Objectives of this role Developing and executing strategic plans for the assigned product category to drive sales and profitability. Analysing market trends, consumer behaviour and competitor activities in order to identify growth opportunities and market gaps. Collaborating with various teams, like marketing, sales and product development, to identify and implement new products, services and marketing initiatives. Managing product assortment, pricing, promotions and inventory to optimise category performance. Evaluating customer feedback and implementing changes to enhance the overall customer experience and drive customer loyalty. Developing solid relationships with key vendors and suppliers to improve category offerings and negotiate favourable terms. Your tasks Conduct thorough market research and analysis to identify emerging trends, competitive landscape and customer preferences and provide actionable plans. Develop and execute comprehensive category management strategies to achieve business objectives and drive growth. Maintain robust category management tools and processes, ensuring seamless strategy execution across the organisation. Monitor and evaluate category performance, leveraging key performance indicators (KPIs) to identify areas for improvement and implement corrective measures. Lead supplier negotiations, ensuring favourable terms and conditions to drive cost savings and strengthen supplier relationships. Collaborate with marketing teams to develop effective product messaging, positioning and communication strategies. Execute pricing strategies and promotional plans to optimise profitability while considering market dynamics and customer value perception. Stay up-to-date with industry trends, competitor activities and technological advancements to provide recommendations to senior management. Required skills and qualifications SA bachelor’s degree in business, marketing or a related field. 3+ years of experience as a category manager in the
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Qualifications & Experience 8+ years of work experience required with a minimum of 4 years in a product management role. Product Craft: Designing and shipping software consumer facing products. Stakeholder Management: Work closely with Engineering and Business to drive the product roadmap. Ability to organize, manage, prioritize and take tradeoff calls while working with engineering and other stakeholders. Cutting Edge: Be in the know of product/business trends within and areas adjoining the UGC charter and be able to bring the relevant ones to the roadmap. Data/Logic-driven Approach: to work with large quantities of data, insights and business skills to leverage analytics for decision making.
About Us : Paytm is India's leading mobile payments and financial services distribution company. Pioneer of the mobile QR payments revolution in India, Paytm builds technologies that help small businesses with payments and commerce. Paytm's mission is to serve half a billion Indians and bring them to the mainstream economy with the help of technology. About the Role : We are looking for an experienced Category Lead to define, build, and scale one of our categories from the ground up This is a high-impact, entrepreneurial role that combines category ownership, product thinking, business strategy, and cross-functional execution. The ideal candidate will have experience owning large business categories, driving growth, and building customer-centric products at scale. What You'll Do : - Own the end-to-end strategy, growth, and P&L of the category. - Design customer-first financing journeys where interest is charged only on the utilized amount, creating a flexible borrowing experience. - Identify new customer segments, use cases, and growth opportunities across merchants, D2C brands, SMEs, and digital businesses. - Drive category performance through data-led decision making, experimentation, and continuous optimization. - Monitor portfolio performance, customer adoption, profitability, and key business metrics. - Work closely with leadership to launch and scale new initiatives as part of Paytm's new venture. What We're Looking For : - 7-10 years of experience in Category Management, Product Ownership, Business Management, or General Management. - Strong experience owning and scaling a business category or product with measurable business impact. - Strong understanding of customer journeys, marketplace ecosystems, supply chain, logistics, merchant platforms, or financial products. - Demonstrated ability to manage large portfolios, drive business growth, and influence cross-functional teams. - Excellent analytical, stakeholder management, and problem-solving skills.
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 & tim
Roles & Responsibilities ? Actively participate in Brand development/ Range/Product development through analytics-based insights. ? Work in close coordination with the Planning and Pricing team for optimizing Scale / Inventory / OTB / Capacities etc. ? Management of OIs / POs / Inwards , Cataloguing and driving and improvising the processes. ? Increase sales and profitability of business to drive sustainable growth ? Manage relationships with brand partners and establish Myntra as the preferred destination for customers as well as brand partners. ? Scaling the brands on the platform with continuous work across selection, catalogue, marketing etc. ? Identify white spaces in the portfolio and onboard/develop potential brands to fill the gap ? Manage On App Category visibility planning ? Analyze data and reports from various sources, Responsible for creating and maintaining, consolidating various reports ? Operational excellence - Candidate should have prior experience or enough knowledge to manage day to day operational issues effectively related to cataloging, pricing, merchandising and discount monitoring. ? Stay updated on industry trends and market competitions in Kids wear profile. ? Collaborating with cataloguing team to get products shoot, content creation and right information of the product being shared and improvising on processes to constantly improve customer experience. ? Undertake special projects time to time for overall Category business / experience impact. Qualifications & Experience ? Demonstrated ability to work autonomously in a highly demanding and ambiguous environment. ? Strong attention to detail and exceptional organizational skills. ? Strong analytical and numbers acumen and be comfortable generating and evaluating forecasts, metrics. ? Work closely with various departments within the company to ensure that all consumer touch points and messaging are working and measured harmoniously. ? Sales, fashion or vendor management background.
