Category Manager - IIT/IIM/NIT/ISB

Role:.

Revenue Planning:

- Create annual, monthly & daily plan incorporating metrics such as traffic, DAU, MAU, and MAC, for both business-as-usual (BAU) and event days.

- Lead quarterly planning to enable smarter inventory decisions.

- Own and drive business planning and analytics end-to-end - from forecasting to execution.

Revenue management (Ecom Sell Side):

- Manage day-to-day revenue activities in collaboration with cross-functional teams to meet planned targets.

- Identify and execute new avenues of revenue generation through growth areas, promotions, offers, and other strategies.

Growth initiatives:

- Collaborate with cross-functional teams (brand, sourcing, technology) to drive strategic projects and initiatives.

Drive performance reviews:

- Analyse key initiatives using data, spearhead automation projects, and build robust processes for seamless execution.

- Participate in leadership reviews with data-backed insights, maintain planning consistency across teams, and deliver actionable, insight-rich performance summaries to drive continuous improvement.

Requirement:

- MBA or Engineering degree from a Tier 1 institute (IIT/IIM/NIT/ISB or similar).

- 2-4 years of experience in demand planning & e-commerce sell roles in Tier 1 firms.

- Strong stakeholder management skills - you can manage up, across, and diagonally.

- Comfort with structured processes - and an eye for when they need to be reinvented.

- Past experience in a fast-paced e-com or retail environment is a major plus.

- Strong data management & analysis skills - Excel, SQL, or whatever gets the job done.

- Excellent communication skills - you can turn a messy spreadsheet into a crisp narrative