Senior Category Manager

Lazada Group (Indonesia) (Jakarta, Indonesia)

DKI Jakarta, Indonesia

Founded in 2012, Lazada Group is the leading eCommerce platform in Southeast Asia. We are accelerating progress in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam through commerce and technology. With the largest logistics and payments networks in the region, Lazada is a part of our consumers’ daily lives in the region and we aim to serve 300 million shoppers by 2030. Since 2016, Lazada is the Southeast Asia flagship platform of the Alibaba Group powered by its cutting-edge technology infrastructure.

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.