Roles and Responsibilities. ? Actively participate in Brand development/ Range/Product development through analytics-based insights. New Vendor onboarding. ? Work in close coordination with the Planning and Pricing team for optimizing Scale / Inventory / OTB / Capacities etc. ? Inventory Ops. - Ensuring that brands deliver as per slot dates sharing packing slips in the right format, in warding and GRN within acceptable timelines, RO / Q1 Non Live / RTV for Q2Q3 with the right documentation. ? Management of OIs / POs / Inwards , Cataloguing and driving and improvising the processes. ? Collaborating with cataloguing team to get products shoot, content creation and right information of the product being shared and improvising on processes to constantly improve customer experience. ? Undertake special projects time to time for overall Category business / experience impact. Qualifications & Experience ? Demonstrated ability to work autonomously in a highly demanding and ambiguous environment. ? Strong attention to detail and exceptional organizational skills. ? Strong analytical and numbers acumen and be comfortable generating and evaluating forecasts, metrics. ? Work closely with various departments within the company to ensure that all consumer touch points and messaging are working and measured harmoniously. ? Sales, fashion or vendor management background. ? Good written and verbal communication skills. ? Basic excel. ? Good organizational skills including prioritizing, scheduling, time management, and meeting deadlines
About Team Category Management - BPC is one of the key business unit for the platform which is poised for tremendous growth and fashion democratization. We are looking for an Associate who will be a good fit to the team and instrumental in driving the growth of Beauty & Personal Care. Roles & Responsibilities Increase sales and profitability of business to drive sustainable growth Manage relationships with brand partners and establish Myntra as the preferred destination for customers as well as brand partners. Scaling the brands on the platform with continuous work across selection, catalogue, marketing etc. Identify white spaces in the portfolio and onboard/develop potential brands to fill the gap Manage On App Category visibility planning Analyze data and reports from various sources, Responsible for creating and maintaining, consolidating various reports Operational excellence - Candidate should have prior experience or enough knowledge to manage day to day operational issues effectively related to cataloging, pricing, merchandising and discount monitoring. Stay updated on industry trends and market competitions in Beauty & Personal Care profile. Qualifications & Experience Candidate should have 2+ Years of experience Preferred from Fashion e-com or retail background Proficient in Advance Excel Excellent communication, presentation and interpersonal skills Hands on experience with analyzing data and making forecasts. Analytical and critical thinker Takes complete end-to-end ownership of the task
Associate(M) - Category Management To plan overall supply planning for BU People Management - Team handling skills Making sure the workload is taken care of Making sure BAU works are not getting Impacted on any attrition or Long Leaves Taking up things with Concerned team , if the escalation done by team is not given importance Coordinating with Multiple stakeholders on solving real time issues on daily Level ( Inwards, catalogue, Tech, Transporter, Brand and Business team) Job Description: Co Ordinating with Product team, on projects and Developments required in the tool in order to bring goodness to the productivity on Planning and ops Supply chain understanding-DOH, Inventory Management, Inventory Health, RTV Logistic management- Lead time, Forecasting, Speed Vendor Management – Vendor Score cards reviews Warehouse management- Capacity management, Fillrate management Operation management- Daily Operation management Catalog Management understanding Qualifications & Experience Graduate from reputed institution 3-4 Years of relevant experience in Fashion buying / planning and Operations Willingness to learn, innovate, take initiatives Expertise in working on Excel Customer centric, creative & analytical problem-solving mindset Ability to work as part of a team & collaborate with others while demonstrating leadership skills Should be good at multitasking & critical thinking
About Paytm Group: Paytm is India's leading mobile payments and financial services distribution company. Pioneer of the mobile QR payments revolution in India, Paytm builds technologies that help small businesses with payments and commerce. Paytm’s mission is to serve half a billion Indians and bring them to the mainstream economy with the help of technology. Roles & Responsibilities:- ● Lead the P&L responsibility for RU & transit categories along with focus on bottomline enhancing strategies, optimising costs and delivering revenue targets. ● Own the business growth charter and work closely with central teams to strategize and coordinate user and value growth. ● Devise innovative user growth strategies in line with the category’s vision and business goals to increase the category’s presence on and off the app. ● Work closely with management to share funnel conversion improvement ideas, feedback & present results. ● Identify demand levers by thoroughly understanding consumer behavior and building offerings around it. ● Identifying user cohorts and run custom growth campaigns to drive user activation and user reactivation for growth. ● Define user acquisition and user retention strategies. ● Monitor market trends, research consumer markets, and competitors’ activities. ● Have an understanding of marketing and consumer behavior, experience in deploying successful marketing campaigns, and take ownership of implementation, tracking, and analytics. ● Create and execute a strong performance marketing strategy & execution plan for building awareness and driving conversions. ● Measure and report the performance of all marketing campaigns, and assess ROI and KPIs to track their efficacy over time Competencies. ● P&L Ownership ● Category Management. ● Offline, CLM Marketing & Performance Marketing. ● GTM Strategy. ● Product Strategy. ● Advance MS-Office, MS-Excel skills The Ideal Candidate Must Have: ● 5-7 years of experience in bill payments/transit or
