About the Role :

We are looking for a dynamic, self-starting, result oriented Category Associate  who can display strong execution skills along with high analytical horsepower to wade through complexity and ambiguity.

As Category Associate, you will be required to make and execute a plan for scaling up suppliers’ businesses, expanding selection and ensuring best prices for your category. You will also play an instrumental role in enabling the entire team to deliver the bar-raising performance every time. If you love solving problems, enjoy being in leadership roles and have a zeal for setting up and improving business processes, do send us your application. We promise you an excellent work culture, high learning environment and a very exciting professional journey!

What you will do

• Mentor, motivate & provide direction to a team of Key Account Managers
• Advocate Meesho’s values &  principles across your team.
• Work with central teams to ensure best selection, affordable prices and high discovery on the platform
• Develop robust processes for smooth execution of all critical tasks
• Define KRA's & goals for the team and individuals. Compile and evaluate metrics for success assessment of individual and team level tasks
• Communicate priorities and key decisions with stakeholders with your excellent verbal, written & visual communication skills. Drive higher suppliers engagement and quick problem resolution through effectively guiding your team
• Be comfortable with challenges and exude confidence to build processes to drive higher efficiency and better outcomes. Influence strategic decisions across the organization by earning the trust of your stakeholders. Effectively use quantitative & qualitative data to drive decisions & measure success.
• Helps define category short & medium term goals, design execution roadmap and set team priorities that align with company’s overall strategic goals.

What you will need

• BE/B.tech from tier 2+ institutes
• MBA preferred. 1-3 years of overall experience with at least 1+ years in leading teams
• Experience with startups and fast-paced environments is an added advantage
• Experience in using Microsoft Excel to analyze data and build POV
• Demonstrated ability to think strategically and tactically
• Deep understanding of business and customers
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Proven ability to lead the team and manage relevant stakeholders