Category Manager – Home & Living

Daraz is South Asia's leading online shopping and selling platform present in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Myanmar & Nepal. We currently operate an ecosystem of over 115,000 sellers, serving 5 million plus consumers with more than 20 million listed products. In 2018, Daraz was acquired by Alibaba Group & we are proud to carry our part of the mission to 'make it easy to do business anywhere'. We are leveraging Alibaba’s global leadership in technology, online commerce, mobile payment & logistics to drive growth in our markets. Together with Alibaba, we are ready to empower entrepreneurs in the region & fulfil our promise to offer our customers the best selection of trusted products with a high level of convenience. Our Organization is characterized by smart talent with lots of energy & innovation. We have a culture which is extremely performance oriented, data driven & believe in letting the best people & ideas grow.

Job Role

• Drive overall assortment build of the category via both an expansion of current seller assortment and identifying, prospecting &recruiting new sellers to build a wider assortment within the category.
• Increase sales and orders within the category by being responsible for Daraz’s price positioning and initiating re-negotiations of pricing on strategic brands and products within the category.
• Develop and execute category-based promotional campaigns in alignment with overall promotions to boost sales of the specific category.
• Responsible for category performance management in terms of product boosting, ca,tegory banners, and vendor shops.
• Analysing and deep-diving to track performances and identify development opportunities and act upon them to optimize growth.

Candidate Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing/ Business or an equivalent professional qualification.
• Having 2-3 years of relevant work experience in the industry. Category-specific experience and knowledge is an advantage.
• Excellent communication skills in English & Sinhala. Tamil (tri-lingual) is an added advantage.
• Good knowledge of the retail E-Commerce ecosystem in Sri Lanka.
• Covid-19 Fully Vaccinated.
• Live the Daraz values: Continuously Innovate, Generosity of Spirit, Deliver on our Promise & Make it Personal.