Team leader at GloCons Consulting Pvt Ltd
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Category Manager - Textile (10-14 yrs)
Vendor Management
- To maintain a productive relationship with vendors that is mutually beneficial to the company and artisans.
- Deploy orders to DP vendors judiciously and create an approved list of nominated vendors with PHs
- Working closely with PH and QC on vendor rating and allocate PH and vendors for future order placements
- To develop a competent base of vendors & ensure balanced distribution of work
- To identify & grow new vendors to achieve goals of product offer & price
- Production To monitor production tracker of every style in the category and take early calls for opportunity maximization
- To ensure support to markets by providing ontime delivery as per seasonal requirements & promotion calendar timelines
- To prexempt delay & production failures & to come up with quick fire fighting solutions
Inventory Management
- Responsible for managing inventory at PH and Markets.
- Ensure effective planning and forecasting in order to optimise the inventory levels.
- Maintain the fine balance between perennial orders & push to optimize sales & manage stocks
- Pricing Develop effective pricing strategies; Buying and selling at right price to ensure targetted GPs
- Quality To work with QA team to influence establishment of quality standards for the products
- To take timely and effective commercial decisions
- Documentation & Report Analysis To ensure that periodic reports related to category performance / Dashboards are made available as per the timeline and handle any query that may arise
- Market Interactions Regularly interacting and visiting the stores to gather first hand customer response to the merchandise offering - style, quality, display & pricing.
- Observe customer's purchase behaviour and commission researches to understand future product development / styling needs and pricing decisions
- To interact with MRHs on specifics to help them achieve their target, faster growth
- To present range to markets for categories future buys
- Team Management / Team Development To hire deploy and manage team to enhance team productivity
- To provide support, motivation and encouragement to colleagues and team members & explore job rotations and career planning
- To handle conflicts, team member's nonperformance through mentoring and coaching
- To identify training needs for the team and ensure they are addressed
- Delegate & empower team for enhanced performance without abdicating responsibility
- To work collectively and in collaborating manner across departments for enhanced productivity
Knowledge Required:
- Business Management
- Product Knowledge
- Merchandising, Sampling, Costing
- Sourcing and Vendor Management
- Retail Operations
- Marketing & Communications
- Consumer Research
- Crafts and textiles
Skills Required:
- Focus on Results
- Analytical Skills
- Planning and Organizing
- Ability to Train and Lead
- Communication skills
- Interpersonal Skills
- Innovation and openness to learning
- Customer focus
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