Category Manager

3 weeks ago

Bengaluru, India Square Yards Full time

Location
: Bangalore, India

Employment Type:
 Full-Time On-site

About Azuro by Square Yards

Azuro by Square Yards is a leading, tech-driven property management company delivering end-to-end rental solutions, is on a mission to deliver seamless property services with consistent quality and efficiency. Our biggest challenge today lies in
vendor and service management
across categories such as
painting, deep cleaning, carpentry, and electrical work
.

We are now seeking a
Category Manager – Property Services
who can
build and scale our vendor ecosystem from scratch
, ensuring consistency, quality, and efficiency across all cities.

Role Overview

The Category Manager will take complete ownership of
vendor strategy, partnerships, and operations
for property services. This includes building
in-house teams and vendor networks
, establishing strategic tie-ups with companies, and creating a scalable operating model that improves service quality, reduces costs, and drives customer satisfaction.

This is both a
strategic and execution-driven role
, ideal for someone who has built categories or vendor supply chains in fast-scaling businesses.

Key Responsibilities

Vendor Strategy & Partnerships

  • Identify, onboard, and manage vendors/technicians across property service categories.
  • Build partnerships with aggregators like
    Urban Company, NoBrokerHood, etc.
  • Negotiate contracts, SLAs, and commercials.

Team Building & Management

  • Build and lead a central vendor management team.
  • Oversee
    city-level execution teams
    in Mumbai, Pune, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Thane, and Gurgaon.

Operations & Execution

  • Ensure
    timely, reliable, and quality service delivery
    for property maintenance work.
  • Build city-specific vendor pools to manage high-volume requirements.
  • Reduce dependency on external vendors by creating hybrid/in-house models.

SOPs & Quality Assurance

  • Design and implement
    standard processes for vendor onboarding, training, and service delivery
    .
  • Monitor performance via KPIs such as
    turnaround time, quality scores, and cost efficiency
    .

Technology & Systems

  • Work with product/tech teams to set up a
    Vendor Management System (VMS)
    .
  • Enable
    job allocation, tracking, and performance dashboards
    .

Financials & ROI

  • Manage P&L for the category, driving cost efficiency and higher margins.
  • Analyze ROI of in-house vs vendor-led execution.

Requirements

  • 2–8 years of experience in
    category management, vendor management, or supply chain operations
    .
  • Proven track record of
    building vendor networks/teams from scratch
    .
  • Strong negotiation, strategic thinking, and relationship management skills.
  • Experience working with
    service categories
    (home services, property management, or facility management) is a plus.
  • Excellent leadership and execution skills with multi-city exposure.
  • Strong analytical mindset with comfort in working with KPIs and dashboards.

Why Join Us?

  • Lead the effort to solve Azuro's
    biggest operational challenge
    .
  • Opportunity to
    build and scale a nationwide vendor ecosystem
    .
  • Blend of
    strategy + execution
    in a fast-growing property management firm.
  • Exposure to leadership and cross-functional collaboration.

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