Associate - Category Management

About The Company

Who are we? Myntra is India’s leading fashion and lifestyle platform, where technology meets creativity. As pioneers in fashion e-commerce, we’ve always believed in disrupting the ordinary. We thrive on a shared passion for fashion, a drive to innovate to lead, and an environment that empowers each one of us to pave our own way. We’re bold in our thinking, agile in our execution, and collaborative in spirit. Here, we create MAGIC by inspiring vibrant and joyous self-expression and expanding fashion possibilities for India, while staying true to what we believe in. We believe in taking bold bets and changing the fashion landscape of India. We are a company that is constantly evolving into newer and better forms and we look for people who are ready to evolve with us. From our humble beginnings as a customization company in 2007 to being technology and fashion pioneers today, Myntra is going places and we want you to take part in this journey with us. Working at Myntra is challenging but fun - we are a young and dynamic team, firm believers in meritocracy, believe in equal opportunity, encourage intellectual curiosity and empower our teams with the right tools, space, and opportunities.

Role – Associate Team – Sports Category

Location : Bangalore About Team

Sports category is one of the most important and coveted BUs in Myntra which drives perception of the platform. We deal with some of the biggest fashion and athletic brands in the world, which form some of the biggest revenue generating brands for the platform. Roles & Responsibilities

• Work closely with the Key Internal stakeholders to drive the business for Sports BUs in the relevant categories 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 / on-board new brands / categories.
• Managing and negotiating pricing and other demand interventions – follow up with brands on securing timely discounts and updating the same, control pricing internally as per planned GM / RGM. Working closely on Demand shaping for the entire portfolio
• Be an effective bridge between brands and 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

• Bachelors degree from a reputed School; Fashion degree preferrable
• The ideal candidate would be should have an experience of 1-2 years and can independently handle a part of the larger portfolio.
• Hands on experience with analyzing data and making forecasts.
• Analytical and critical thinker.
• Excellent communication, presentation and interpersonal skills.
• Sound MS Excel Skills a Must.

Required Skills commercial acumen, data analytics and insights, operational execution