Ninjacart Hiring for Category Manager at Bengaluru, Karnataka, India Full Time

Role – Category Manager

Work Experience – 3 to 7 Years

Education – MBA

Location – Bangalore

About Ninjacart

Ninjacart is India’s leading agri-platform, which leverages technology and data to organize the agri commerce ecosystem. Over the last 6 years, our made-for-India technology and India-centric solutions have disrupted the way fruits and vegetables move from farms to consumers’ plates. We empower farmers and other players in the ecosystem in ways never done before.

Ninjacart aims to be the digital network for global agri commerce that solves structural problems such as information asymmetry, payment hassles, distribution inefficiency, and discovering new buyers and sellers with tech-first solutions.

Ninjacart has raised over $350mn from Walmart Group, Tiger Global, Accel US, Accel India, Syngenta, and others. We are one of the top 25 startups to work for, according to Linkedin.

We are a highly motivated, results driven community, who focus on proactive approaches to problem solving. We cherish entrepreneurial spirit and provide significant operating autonomy to senior leaders. There are ample opportunities and challenges to be solved at scale and in real-time.

– https://www.livemint.com/companies/start-ups/ninjacart-pockets-145-mn-in-fresh-funding-from-flipkart-walmart-11639396468569.html

– https://www.outlookbusiness.com/specials/power-of-i_2019/ninja-power-5328

– https://the-ken.com/story/ninjacart-india-covid-19-lockdown/

Location – Bangalore, Karnataka

Responsibilities:

• Own the PnL Metrics – Category Sales, Category Penetration, Overall Margins and Inventory Management
• Develop and Manage Categories and their SKU assortments as per Regional/City level
• requirements
• Ensure best procurement practices to support Margins, vendor spread and Working Capital
• management
• Own the private label growth and sustenance across multiple categories
• Ensure replenishment and availability of products while maintaining inventory levels as per
• company policy
• Planning and Executing Campaigns, Offers and customer engagement events to drive overall business objectives
• Work with Sales Team to ensure overall business metrics are achieved

Requirements:

• Previous experience handling Staples Categories like Rice, Oil, Pulses, FMCG (Preferable)
• Tier 1/Tier 2 MBA
• Relevant Work Experience of at least 3-5 Years as an Asst Cat Manager or PnL owner roles
• Sound Understanding of the customer segment, their behavior, products in the category,
• Category Pricing, B2B Sales, Vendor Management
• Drive and proactiveness to dive into numbers to identify, analyse and solve business problems