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Category Manager - Urban CompanyAbout the CompanyUrban Company is a tech-enabled home services marketplace. Customers use our platform to book services, such as beauty treatments, haircuts, massage therapy, cleaning, plumbing, carpentry, appliance repair, painting , which are delivered in the comfort of their home and at a time of their choosing. We promise our customers a high quality, standardized and reliable service experience. To fulfill this promise, we work closely with our hand-picked service partners, enabling them with technology, training, products, tools, financing, insurance, and brand, helping them succeed and deliver on this promise.About the Role & TeamUrban Company’s India business is divided into three large verticals with several core categories within these verticals. Each category has an independent user offering and supply pool and is led by a business head.Beauty verticalSalon for women: Skin-care servicesSalon for women: Hair, nails and make-upMen’s groomingSpa therapy for men and womenTreatmentsHome verticalAC and appliance repairCleaning and Pest controlElectricians, Plumbers and CarpentersPaintingProducts business (Largely B2B sales)Beauty & spa products: Both OEM and private labelsWater purifiers, RO filters etc.Home Solutions storeCleaning productsNativeRO and Smart LocksWhat you’ll do:The category manager is responsible for onboarding the right quality supply to ensure demand is fulfilled with the right customer experience being delivered.There are 3 major roles within this mandate –Onboarding the right quality supply to ensure demand is fulfilled with the right customer experience being deliveredEnsuring no breakage in daily operations in your cityImplementing growth and quality improvement initiatives in sync with category heads at central levelOwning above mandate will require you to do the following –Building a strong connect with service professionals in your cityDeploying your analytical skills to deep dive on key business problems and propose solutionsGetting your hands dirty in terms of going on ground to understand real issues, be it customer experience, partner onboarding, etc.Running tight processes and SOPs in the city related to partner onboarding, service quality improvement, etc.What we need:Sharp and hungry professionals willing to go above and beyond to create impact1 years to 3 years of work experienceBachelor’s degree is mandatoryAbility to work in an environment that is fast paced, requires solving ambiguous problems and highly outcome oriented. We will look for candidates who display these characteristics and have demonstrated the ability to solve problems on ground.Strong analytical skillsHustle and get things done attitudeIf deep problem solving at scale, and a fast-paced work environment excites you, we would love to meet you and talk more!What can you expect:A great work environment with massive ownership and growth opportunities - we hire folks for a career opportunity, not just the role.Energy and hustle of a startup with processes and depth of a big organizationExpect to work with people you can learn from and are invested in your growthOpportunity to be part of the mission to transform customer and partner experienceLatest tools and technology to get things done provided by the companyHealth insurance benefits for you and your familyAt Urban Company we are committed to providing equal and fair opportunities in employment and creating an inclusive work environment. We endeavor to maintain a work environment free from harassment based on age, color, physical ability, marital status, parental status, ethnic origin, religion, sexual orientation, or gender identity.