🏢 Company: Not Specified
Hiring
📌 Job Description
We are hiring a Category Manager / Senior Manager for the Children’s Wear category in Gurgaon. The position is at Senior Manager level with 1 opening and a budget of ₹20–35 LPA CTC.
The role focuses on yearly and quarterly purchase planning, product and SKU selection, commercial negotiations, inventory management, sales analysis and driving overall category performance.
💼 Primary Responsibilities
- Prepare yearly & quarterly purchase plans and get approvals.
- Define quality parameters and commercial terms for different product categories to ensure the best deals.
- Coordinate with the Planning team to finalize products, SKUs and purchase quantities.
- Develop systems & processes to monitor progress against plans and targets.
- Continuously analyze sales data and modify purchase plans to maintain optimum inventory and avoid stock-outs.
- Drive category performance through effective purchasing, planning and inventory management.
🎓 Eligibility Criteria
- Experience in category management, purchasing, planning or inventory management is relevant to the role.
- Experience in the Children’s Wear category is relevant.
- Strong understanding of purchase planning and category performance.
- Ability to analyze sales data and modify purchase plans based on performance.
- Strong understanding of inventory planning and stock availability.
- Ability to coordinate with Planning teams on products, SKUs and purchase quantities.
🛠️ Key Skills
- Category Management
- Children’s Wear
- Purchase Planning
- Buying & Purchasing
- Inventory Management
- SKU Planning
- Sales Data Analysis
- Commercial Negotiation
- Vendor Management
- Category Performance
- Stock Planning
- Planning & Forecasting
🎁 Role Highlights
- Senior Manager-level opportunity.
- Category: Children’s Wear.
- Location: Gurgaon.
- 1 position available.
- Budget: ₹20–35 LPA CTC.
- Responsibility for yearly and quarterly purchase planning.
- Focus on purchasing, planning, inventory and category performance.
🌟 Role Focus
- Own purchase planning for the Children’s Wear category.
- Coordinate with Planning teams on products, SKUs and quantities.
- Drive commercial terms and quality parameters for category purchases.
- Use sales data to optimize purchase plans and inventory levels.
- Drive category performance through purchasing, planning and inventory management.
🎯 Core Skills Required
Category Management
Children’s Wear
Purchase Planning
Buying
Inventory Management
SKU Planning
Sales Analysis
Commercial Terms
Quality Parameters
Planning
Category Performance
Stock Management
🎤 Interview Preparation
- Prepare examples of creating yearly and quarterly purchase plans.
- Be ready to discuss how you determine purchase quantities and SKU selection.
- Highlight your experience with commercial negotiations and quality parameters.
- Prepare examples of using sales data to modify purchasing plans.
- Discuss how you maintain optimum inventory and avoid stock-outs.
- Be ready to explain your approach to category performance management.
- Highlight your experience coordinating with Planning teams.
🚀 How to Apply
Interested candidates can share their CV at: renu@stap.co.in