Category Manager – Beauty
This is an open vacancy with one of our clients.
- Experience
- 6–10 years
- Where
- Chandigarh, Lucknow, Indore
- Salary
- ₹10,00,000–₹22,00,000 per year
- Work mode
- On-site, Hybrid
- Employment type
- Full-time
- Qualifications
- MBA/PGDM
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About the role
One of our prestigious clients is hiring a Category Manager – Beauty to lead category growth for beauty products in e-commerce. You will shape the assortment, plan deals and offers, and lead a team that keeps the category commercially strong online. Sound category decisions help shoppers find what they want quickly.
What you'll do
- Own the beauty category plan, setting priorities across brands, sub-categories and price points.
- Build the assortment by adding high-potential products and retiring those that underperform.
- Plan deals, offers and seasonal sale events, and measure their effect on sales and margin.
- Negotiate with beauty brands on commercial terms, launches and visibility on the platform.
- Lead the category team, reviewing performance dashboards and guiding daily decisions.
- Work with marketing, supply and content teams so product pages and stock support category growth.
What you'll bring
- 6–10 years of experience in category management, buying or brand partnerships for beauty or e-commerce.
- An MBA or PGDM, with a commercial or marketing specialisation.
- A strong commercial grasp of assortment, pricing and offer planning.
- Experience managing a category team and its day-to-day priorities.
- Comfort making data-led decisions on stock, pricing and visibility.
Good to have
- Category experience in beauty, whether online or in modern retail.
- Familiarity with online marketplace operations and seller management.
- Exposure to onboarding new beauty brands onto a platform.