Category Manager

You will be joining Freshly as a Senior Manager Category, responsible for owning strategy, assortment, vendor development, pricing, and P&L for Freshly's expanding fresh-grocery portfolio. Your role will involve defining and executing category strategy, building and refining assortment and pricing structures, identifying and onboarding suppliers, ensuring product availability, managing category P&L, driving customer insights, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to drive category growth and experience. **Key Responsibilities:** - Define and execute category strategy across Freshly's fresh-grocery portfolio. - Build and refine assortment, pricing ladders, visibility plans, and margin structures. - Identify, evaluate, and onboard suppliers; negotiate commercials and improve unit economics. - Ensure product availability, demand planning accuracy, and low stock-outs across stores. - Own category P&L: margins, wastage norms, offers, and efficiencies. - Drive customer insights, velocity analysis, and data-led decision making. - Collaborate with product, operations, and marketing teams to drive category growth and experience. **Qualifications Required:** - 5-10 years of category management experience in e-commerce, quick commerce, D2C, or modern trade. - Strong commercial and analytical skills with comfort in fast decision cycles. - Proven ability to build and scale categories in a fast-paced environment. - High ownership mindset with cross-functional execution capability. - Experience in fresh grocery, perishables, or fast-moving categories is a strong plus. By joining Freshly, you will have the opportunity to own and shape category strategy in a fast-scaling fresh-commerce brand. You will work closely with founders in a high-ownership, high-autonomy environment, with competitive compensation and a chance to influence Freshly's next growth chapter.,