Category Leader – E-commerce/Quick Commerce
Role Overview
Full-time Category Leader – E-commerce role at AppsForBharat, with the description listing Bengaluru, HSR as the location.
Own and scale an e-commerce business described as generating ₹100 Cr in annualized revenue, with an ambition to exceed ₹300 Cr.
The role owns the P&L and growth agenda across category strategy, customer experience, merchandising, supply chain, marketing, profitability, and team building.
Work with leadership and cross-functional Product, Tech, Marketing, Operations, and Supply Chain teams.
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Role overview
Full-time Category Leader – E-commerce role at AppsForBharat, with the description listing Bengaluru, HSR as the location.
Own and scale an e-commerce business described as generating ₹100 Cr in annualized revenue, with an ambition to exceed ₹300 Cr.
The role owns the P&L and growth agenda across category strategy, customer experience, merchandising, supply chain, marketing, profitability, and team building.
Work with leadership and cross-functional Product, Tech, Marketing, Operations, and Supply Chain teams.
Business growth and P&L
- Own revenue, margins, contribution, and sustainable growth for the e-commerce P&L.
- Define and execute the roadmap to scale the business from ₹100 Cr to ₹300 Cr or more.
- Identify growth levers across acquisition, conversion, average order value, repeat purchases, assortment, pricing, and retention.
- Build business plans, forecasts, and targets; monitor performance, course-correct, and balance growth with profitability.
Category and e-commerce
- Expand the assortment of divine, spiritual, and devotional products and identify new category opportunities.
- Manage SKU performance and develop launch, pricing, packaging, positioning, and lifecycle frameworks.
- Own the app and web-store customer journey from discovery through post-purchase.
- Improve traffic, click-through rate, conversion, average order value, repeat rate, and customer lifetime value.
- Drive merchandising, product discovery, cross-sell, upsell, and promotional calendars with Product, Tech, and Marketing teams.
Customer, operations, and analytics
- Increase repeat purchases and customer lifetime value using customer cohorts, purchase behavior, and targeted CRM journeys.
- Partner with Supply Chain and Operations to improve inventory planning, availability, working capital, product quality, packaging, and operational readiness.
- Track revenue, margin, conversion, average order value, repeat rate, inventory turns, customer acquisition cost, and contribution.
- Conduct business and category reviews; use customer and product data and dashboards to guide decisions.
Team leadership
- Build and lead a high-performing team across category, merchandising, and business operations.
- Set team goals, ownership structures, and performance metrics; develop second-line leaders and a culture of ownership, speed, and accountability.
Candidate requirements
- No specific candidate qualifications are stated in the provided description.
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