About Our Client Our client is a leading organisation within the paints and building materials sector, recognised for its focus on innovation, quality, and consumer-centric solutions. The company is on an ambitious growth trajectory and is investing heavily in premium category development, product excellence, and market expansion.

- Develop and execute the overall category strategy to drive growth, profitability, and market leadership.

- Own the category P&L; and deliver annual and quarterly volume, value, and margin targets.
- Identify opportunities for recent product development, portfolio expansion, and product enhancement.
- Manage the complete product lifecycle from ideation through commercialization and successful market launch.
- Conduct regular market analysis, consumer research, and competitive benchmarking to identify emerging trends and opportunities.
- Build category awareness and preference among consumers, influencers, retailers, and contractors.
- Define and execute strategies to improve category penetration, adoption, and market reach.
- Establish structured processes for category management, innovation, and new product development.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure successful execution of category initiatives.
- Develop and implement pricing strategies that balance competitiveness with profitability objectives.
- Monitor promotional investments and marketing expenditures to maximise return on investment.
- Provide strategic recommendations on regional pricing and portfolio management.




- Champion sustainability initiatives and ensure compliance with product safety standards.
- Support marketing campaigns, retail activations, influencer engagement programmes, and consumer-focused initiatives.

The Successful

Applicant - Postgraduate qualification from a reputed institution.

- 12-15 years of experience in category management, product management, or related commercial functions.
- Prior experience managing premium or luxury product categories is highly desirable.
- Proven track record of launching, scaling, and managing successful products.
- Strong understanding of consumer behaviour, market dynamics, and category growth drivers.
- Demonstrated expertise in P&L; management, pricing strategy, and profitability optimisation.
- Strong analytical, strategic thinking, and problem-solving capabilities.
- Ability to translate market insights into actionable business plans.
- Excellent stakeholder management and cross-functional leadership skills.
- Strong communication and influencing abilities with experience working across multiple business functions. What's on Offer - Opportunity to lead a strategically important and high-growth category.
- End-to-end ownership across category strategy, product innovation, marketing, and commercial performance.
- Significant visibility with senior leadership and key business stakeholders.
- Fast-paced and entrepreneurial setting with substantial growth opportunities.
- Competitive compensation and long-term career progression prospects.

📌 Category Head | Leading Paints Company (Mumbai)
🏢 Michael Page
📍 Mumbai