Assistant Category Manager

Tata CLiQ is the flagship digital commerce initiative of the Tata Group. It is a multi-category e-commerce platform, operating across categories such as Fashion, Footwear and Accessories, Beauty, and Luxury. It has a unique omnichannel marketplace model offering customers the convenience of quicker delivery (by shipping from store), easy pick-up and returns, across 1,200 brands and 1,000 stores in 100 Indian towns and cities.

At CLiQ:

• We obsess over customer delight.

• We are out there to find an alternate way of doing e-commerce.

• We carry an attitude to develop a culture of learning and continuous improvement, both for people and processes.

• We believe in Uncomfortable Transparency.

• We will always be respectful, empathetic, and caring about the well-being of our teams.

• we encourage experiments and creativity in Technology.

• We develop and use technology to enhance day-to-day life and have a positive impact on customers.

• We encourage experiments and creativity in Technology.

We are committed to strengthening diversity, equity, and inclusion at the workplace through an enabling environment, supportive work-life policies for employees, and a culture that welcomes differences and creates a sense of belonging. We strive to create a work environment where all employees can develop and grow to achieve their full potential. We are an equal opportunity employer and are committed to maintaining respect and dignity for all"

Responsibilities

"Assistant Category Manager" at TATA CLiQ will work very closely with Category Managers and Heads and co-own the responsibility with the growth, P&L and customer experience of the category they have been assigned to. Key roles and responsibilities include:

· Assist in building & executing the Category and Brand Strategy: Develop 1-Year/3-Year growth, efficiency, profitability & customer experience strategy along with weekly/monthly execution plans. This would necessitate working closely with internal cross-functional stakeholders across Marketing, Site merchandising, Operations, Analytics and Product teams as well as building & maintaining excellent relationships with the relevant brands/sellers.

. Fostering Brand relationships through ensuring business plans, performance reviews, creating marketing plans with marketing teams, customer journey enhancement with brand support like offer planning.

. Understanding of ecommerce funnel in terms of traffic, cart additions, conversions etc. so that timely interventions could be suggested.

· Demand generation: Work with marketing teams (TATA CLiQ and brand) to come up with innovative promotions as well as to get support for marketing campaigns from brands.

. Keeping up to date with the latest trends of the category, sub categories and top brands as per in-market trends, global trends, social events and seasonality. Candidate should have a good sense of picking out trends and well versed with fashion communication to demonstrate the trend reports to the internal stakeholders.

· Listening to the voice of customer: Gather actionable insights from various sources where customers share feedback (quantitative and qualitative), e.g.: NPS surveys, customer service calls, return reasons, size chart recommendations with the eventual objective of delighting customers during each step of the order journey.

Skillsets

· Strong bias for action alongside strong interpersonal, communication, and collaboration skills.

. Trend spotting and Fashion communication.

· Ownership to drive necessary initiatives end-to-end and ability to manage multiple, competing priorities simultaneously.

· Advanced proficiency with MS PowerPoint, MS Excel (SQL preferred)

· Strong analytical skills with proven ability to interpret data and link category management data to retailer/business scenarios

· Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Qualifications

· 4 years of relevant category management experience

. MBA Or Fashion Retail Management

· Experience in the varied categories like apparel, footwear, home etc will be an added advantage

. NIFT / Fashion School (MFM preferred)

The opportunities with us have been perfect for highly motivated and talented candidates.

We are looking for candidates who have strong passion for customers, a high level of comfort with uncomfortable transparency, and a keen sense of ownership and drive to deliver results.