Associate(M) - Category Management To plan overall supply planning for BU People Management - Team handling skills Making sure the workload is taken care of Making sure BAU works are not getting Impacted on any attrition or Long Leaves Taking up things with Concerned team , if the escalation done by team is not given importance Coordinating with Multiple stakeholders on solving real time issues on daily Level ( Inwards, catalogue, Tech, Transporter, Brand and Business team) Job Description: Co Ordinating with Product team, on projects and Developments required in the tool in order to bring goodness to the productivity on Planning and ops Supply chain understanding-DOH, Inventory Management, Inventory Health, RTV Logistic management- Lead time, Forecasting, Speed Vendor Management – Vendor Score cards reviews Warehouse management- Capacity management, Fillrate management Operation management- Daily Operation management Catalog Management understanding Qualifications & Experience Graduate from reputed institution 3-4 Years of relevant experience in Fashion buying / planning and Operations Willingness to learn, innovate, take initiatives Expertise in working on Excel Customer centric, creative & analytical problem-solving mindset Ability to work as part of a team & collaborate with others while demonstrating leadership skills Should be good at multitasking & critical thinking
Associate(M) - Category Management To plan overall supply planning for BU People Management - Team handling skills Making sure the workload is taken care of Making sure BAU works are not getting Impacted on any attrition or Long Leaves Taking up things with Concerned team , if the escalation done by team is not given importance Coordinating with Multiple stakeholders on solving real time issues on daily Level ( Inwards, catalogue, Tech, Transporter, Brand and Business team) Job Description: Co Ordinating with Product team, on projects and Developments required in the tool in order to bring goodness to the productivity on Planning and ops Supply chain understanding-DOH, Inventory Management, Inventory Health, RTV Logistic management- Lead time, Forecasting, Speed Vendor Management – Vendor Score cards reviews Warehouse management- Capacity management, Fillrate management Operation management- Daily Operation management Catalog Management understanding Qualifications & Experience Graduate from reputed institution 3-4 Years of relevant experience in Fashion buying / planning and Operations Willingness to learn, innovate, take initiatives Expertise in working on Excel Customer centric, creative & analytical problem-solving mindset Ability to work as part of a team & collaborate with others while demonstrating leadership skills Should be good at multitasking & critical thinking
Role Overview: The Procurement Manager / Senior Manager will be responsible for strategic sourcing, vendor management, contract negotiations, and procurement operations across Administration, Human Resources, and Insurance categories. The role is responsible for delivering cost efficiencies, ensuring service quality, managing supplier risks, and supporting business objectives through effective procurement practices and stakeholder engagement. Key Responsibilities: 1. Procurement & Category Management Lead procurement for Admin, HR, offsite events, travel, Insurance etc. Drive sourcing strategies, vendor selection, and commercial negotiations. Ensure timely PR-to-PO cycle management and adherence to procurement policies. 2. E-Auction & Strategic Sourcing Plan and execute e-auctions/RFQs to drive competitive pricing and transparency. Identify suitable categories for e-auctions and maximize cost savings. Analyze bid data and finalize vendors based on techno-commercial evaluation. 3. Vendor Management & Development Identify, evaluate, and onboard new vendors. Maintain strong vendor relationships and monitor performance (SLAs/KPIs). Drive competitive bidding and cost benchmarking across categories. 4. Commercial & Contract Management Lead commercial negotiations to achieve cost savings and value optimization. Draft, review, and finalize contracts/agreements in coordination with legal teams. Ensure compliance with organizational policies and audit requirements. 5. Stakeholder Management Collaborate with internal teams (Admin, HR, Business, Finance) to understand requirements. Provide procurement advisory and ensure alignment with business objectives. 6. Process, ERP & Governance Manage end-to-end procurement lifecycle on ERP platforms (PR creation, PO issuance etc). Monitor PR/PO aging and drive timely closures. Drive process improvements and automation initiatives. Key Requirements: 8–12+ years of relevant e
