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Assistant Manager - Category Operations

Truemeds India - Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - In-office

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Truemeds is seeking an Associate Manager – Category Operations to drive category growth and operational excellence. This is a full-time, in-office role based in Mumbai. You will own day-to-day category operations, particularly for OTC products, coordinating across Procurement, Supply Chain, Marketing, Finance, and Category teams to support product procurement, launches, campaigns, and app events. You'll manage MIS, trackers, dashboards, and business reports, ensuring data accuracy and conducting daily/weekly root-cause analysis of topline and bottom-line metrics to drive action plans with stakeholders. Key responsibilities include tracking brand account performance, investments, revenue, spend, margins, and ROI to identify optimization opportunities. You'll monitor campaign performance and ROAS, identify underperforming campaigns, and develop actionable strategies to improve efficiency and returns across brands, products, and placements. You'll also support app merchandising across Homepage, Category Pages, Search, Banners, Promotional Modules, and Recommendations, ensuring relevant products and offers are surfaced based on customer demand, inventory, and business priorities. You'll track key metrics including GMV, Revenue, ROI, ROAS, CTR, Conversion, AOV, and Margin to identify growth opportunities and improve category performance. The role requires strong ownership, attention to detail, advanced Excel skills, and the ability to work cross-functionally in a fast-paced startup environment. Required Skills & Competencies: - Advanced Excel and strong data-analysis skills - Excellent attention to detail and data accuracy - Strong ownership, accountability, and problem-solving ability - Strong analytical and commercial acumen - Ability to manage multiple stakeholders and priorities - Strong communication and execution skills - Bias for action and ability to work independently - Comfortable working in a fast-paced and ambiguous startup environment - Ambitious, growth-oriented, and eager to take on increasing responsibility Requirements: - MBA is mandatory, preferably in Marketing, Operations, Finance, Business Analytics, or Strategy - 1–4 years of relevant experience in Category Operations, Business Operations, Commercial Operations, Account Management, E-commerce, or similar roles - Experience in an early-to-mid-stage startup is preferred - Experience in E-commerce, D2C, Healthcare, Retail, FMCG, or Consumer Internet is an advantage - Prior experience working with brands, clients, vendors, or external partners is preferred

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