Category Manager - Supply - EdTech
Bridging Gaps · Gurugram · onsite · Posted 48d ago
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About this role
Key Responsibilities:
- Own and strengthen relationships with key suppliers and university partners.
- Drive regular business reviews, joint planning, and performance discussions.
- Develop long-term partnerships aligned with business and category objectives.
- Lead negotiations on pricing, payment terms, commercials, and SLAs.
- Identify opportunities to improve margins, reduce costs, and drive commercial efficiency.
- Balance cost optimization with quality, availability, and partner experience.
- Work closely with Sales and Demand teams to translate business forecasts into effective supply plans.
- Ensure optimum availability while balancing cost, quality, and service levels.
- Identify supply gaps and proactively address capacity and fulfilment challenges.
- Partner with Product and Technology teams to improve supply and fulfilment processes.
- Identify operational gaps and drive automation, digitization, and data-led solutions.
- Improve SLAs through better tracking, reporting, onboarding, and fulfilment processes.
- Define and track key supplier and category metrics including cost, lead time, quality, availability, and SLA adherence.
- Build performance dashboards and provide actionable insights to leadership.
- Drive corrective actions and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Track market trends, pricing movements, supplier landscape, and competitor activity.
- Use market insights to identify new opportunities and strengthen category strategy.
- Evaluate alternate suppliers and sourcing opportunities to improve competitiveness.
- Identify potential supply risks and develop mitigation plans.
- Build alternate sourcing and contingency strategies to ensure business continuity.
- Proactively address supply vulnerabilities before they impact business operations.
Ideal Candidate Profile:
- 4 - 8 years of experience in Category Management, Procurement, Supply, Vendor Management, Business Operations, or a similar commercial role.
- Strong experience in commercial negotiations and supplier or partner management.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a data-driven approach.
- Ability to manage multiple stakeholders and drive cross-functional initiatives.
- Strong understanding of P&L, cost optimization, pricing, and business performance.
- Experience in EdTech, e-commerce, marketplaces, B2B, or other high-growth businesses would be preferred.
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“Bridging GAPS” is a Consulting and Advisory company born out of Entrepreneurial Zeal and Vision of a set of young business leaders, who spotted a unique opportunity arising out of the new paradigms of economic progression in the Emerging Markets.
We believe that the role of a Consulting firm is to partner with our Clients to create Shareholder Value. We do that by identifying top needs of our clients in certain specific functional areas, and help create and implement the roadmap for transformation & growth, and create major Economic and Social Value for these organizations.
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