DR ASHWANI KUMAR VIJ : Have been retained ( by a Growing, Reputed and professionally managed Company which is Manufacturing and supplying and Marketing Ayurvedic / Herbal, Healthcare and Pharma Products. Company is very well established since last around 35 years and have strong focus on developing Herbal Products and Technologies and Research and Development ) to select 1 : General Manager - Sales and Marketing. Job Description : Lead and motivate an experienced team across marketing and sales functions, setting and achieving targets with them and maximising their potential within their roles. Active participant in the international OTC team, working closely with International colleagues to share best practice. Develop, gain agreement for and ensure delivery of strategies to grow the OTC business. Meet agreed sales and contribution targets for the portfolio. Be responsible for delivering annual five year plans and brand plans in conjunction with sales and marketing teams and in the light of market dynamics and consumer trends. Be responsible for cost-effective deployment of the annual advertising and promotional budget. Oversee the generation of dynamic communication campaigns to build brand equity and support sales. Actively seek new brand opportunities for their potential to grow the company’s business. Generate, and manage to launch, a pipeline of NPD for key strategic brands - dovetailing with plans from the International centre. Have direct responsibility for all external agency relationships, from advertising agencies, PR agencies, design agencies, market research agencies, and external sales agencies. Be responsible for annual OTC category management and trade marketing plan. Be responsible for monthly sales volume and revenue forecasts. Drive and continuously track achievement of sales, market share and brand health objectives, building performance insights based on marketing and sales activity evaluation and putting measures in place to en
About Hexnode Hexnode is a global leader in Unified Endpoint Management (UEM), trusted by over 100 countries and managing millions of devices worldwide. With a rapid pace of innovation, we have established ourselves as a dominant force across Apple, Windows, Android, macOS, Linux, and tvOS. Hexnode is a rare combination of global scale, product excellence, and startup-level velocity. We operate in a mission-critical category—unified endpoint management—supporting organizations that rely on secure, reliable device management every minute of every day. Role Drive high-velocity pipeline and revenue growth through a strategic partner ecosystem across Pan India . You will be responsible for recruiting, enabling, and co-selling with top-tier VARs, MSPs, and Distributors, targeting key buyers in IT, Security, and Endpoint Management within the Indian subcontinent . Responsibilities Identify and activate 20–40 high-impact partners across India, prioritizing quality and long-term alignment over sheer volume. Develop and execute "Top 10" quarterly business plans, including joint pipeline development, executive alignment, and structured QBRs tailored to the Indian market. Empower partners through expert-level pitch coaching, product demos, and sharp competitive positioning against incumbents like Intune, JAMF, Ivanti, and Workspace ONE. Design compelling partner offers, including creative bundling, MDF/co-marketing initiatives, and clear referral/resale frameworks suitable for the local ecosystem. Maintain a rigorous cadence for forecasting partner-sourced pipeline, influence, and bookings to ensure consistent quota over-performance. Who You Are 8–15 years of B2B partner/channel sales experience, specifically within SaaS, Security, or IT Infrastructure. Proven record of carrying a partner quota and navigating 2-tier distribution models (Distributor → Reseller/MSP) within the Indian geography. Exceptionally comfortable selling into the Indian mid-market and commercial enterpris
About Paytm: Paytm is India's leading mobile payments and financial services distribution company. Pioneer of the mobile QR payments revolution in India, Paytm builds technologies that help small businesses with payments and commerce. Paytm’s mission is to serve half a billion Indians and bring them to the mainstream economy with the help of technology. Role Summary We are looking for a high-ownership Central Growth manager to drive measurable monetization outcomes across the Paytm consumer app. This role will own the “growth & monetization levers to increase ARPU, engagement, and category adoption, while maintaining tight ROI discipline. You will work cross-functionally with Product, Data Science, Marketing, and Ops to identify the highest ROI opportunities, build scalable offer frameworks, and improve conversion across key discovery journeys. The mandate is to build a stronger, more profitable consumer growth business. Key Responsibilities 1) Own app monetization outcomes (ARPU + engagement) Drive consumer monetization KPIs: ARPU uplift, conversion to paid/monetized actions, repeat usage, category adoption, and engagement depth Identify growth pockets across categories (e.g., RU, bill pay, commerce, travel, financial products) and scale what works. 2) Traffic strategy & allocation (maximize ROI) Build a traffic allocation strategy across app surfaces and journeys to maximize incremental ARPU and engagement Partner with DS/Product to create routing/next-best-action models and run continuous optimization via experiments Manage trade-offs across categories (where to push, when to hold, and how to protect user experience). 3) Monetization-led cross-sell (embed in discovery journeys) Scale new cross-sell avenues by embedding monetization hooks in high-frequency moments Improve funnel steps: message clarity, eligibility communication, UX friction reduction, and conversion rates. 4) Experimentation engine & growth ops Run structured experimentation: hypothe
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