Associate - Category Management (Home furnishing)

Category: Home furnishing

Roles and Responsibilities

Role: Work closely with Category Manager to drive the business in the relevant category with focus on growth and increasing the market share. Manage relationships with brand partners & establish Myntra as the preferred destination for customers as well as brand partners.  

Responsibilities:

• Intake / OTB management - Monitor inventory situation & plan inwards based on the DOH plan & plan timely RTVs
• Selection – making season level buy plans / assortment plans, based on past performance & growth / revenue targets to ensure that the category is well represented 
• Review style level performance based on metrics such as ROS, Sell thru, RPI, RGM 
• Category visibility planning & interventions – planning banners for respective brands and raising banner requests on time
• Identify gaps in product offerings & subsequently introduce / onboard new brands / categories
• Managing pricing (SOR / OR) – follow up with brands on securing timely discounts and updating the same, control pricing internally as per planned GM / RGM. Working closely on OR discounting based on profitability requirements
• Be an effective bridge between brands & internal teams for all communications
• Operational excellence: Should have prior experience or enough knowledge & confidence to manage merchandising operations, inbound planning, cataloguing & discount monitoring

Qualifications & Experience

• Graduate from NIFT or other reputed institution
• 3-4 Years of relevant experience in Apparel buying / planning / merchandising
• Understanding of planning & Inventory management (Understanding of E-comm will help)
• Willingness to learn, innovate, take initiatives
• Strong MS Excel skills & understanding of data analytics
• Customer centric, creative & analytical problem-solving mindset
• Ability to work as part of a team & collaborate with others
• Should be good at multitasking & time management 
• Good interpersonal & negotiation skills