Associate - Category Management

Role – Associate
Team – Sports Footwear 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.