Position Overview
The Category Identification Manager at a company, will be answerable for handling an allocated collection of products. The position will be the one accountable for pricing, labelling and upgrade the product group with the goal to augment sales. Structure solid associations with all the sellers is enormously significant for this role. Associations with vendors, profitable attitude as well as sympathetic customers' needs and wants and will also be part of duties. Category Identification Managers in the trade business are commonly answerable for sales optimization of a specific collection of products. Category Identification Managers are regularly involved in vendor management, pricing, marketing and inventory arenas as well

Academic Qualification

• A bachelor's degree is a common requirement 
• Master’s Degree (Desirable)

Professional Experience

• Preceding occupied knowledge as category identification manager for some years
• Proficiency in category management
• In-depth familiarity of marketing and sales processes and progressions
• Hands on involvement with scrutinizing big data and construction predictions
• Systematic and critical intellectual
• Outstanding communication, arrangement and interpersonal skills

Professional Certifications

• Certified Inventory Optimisation Professional (CIOP)
• Advanced Diploma in Procurement and Supply (Level-5)
• Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP)

Roles and Responsibilities

• Enquiry and scrutinize data and marketplace perceptions
• Pursuit for perceptions into customer wants and requirements
• Strategy and contrivance long-term expansion approaches for product categories
• Design exit approaches for ineffective products
• Shape and sustain long-term associations with vendors
• Place suitable orders
• Ensure product readiness
• Direct placing of a product group in order to exploit its perceptibility
• Cooperate with the advertising squad
• Investigation competitors and recommend suitable assessing and publicity actions
• Exertion with clienteles and merchandisers and find new ways of increasing product categories
• Analyze predictions for product demand trends and Succeed and track budget

Competencies
Category Identification Manager’s job may vary contingent on the business. Though, this part is mostly connected to the retail industry. In the retail industry are commonly accountable for sales optimization of a specific collection of products. Usually involved in vendor management, pricing, marketing and list arenas as well.  In order to attract that best competitions your wants, it is very significant to inscribe a strong and precise job description.    

Seniority Level: Manager

This position will be typically reporting to the Branch Manager Director of an organization.

Salary ranges depending on the skill. Naturally, Category Identification Manager will be paid INR. 7,00,000 – Rs. 5,00,000 Annually.

Category Identification Manager