Senior Category Manager
About this position
Lazada Group is seeking a Senior Category Manager to actively manage and grow business categories such as Electronics, Fashion, General Merchandising, Beauty, or FMCG, while collaborating cross-functionally to achieve KPIs and drive portfolio growth.
Responsibilities
• In this role, the ideal candidate should demonstrate business judgment with a desire to actively manage and growth your own business with passion and knowledge within industries such as Electronics, Fashion, General Merchandising, Beauty, or FMCG.
• You must be a team player and demonstrate a passion for working cross-functionally to achieve own and common KPIs. You must be self-motivated and able to quickly dive deep into data to determine root causes of problems and implement scalable solutions.
• You will be mentored by a senior member of our commercial team to drive portfolio growth by employing analytical and eCommerce merchandising methodologies for your respective commercial categories.
• Map category and sub categories landscape, and define priority on which segment to be developed in collaboration with merchant and merchandise strategy team.
• Define a go-to market strategy for a category/sub-category.
• Plan, execute and maintain category performance (from acquisition to incubation and development).
• Build a robust team, and manage collaborative and goal-oriented team culture.
Requirements
• 8+ years of work experience, preferably in key account management, management consulting category management, sales related position, or similar roles in a industries such as Electronics, Fashion, General Merchandising, Beauty, or FMCG.
• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, economics, engineer, arts, hospitality management, finance, or any related fields.
• Proven experience in business operation successes and team management with demonstrated ability to drive successful outcomes is a must.
• Strong understanding of e-commerce business models and dynamics is a plus.
• Deep appreciation for numbers and data-driven insights to drive P&L and portfolio performance analysis.
• Passionate for multiple simultaneous projects, creative flow and high attention to detail.
• Excellent communication both Indonesian and English and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and effectively engage stakeholders at all levels. Mandarin is a plus.
• Adaptable and proactive, thriving in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.
• A resilient problem-solver with proven leadership qualities.
• Strong ownership and attention to details.
• High proficiency in using Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint.