Category Manager

A Category Manager is a crucial role in the commercial department, dealing with all communications with vendors, distributors and beauty manufacturers, and ensuring the availability of products to meet customer demand.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and manage the K-beauty category in line with the company’s commercial strategy
• Build and maintain strong relationships with brands and suppliers
• Identify and onboard new K-beauty brands and products
• Negotiate commercial terms, pricing, margins and contractual conditions
• Manage the category assortment, pricing and promotional calendar
• Monitor sales performance, profitability and key category KPIs
• Achieve revenue and margin targets
• Analyse market trends, customer demand, competitors and new product launches
• Work closely with Marketing, Retail, E-commerce and Supply Chain teams to support category growth

Requirements:

• Strong knowledge of the K-beauty market, brands and current trends
• Previous experience in category management, buying, procurement or a similar role
• Experience in assortment planning and supplier management
• Strong commercial and negotiation skills
• Confident analytical skills and ability to work with sales and margin data
• Fluent English; Korean would be a strong advantage
• Results-oriented, proactive and able to work independently
• Strong communication, organisational and stakeholder management skills