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You will manage product selection, inventory levels, replenishment, and vendor relationships while ensuring stock moves efficiently and does not get stuck or expire. The role involves working closely with sales data, distributors, and store teams to identify demand, prevent stockouts, reduce excess inventory, and improve overall availability and profitability.\nRequirements\nWhat You'll Own\nAssortment\nDefine the SKU (Stock Keeping Unit) list for each store cluster, balancing chronic vs. acute therapies, branded vs. generic, OTC, and wellness/FMCG adjacencies.\nBuild molecule-level substitute mapping so a stockout doesn't become a lost order.\nOnboard new SKUs and delist slow movers on a fixed review cadence.\nLocalise assortment by catchment, prescribing patterns around a hospital cluster can look very different from a residential one.\nInventory Planning\nForecast demand at SKU × store level and set stock norms: min/max, reorder points, safety stock, and pack-size rounding.\nPlan replenishment cycles and allocation across stores, including new store openings and seasonal spikes.\nBalance service levels against working capital; inventory days is your number to defend.\nVendors & Buying\nManage distributors, stockists, and C&F (Clearing and Forwarding) relationships; negotiate PTR/PTS (Price to Retailer / Price to Seller), schemes, credit terms, and return policies.\nMaintain secondary sourcing for shortage-prone molecules.\nTrack landed cost and protect category gross margin.\nMust Have\n3-6 years of experience in category management, buying, merchandising, or inventory planning, preferably in pharma retail, e-pharmacy, distribution, or quick commerce.\nStrong working knowledge of the Indian pharma supply chain, including distributor margins, schemes, batch and expiry handling, and returns.\nAdvanced Excel/Google Sheets skills; comfortable pulling and analysing your own data with Gen AI.\nHands-on experience with an ERP, WMS (Warehouse Management System), or inventory management system.\nVendor negotiation experience with demonstrable commercial outcomes.\nWillingness to work on the floor and visit stores as required, the answer is often in the store, not just on the dashboard.\nGood to Have\nB.Pharm / D.Pharm, or a science background with pharma exposure.\nExperience in a quick-commerce model.\nExposure to private label or generic substitution programmes.\nExperience with demand forecasting or replenishment tools.\nThis is a high-ownership role for someone who enjoys working at the intersection of category management, inventory planning, procurement, vendor management, and retail operations.\nGood-to-have skills\nprocurement, Vendor Management, Inventory Management","description_format":"text","description_chars":2980,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"India","iso":"IN","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Commerce","Consumer Goods"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-23T08:49:45Z"}],"liveness":{"score":52,"band":"ok","label":"Likely open","p_open":1,"p_active":0.516,"p_room":1,"age_days":0,"expected_fill_days":5,"reasons":["conf:0","agency","win:early","comp:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-09-23T14:38:38Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/weekday-category-manager","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/weekday-category-manager.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-09-23T14:38:38Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers"}}