Category Management

Category Manager

Full-time | Category & Commercial | Reporting into the founding/leadership team

LOCATION

Bengaluru (Work From Office)

EXPERIENCE

5–8 years

INDUSTRY

Consumer Internet / Commerce

BACKED BY

InfoEdge Ventures

About Epik

Epik is a fast-growing consumer internet company pioneering “experience commerce” in India — transforming how consumers discover, evaluate, and buy high-value electronics and home appliances. Through its try-and-buy model, trained Epik experts arrive at a customer’s doorstep within 60 minutes with live product demos, letting customers compare products side by side before they buy.

Backed by InfoEdge Ventures, Epik is live in Bengaluru and Delhi NCR with rapid expansion underway. Since launching in October 2025, the company has scaled nearly 20x and partners with 60+ leading brands including Apple, Samsung, Dyson, Philips, Meta Ray-Ban, Dell, Eureka Forbes, and Ecovacs.

About the Role

We are looking for a Category Manager to build and scale categories with complete ownership and a strong commercial focus. You will own your category like a business of your own — from P&L and brand partnerships to assortment, pricing, and customer experience.

This opportunity is ideal for professionals who enjoy building businesses from scratch, driving growth through sharp strategic decision-making, and thriving in high-impact, fast-paced environments.

Key Responsibilities

Category Ownership & Growth

• Own end-to-end category performance — revenue, margins, profitability, and customer growth
• Drive category expansion and new business growth initiatives
• Develop and execute strategies across assortment, pricing, and overall category performance
• Build scalable category playbooks and operating processes that work across cities

Commercial & Marketplace Management

• Identify, onboard, and manage leading brands and partners for the category
• Lead vendor negotiations, commercial discussions, and partnership growth
• Ensure a strong customer experience across the entire buying journey — from discovery and demo to delivery
• Monitor market trends, competitor activity, and customer behaviour to sharpen category strategy

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Work closely with product, operations, supply, and growth teams to drive execution at scale
• Partner with internal stakeholders to remove blockers and accelerate category initiatives
• Use data and business insights to make and defend strategic decisions

What You Bring (Must-Have)

• Strong category management experience in consumer internet, e-commerce, or marketplace businesses
• Hands-on experience owning a category P&L and core business metrics
• Strong commercial acumen with a true ownership mindset
• Demonstrated track record of driving revenue growth and profitability
• Comfort operating in fast-paced, high-growth startup environments
• Strong analytical and stakeholder management skills

Good to Have

• Experience scaling categories from zero to one
• Exposure to marketplace, assisted commerce, or experience-led commerce models
• Experience handling brand partnerships and commercial negotiations directly
• Strong understanding of customer behaviour and growth levers in high-consideration purchases

Why Join Epik

• Build a category from the ground up in a venture-backed company defining a new commerce model in India
• Complete ownership — your decisions directly shape revenue, profitability, and customer experience
• Work directly with the founding team in a high-velocity, high-trust environment
• Be early at a company scaling rapidly across India’s largest consumer markets