Senior Vendor Manager

Retailez; Bengaluru Urban; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Retailez in Bengaluru North, India invites applications for a Vendor Manager who will own category strategy, partner with top vendors, manage profitability, pricing and customer experience. This is a senior role requiring strong vendor management, negotiations, analytics and strategic thinking in a fast-paced retail environment.

The role demands deep dive into inputs, P&L ownership for multiple brands, building strategic plans, growing selection, negotiating terms, and collaborating with

Qualifications

• Proficiency in Excel and strong analytical skills.
• Excellent negotiation skills.
• Experience leading teams and cross-functional projects.
• Strong vendor management experience and ability to work in fast-paced environment.
• Autonomous with attention to detail and prioritization.

Responsibilities

• Dive deep into inputs and understand downstream impact on pricing, selection and convenience.
• Owns the P&L for multiple brands/subcategories; develops plans that drive revenue and margin improvement.
• Creates strategic and prioritized vendor business plan that maximizes margins and customer experience.
• Growing selection, improving terms and cost structures, building long-term relationships with vendors for the sub-categories/brands assigned.
• Focuses on strategic holdout or challenging vendors to increase selection.
• Drives strategic negotiations to deliver top-and bottom-line category growth for sub-categories/brands.
• Creates opportunities for growth, customer acquisition for multiple sub-categories.
• Vendor Managers are expected to demonstrate customer and category knowledge, be an advocate for a quality customer experience, and understand the competition and industry.
• Vendor Managers are responsible for long term growth opportunities and risk identification, planning, communication and partnering with internal teams.
• Vendor Managers are expected to demonstrate a deep understanding of tools and become advocates for tool enhancements.
• Vendor Managers are responsible for knowledge management, development of self and others, and recruiting.

Skills

Excel

Analytical skills

Negotiation

Team leadership

Vendor management

Attention to detail

Autonomy

Education

MBA/PGDM from reputed institutes

Job description

Bangalore North, India | Posted on 03/13/2025

The Vendor Manager will be responsible for developing and owning the strategy for a category and working with a high performing vendormanagement team. Within this role the individual will have the opportunity toestablish and maintain strong vendor partnerships, manage categoryprofitability, optimize pricing, and identify means to improve the customerexperience. This is a seasoned business leader with a broad skill set whichdemonstrates analytical capability, excellent business judgment, strong vendormanagement and negotiations skills, deep curiosity to uncover how things work.

Roles and Responsibilities

Vendor Managers are responsible for managing inputs(selection, in-stock), category or brand financials, pricing and promotionmanagement, auditing and analysis of data at granular levels, vendorescalations and concise communications.

• Dive Deep into inputs and understands thedownstream impact of changes to pricing, selection, and convenience formultiple subcategories.
• Owns the P & L for multiplebrands/subcategories; develops plans that drive revenue and margin improvement
• Creates strategic and prioritized vendorbusiness plan that maximizes margins and customer experience
• Growing selection, improving terms and coststructures, building long-term relationships with vendors for the sub-categories/brands assigned
• Focuses on strategic holdout or challengingvendors to increase selection
• Drives strategic negotiations to deliver top-and bottom-line category growth for sub-categories/brands
• Creates opportunities for growth, customeracquisition for multiple sub-categories

• Vendor Managers areexpected to demonstrate customer and category knowledge, be an advocatefor a quality customer experience, and understand the competition andindustry
• Vendor Managers areresponsible for long term growth opportunities and risk identification,planning, communication and partnering with internal teams
• Vendor Managers areexpected to demonstrate a deep understanding of tools and become advocatesfor tool enhancements
• Vendor Managers areresponsible for knowledge management, development of self and others, andrecruiting

Requirements

Technical Skills:

• Proficiency in Excel,Proven analytical skills and highly numerate
• Proven NegotiationSkills
• Proven experienceleading teams & cross-functional projects
• Influencing abilitiesand vendor management experience
• Ability to think andreact in a high-energy, fast-paced environment
• Ability to operatesimultaneously and effectively in both tactical and strategic modes
• A willingness to roll upsleeves to get things done
• The position requires anindividual who can work autonomously in a demanding and often ambiguousenvironment, with strong attention to detail and effective prioritization

Educational Qualifications:

• MBA/ PGDM from IIM Ahmedabad, Bangalore,Calcutta, Lucknow, XLRI, ISB, FMS, and similar institutes.