About the Company:
Uniq You is an AI-powered fashion platform bringing you real-time fashion. Discover a constant stream of fresh styles designed for your vibe - making fashion more relevant, expressive, and always in sync with what you want to wear.
Role Description:
The Category Manager (Fashion Startup) will own end-to-end management of assigned fashion categories, including product Assortment planning, Pricing, Promotions, and Lifecycle management. Day-to-day responsibilities include analyzing sales and customer data, identifying trends, defining category strategy, and collaborating with design, merchandising, procurement, marketing, and operations to execute plans. The role will involve managing vendor relationships, negotiating contracts, overseeing procurement for the category, and ensuring availability and quality of products. The Category Manager will track key performance metrics, prepare reports, and continuously optimize assortment, margins, and customer experience. This is a full-time, on-site role based in Bangalore Urban.
Qualifications:
- You should possess strong Category Management skills, including assortment planning, pricing, merchandising, and lifecycle management for fashion or consumer products.
- Must have exposure from 0-1 at a E-Commerce startup and a high growth environment.
- Growth and Aggression are you super powers! Graduated from great institutions like IIT, NITs or got even better mettle on your shoulders
- Candidates should possess strong Analytical Skills to interpret sales data, Customer Behaviour, market trends, and performance metrics, and use insights to drive decisions.
- Candidates should possess Contract Negotiation and vendor management skills to build partnerships, secure favourable terms, and maintain reliable supply for the category.
- Candidates should possess Procurement skills to manage Sourcing, Inventory planning, and Cost optimization across suppliers and product lines.
- Candidates should possess Sales and commercial acumen to grow revenue, improve margins, and collaborate with marketing and growth teams on campaigns and promotions.
- Relevant experience in Fashion, E-commerce, D2C brands, or Retail category management is highly beneficial.
- Strong communication, stakeholder management, and collaboration skills, with the ability to work in a fast-paced, startup environment and adapt to changing priorities.