Category Manager

Castlery is looking for a **Category Manager** to join our **Category Management **team.

The **Category Manager** sits within the wider merchandising department and is responsible for contributing to the overall strategic direction and pricing for Castlery's assortment. This role is critical in driving our category strategy, optimizing assortment, and maximizing sales and profitability. They are deeply involved in kick-starting the product development cycle and implementing initiatives that drive business growth.

As key owners of product knowledge, they will also support multiple cross-functional teams within the company to bridge the technical and emotional aspects of each product launch. This role is a dynamic combination of creativity and analytics that strives towards creating a productive and cohesive product assortment for our customers.

**What you'll be doing**
- Develop and implement assortment strategies to meet revenue growth, gross margin, and market positioning targets
- Ensure products are launched on time through closed collaboration with demand planning, product design, regional buying, product development and quality teams
- Own the key business matrix on merchandising and ensure reporting and analytics translates into actionable insights to drive business, as well as flag risks, making sure we have the most attractive mix of products
- Responsible for general pricing and gross margin improvement
- Travel regularly to global trade fairs, stores and regional buying trip for market intelligence, product validation and relationship building
- Attract, lead, inspire and develop employees, ensuring business continuity and talent growth within the category management function
- Perform other job-related duties and responsibilities as may be assigned to you from time to time by the Company and/or your supervisor or manager

**What you'll need**
- At least 5 years of category management experience, preferably with a strong familiarity of the buying process as well. Experience in defining category strategies, whilst still maintaining hands-on approach to working with stakeholders. Furniture industry knowledge is a plus.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret data, identify trends, and make data-driven decisions.
- Ability to work independently in a highly ambiguous, dynamic growth environment, with strong attention to detail and exceptional organizational skills.
- Pro-active, 'can do' mentality combined with a track record of successful execution of strategies and activities.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and build relationships with vendors.
- Results-oriented mindset with a proven track record of achieving sales and profitability targets.
- Strong leadership abilities with experience in managing and developing teams.

**What we promise**

**Our first promise - the ride of a lifetime**

You'll be joining a company in its most exciting phase; we've proven our product market fit, and with the growing online penetration of furniture, we're now focused on hypergrowth. You'll have a front-row seat in witnessing the growth of our customer-base and organisation at a global-level.

**Our second promise - a place to thrive**

We're building a company that has people as one of the company's core pillars for success. It's our mandate to help every employee perform to their highest potential so that they can do the very best work of their lives here, at Castlery.

We're committed to our employees' growth, and continuously strive to ensure our employees are set up for success through their journey, starting with an excellent onboarding experience, and carrying over into emphasis on personal and professional development.

Castlery strives to maintain a psychologically safe, transparent, and flexible work environment to enable our people can perform at their best level and believes in partnering our employees to raise that level as they grow with us.