Category Manager - (Indian wear)

Tata CLiQ Fashion; Mumbai; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

TATA CLiQ Fashion in Mumbai is seeking a seasoned Category Manager to own growth, P&L and customer experience for a key apparel category. You will shape 1-year and 3-year strategies, work with Marketing, Merchandising, Operations, Analytics and Product, and build strong relationships with brands and sellers.

The role demands deep market insight, data-driven decision making, and excellent communication. You will lead category selection, demand generation and cross-functional execution to delight

Qualifications

• Strong bias for action with collaboration skills.
• Ownership to drive initiatives end-to-end while managing multiple priorities.
• MS PowerPoint and MS Excel; SQL preferred for data tasks.
• Strong analytical skills linking data to retailer scenarios.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Good knowledge about Apparel Industry and trends.

Responsibilities

• Own growth, P&L and customer experience of the assigned category.
• Develop 1-year/3-year growth, efficiency and profitability strategies with cross-functional teams.
• Build selection by monitoring trends and onboarding brands/sellers.
• Generate demand via collaborations with marketing teams and partners.

Skills

Action oriented

Stakeholder alignment

PowerPoint

Excel / SQL

Data analysis

Communication skills

Education

Masters from Fashion Institute

7+ years category management experience

Apparel domain background

Fashion institute training advantageous

Experience in fashion industry preferred

Job description

On Roll

Job Description

Responsibilities

• Category Managers at TATA CLiQ own the growth, P&L and customer experience of the category they have been assigned to, key roles and responsibilities include Building & Executing the Category Strategy: Develop 1-Year/3-Year growth, efficiency, profitability & customer experience strategy along with weekly/monthly execution plans. This would necessitate working closely with internal cross-functional stakeholders across Marketing, Site merchandising, Operations, Analytics and Product teams as well as building & maintaining excellent relationships with the relevant brands/sellers.
• Building selection: Determine ever-evolving customer needs, monitor local and global trends & grow selection to cater to those via onboarding necessary brands & sellers.
• Demand generation: Work with marketing teams (TATA CLiQ and Brand partners) to come up with innovative promotions as well as to get support for marketing campaigns.
• Listening to the voice of customer: Gather actionable insights from various sources where customers share feedback (quantitative and qualitative), e.g.: NPS surveys, customer service calls, return reasons with the eventual objective of delighting customers during each step of the order journey.

Skillsets

• Strong bias for action alongside strong interpersonal and collaboration skills
• Ownership to drive necessary initiatives end-to-end and ability to manage multiple, competing priorities simultaneously.
• Advanced proficiency with MS PowerPoint, MS Excel (SQL preferred)
• Strong analytical skills with proven ability to interpret data and link category management data to retailer/business scenarios
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Good knowledge about Apparel Industry and keen interest in Apparel brands & trends

Qualifications

• Maters from Fashion Institute
• Minimum 7+ years of relevant category management experience
• Experience in the Apparel category is preferred.
• Educational background or courses with Fashion Institutes will be added advantage
• Experience in Fashion industry is preferred

Job Snapshot

Updated Date

15-10-2026

Job ID

Job-501

Department

Commercial

Location