Category Associate (Builder - Category)

RECRUITER NAME- Deepanshi

CONTACT NUMBER- [phone removed]

Job Summary

We are looking for a data-driven and analytical Category Associate to manage pricing, inventory and category performance for pre-owned cars. The role involves analysing market trends, setting procurement and listing prices, improving sell-through rates and working closely with hub and central teams to drive business performance.

• Evaluate and finalize procurement prices for cars on a daily basis while ensuring healthy margins.
• Track and achieve procurement targets for assigned categories/hubs.
• Review listing prices of cars and benchmark them against current market and competitor pricing.
• Set and update appropriate listing prices to improve sales and inventory movement.
• Take end-to-end ownership of Sell Through Rate (STR) and inventory management across assigned hubs.
• Identify underperforming cohorts using key business and performance metrics.
• Analyse cohort-level issues and identify procurement and sales-side levers to improve performance.
• Coordinate closely with hub teams to support ground-level execution and operational requirements.
• Work with central stakeholders to drive pricing and category-level initiatives.
• Monitor key performance metrics and provide actionable insights to improve category performance.

• 1+ years of experience in category management, pricing, business analytics, operations, procurement or a related role.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Good understanding of pricing, market trends and competitive dynamics.
• Strong proficiency in MS Excel and ability to work with large datasets.
• Comfortable analysing business metrics and identifying performance gaps.
• Strong ownership and attention to detail.
• Ability to coordinate effectively with cross-functional and ground teams.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, target-driven environment.