 4. New Launch and Range Planning
• 5. Customer and Market Understanding (Core Differentiator)
• 6. Seasonal s Campaign Planning
• 7. Cross-Functional Collaboration

Must-Have

• Extremely analytical s data-driven
• Strong business and logical thinking Comfortable working with large datasets and dashboards
• Excellent Excel / Google Sheets skills
• Ability to connect numbers with customer behaviour

Good-to-Have

• Experience in fashion / lifestyle / ecommerce categories
• Understanding of demand planning C inventory economics
• Exposure to BI tools (Power BI / Tableau / Looker)

3-6 years experience in category management, merchandising, or business roles

• Experience in ecommerce, D2C, marketplaces, or retail strongly preferred
• Prior experience owning category-level decisions is a big plus

What This Role Is NOT

Not a reporting or dashboard role Not a design-only or buying-only role This is a business ownership role powered by data