We're Hiring! Director- Category Head (Preference: Men's Wear/Apparel category Background)

Being Human is looking for an experienced Category Head with proven leadership experience in a fashion and apparel brand to lead our category strategy and drive profitable growth across our omnichannel business.

Location: Andheri MIDC, Mumbai Maharashtra

Experience: 16- 21 Years

Qualification: Graduate, MBA/Postgraduate qualification in Fashion Management, Retail Management, Business Administration, or related discipline.

Job Description:

1. Category Strategy & Business Ownership

- Develop and execute short-term and long-term category growth strategies aligned with organizational objectives.
- Build category roadmaps covering expansion, portfolio optimization, product lifecycle management, and exit strategies.
- Identify new business opportunities, white spaces, and emerging market segments.
- Drive category performance across Retail, E-commerce, Marketplace, EBO, LFR and MBO channels.

2. Buying, Merchandising & Assortment Strategy

- Lead assortment planning, range architecture, and merchandise planning.
- Define category architecture, product hierarchy and assortment mix.
- Maintain the right balance Seasonal collections and Trend-led merchandise.
- Drive seasonal buying plans and product launches.
- Ensure alignment of product quality, pricing, design and styling with brand positioning.
- Improve SKU productivity through assortment optimization and rationalization.

3. Sales, Profitability & Commercial Performance

- Drive category sales growth while achieving margin and profitability targets.
- Monitor KPIs including Sales, Sell-through, Gross Margin, Stock Turns, Inventory Productivity and GMROI
- Develop pricing architecture and promotional strategies.
- Recommend corrective actions based on business performance.
- Improve customer conversion and average transaction value through category interventions.

4. Inventory Planning & Demand Management





- Partner with Planning and Supply Chain teams to optimize inventory investment.
- Drive Open-to-Buy (OTB) planning.
- Ensure optimum inventory availability across channels.
- Minimize excess inventory, stock-outs and markdown exposure.
- Improve working capital efficiency through disciplined inventory management.
- Build demand forecasts using historical trends, seasonality and customer insights.

5. Consumer Insights, Market Intelligence & Trend Forecasting

- Monitor fashion trends, customer preferences and lifestyle shifts.
- Conduct competitor benchmarking and market analysis.
- Translate consumer insights into commercially viable product opportunities.
- Forecast future trends using, Demand patterns, Seasonality & Market dynamics
- External environmental factors & Leverage data analytics for informed business decisions.

6. Cross-functional Collaboration & Operational Excellence

- Drive continuous improvement initiatives and implement automation and best-in-class practices to scale operations
• Ensure strong stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration with design, Sourcing and planning team.

7. Operational Excellence & Continuous Improvement

- Drive automation and best-in-class retail practices.
- Improve merchandising processes and decision-making through analytics.
- Establish standardized planning frameworks and governance mechanisms.
- Drive initiatives that improve operational efficiency and scalability.

Desirable Attributes:

- Strong commercial and strategic mindset
- Deep expertise in Category Management and Retail Business
- Proven P&L; ownership experience
- Strong analytical and problem-solving capability
- Passion for fashion and evolving consumer trends
- High ownership with execution excellence
- Ability to thrive in a dynamic and fast-paced setting
- Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills

Note: We encourage applications from experienced category leaders, with preference for candidates having a strong background in Men's Wear/Apparel industry.

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