Category Manager - Womenswear

Overview:The Category Manager – Women's Fashion owns the commercial performance (Sales, Margins and Bottomline) and customer experience of the Women's category at Centrepoint E-Commerce across Clothing, Footwear, Beauty, Bags and Accessories.

Key Responsibilities

Category strategy. Set the online category strategy, covering assortment direction, growth levers and online exclusives, and align on priorities with concepts and buying teams.Partnering with concepts and buyers. Recommend range gaps, depth, newness and exclusives based on data and customer insight, and track how they are implemented and what they deliver.Onsite merchandising. Own the Women and Beauty department pages, including page layouts, product ranking and sorting, banners, campaigns and seasonal or event-led trends.Content and customer experience. Improve product content, imagery, filters, search and navigation to raise discoverability and conversion.Performance analysis. Track sales, traffic, conversion, sell-through and availability, flag issues early, and drive corrective actions with the relevant teams.Trends and opportunities. Monitor consumer, fashion and beauty trends and the competitive landscape to identify gaps, white spaces and growth opportunities.Marketing : Work with Marketing on CRM, customer acquisition and retention campaigns for the category.Leadership reporting. Prepare and present category performance, insights and growth plans to senior leadership.Ideal Candidate Profile

Qualifications

MBA (Retail, Marketing or Strategy preferred) or a graduate/postgraduate degree from NIFT or another recognised fashion management institute.Experience:5–8 years in fashion retail or e-commerce, across category management, buying, merchandising or planning.Hands-on experience with Women's fashion. Exposure to footwear, beauty or accessories is a strong plus.Proven e-commerce or omnichannel experience, with a working knowledge of online merchandising, conversion funnels and digital KPIs.GCC or value/mass-fashion retail experience is preferred.Skills and competencies:Analytics. Strong commercial and numerical skills, including OTB, GMROI, sell-through, margin and markdown management. Advanced Excel, plus experience with BI tools such as Power BIAI fluency. Comfortable using AI tools (for example ChatGPT/Claude, AI forecasting and assortment tools, trend-intelligence platforms) to speed up analysis, reporting and decisions.Fashion sense. A real passion for fashion and beauty, with an instinct for trends and how to adapt them for a value-conscious customer.Influence. Able to drive outcomes through concepts, buying, marketing and content teams without direct authority.Communication. Strong storytelling and presentation skills, able to turn data into clear recommendations for leadership.Mindset. Results-driven, agile and comfortable working at pace.