This role is for one of Weekday’s clients
Min Experience: 8+ years
Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
JobType: full-time
Requirements
Key Responsibilities
- Own the overall Fruits & Vegetables (F&V) category strategy, including P&L management, pricing, assortment planning, merchandising, and category growth.
- Develop and execute an efficient sourcing strategy focused on product quality, cost optimization, seasonality, supply reliability, and vendor performance.
- Lead demand planning, product availability, inventory health, and perishability economics to minimize wastage while maintaining customer availability.
- Drive improved sell-through and category performance by leveraging customer insights, field-level intelligence, market trends, and purchasing behavior.
- Build scalable category processes, operating rhythms, and performance mechanisms to ensure consistent execution across the category.
- Develop and lead a high-performing category team, fostering ownership, analytical decision-making, and operational excellence.
- Drive sustainable improvements in category growth, customer purchase frequency, profitability, availability, and customer trust.
- Monitor category performance metrics and identify opportunities to improve margins, reduce losses, optimize assortment, and strengthen overall category economics.
Must-Have Skills
- Category Management
- P&L Management