Associate Director - Category Management

Associate Director - Category Management

Summary:

We are looking for a strategic and innovative Leader to spearhead the growth and development of our International Business Development and Expansion portfolio. This role requires understanding of global fashion retail ecosystem, strategic mindset to understand the suitability and fitment of Fashion brands for India market, strong communication skills to aid Myntra’s fast paced growth in E-commerce fashion business

Roles and Responsibilities

• Leading the portfolio to expand International Brand charter at Myntra by launching new global brands on Myntra across categories (Apparel, Accessories, Footwear) 
• Identify white spaces in the portfolio, develop potential brands to achieve business objectives ;
• End to end conversation with potential brands looking to enter the India market via various operational models for offline & online channel
• Understanding of the buying & merchandising function to attain and achieve the profitability at Myntra
• Operational modeling for the brands to enter the market based on market suitability and arrive at correct product/price fitment for the target audience
• Business scoping in terms of revenue projections, profitability , marketing launch suitable for India market
• Leading the closure of legal agreement between brand and internal legal teams as per internal compliance and regulations
• Launching the brand online and offline with marketing launch plan
• Work closely with parallel teams in Planning, business finance, Legal, Operations, Compliance  to drive revenue and profitability 
• Operational understanding of import led model to get maximum optimization and lowest cost in alignment with Imports team
• Business Metrics Achievement: Achieve business Metrics of Projected Revenue GM and CM.

Taking appropriate action if any of the metric is being not achieved and highlighting the

risk in advance.

Qualifications & Experience

• Candidate should have 8+ Years ‘experience in Retail industry and a positive outlook towards work.

• Masters preferable (good pedigree)
• Good communications skills and ability to manage multiple cross-functional

stakeholders.

• Strong Analytical skills and ability to adapt as per the situational requirement.
• Ability to multi-task and meet project deadlines.

Ability to lead team

• Must work well in an unstructured work environment.
• Active problem solver who can work with data effectively.
• Ability to lead people
• Takes complete end-to-end ownership.
• Is able to create plans, prioritize tasks and deliver quality outcomes.
• Preferred (but not mandatory): E-com experience.
• Preferred (but not mandatory): Operations background.

Qualifications & Experience

• 8-9 years of experience with Fashion Background.
• Familiarity with category management for relevant categories.
• Understanding of market dynamics and sound business judgment.
• Ability to negotiate and sustain networking relationships.
• Comfortable with figures and in collecting, analysing and interpreting data

Regards,

Chaitra K N

Chaitra.c@myntra.com