Category Manager, IN Watches

Description

The Watches category team in India is looking for a Category Manager to own and drive scale-up of categories and critical customer-focused initiatives. The person who joins this team must share our passion and commitment for serving customers while also making Amazon a preferred destination for Watches customers. The candidate must be able to balance thinking big, working with ambiguity while driving speed of experimentation. We are looking for self-starters with strong analytical skills and result-orientation who can make and execute independent, data-driven decisions and work with senior stakeholders, both internally and externally.

The successful candidate for this critical role will have strengths in independent problem-solving and working around constraints, demonstrate great “voice” and strong writing skills, show strong ownership and persistence, lead a team to deliver org goals, have proven leadership experience in managing projects, and be comfortable with evolving structure in a new space.

Key job responsibilities

Strategic Category Management

• Develop and execute comprehensive category strategies aligned with company objectives
  
  

Create 3-5 year category roadmap including growth targets and market expansion plans

• Identify white space opportunities and emerging trends in the jewelry market
• Lead category innovation through new product development and line extensions
• Monitor and analyze market share data, competitive landscape, and industry trends
• Establish category KPIs and benchmarks for success
• Manage line of business P&L
• Develop annual business plans and quarterly forecasts
• Create and present business reviews to senior leadership
• Optimize promotional spending and ROI
  
  

Basic Qualifications

• 3+ years of with Excel experience
• 5+ years of retail, operations, product or program management, or business management/consulting with negotiations and delivering results experience
• Bachelor's degree, or 3+ years of professional or military experience
• Experience with financial analysis and P&L ownership
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience managing large data sets and utilizing to drive performance and process improvements
• Experience in vendor negotiations, pricing and promotion, inventory management, and product development
  
  

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Company - ASSPL - Karnataka

Job ID: A3046712