Category Manager
Addi
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Colombia
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About the role
- Define and execute specific strategies for each category, aligned with overall marketplace objectives.
- Identify growth opportunities within categories and prioritize impact initiatives, working together with sales and marketing team to increase category performance.
- Monitor and analyze category performance (GMV, conversion, take rate) for date-to-date operations.
- Forecast future demand for the assigned category and collaborate on strategic planning for the marketplace performance.
- Ensure an excellent launch for new sellers with high GMV expectations for assigned categories.
- Conduct market research and competitive analysis to adjust prices, promotions and anticipate trends, ensuring that the category maintains a competitive position.
Requirements
- Minimum 3/4 years working in ecommerce, retail or marketplaces (Specific in categories like Apparel and Home improvement and Appliance)
- Previous experience in category manager and commercial strategies.
- Demonstrated leadership abilities across company areas and collaboration mindset.
- Experience working with CRM tools like Salesforce, Hubspot, Zoho, etc
- Experience using analytical tools such as Excel, Looker, etc.
- Ability to interpret key metrics (GMV, conversion, margins) and make strategic decisions based on data.
- Proven ability to negotiate pricing, commercial terms and conditions, and promotional strategies.
- Experience in key account management (KAM) or strategic alliance development.
- Proficiency in industry trends and ability to perform competitive and consumer behavior analysis.
- Experience designing and implementing campaigns with measurable results to increase sales and conversion.
Benefits
- Work on a problem that matters and help change customers’ lives.
- Build a lasting company from the very beginning, helping define every aspect of it.
- Massive market opportunity ahead of us; we are growing faster than pretty much any other fintech lender was at our stage.
- Work alongside a great and diverse team that cares about what we are doing and how we are doing it.
- Generous compensation, including equity, 100% health insurance (and 100% for dependents), flexible time-off, and learning budget.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
category managementcommercial strategiesmarket researchcompetitive analysisdata analysispricing negotiationkey account managementcampaign designsales conversionforecasting
Soft Skills
leadershipcollaborationstrategic decision makingnegotiationanalytical thinkingcommunicationproblem solvingadaptabilityinitiativecreativity