Category Head - Jewelry

About the Company:

Our client is a rapidly scaling consumer-focused organization with a strong market presence and an expanding omni-channel footprint. The company operates within the premium consumer space and is known for its customer-centric approach, innovation, and focus on building sustainable, profitable growth.

Roles and Responsibilities:

- Own the end-to-end category P&L, including revenue growth, pricing, gross margins, profitability, and overall commercial performance.

- Define and execute category strategy, assortment architecture, and portfolio plans based on consumer insights, market trends, and competitive intelligence.

- Drive inventory productivity, demand planning, replenishment strategy, and working capital optimization.

- Lead the product development and innovation agenda, ensuring strong alignment between customer demand, profitability, and speed-to-market.

- Partner closely with sourcing, vendors, manufacturing, supply chain, and planning teams to improve cost efficiencies, quality standards, and scalability.

- Collaborate with sales, marketing, finance, and operations teams to drive category growth and market share.

- Build and mentor a high-performing team while establishing robust performance metrics and governance processes.

Skills and Qualifications:

- 815 years of experience across Category Management, Merchandising, Buying, Product Management, or Commercial Leadership roles.

- Strong exposure to Jewellery, Luxury Retail, Premium Lifestyle, Watches, or adjacent consumer categories.

- Demonstrated ownership of category P&L, gross margins, inventory, and business performance metrics.

- Proven track record in product development, assortment planning, merchandising, and category growth.

- Strong commercial, analytical, and stakeholder management capabilities.

- Experience working in high-growth, consumer-facing organizations will be preferred.

What's On Offer:

- Opportunity to lead a strategic and high-impact category within a fast-growing business.

- End-to-end ownership of category performance, growth, profitability, and product strategy.

- High visibility with senior leadership and significant decision-making authority.

- Opportunity to shape the long-term growth roadmap of the category.

- Competitive compensation and long-term wealth creation opportunity.