Tumbledry Solutions - Assistant Category Manager - Premium Babycare Segment - IIT/IIM

Role:

Assistant Category Manager

Role Summary:

Were looking for an Assistant Category Manager to lead and grow the assigned categories by driving end-to-end ownership of assortment and brand partnerships across online and offline retail channels. The role is responsible for building a high-performing, insight-led category strategy that accelerates revenue growth, profitability, and customer experience.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and execute category growth strategies aligned with overall business objectives.
• Analyse market trends, consumer behaviour, and competitor activities to identify growth opportunities.
• Drive revenue, margin, and market share growth for assigned categories.
• Monitor category KPIs including Sales, GMV, Revenue, Margin, Conversion Rate, AOV, Traffic, and Inventory Turnover.
• Take corrective actions to improve underperforming products or categories.
• Manage product assortment, launches, discontinuations, and category expansion.
• Identify gaps in the assortment and recommend new products or brands.
• Ensure product listings are optimized with accurate content, images, and specifications.
• Work closely with supply chain and operations teams to maintain healthy inventory levels.
• Forecast demand and plan stock requirements to minimize stock-outs and excess inventory.
• Monitor inventory aging and implement liquidation strategies where necessary.
• Own performance and execution of offline retail stores along with online channels.
• Ensure strong alignment between store assortment and overall category strategy.
• Work closely with retail operations teams to optimize store productivity and profitability.

Preferred Candidate:

• Bachelors degree in engineering from a Tier 1 institute (IITs, NITs, or equivalent preferred).
• Minimum 1 year of experience in analytics, consulting, product, e-commerce, or category/marketing roles.
• Strong analytical thinking and structured problem-solving ability.
• Strong commercial acumen and understanding of e-commerce business dynamics (preferred).