At Sephora, beauty is about feeling seen, valued, and empowered, individually and collectively. As a Senior Manager, Category Management, you will manage a portfolio of priority brands within your category, to drive differentiation, optimising growth, space productivity, profitability, and strong 360 campaigns for category penetration.
Requirements
- Minimum 8-10 years of experience in category management, retail buying, or a related field
- Proven track record in developing and implementing category strategies to drive growth, profitability and market penetration
- Experience in managing brand portfolios, including supplier relationships, commercial negotiations and joint business planning
- Strong background in assortment optimization, pricing strategies and managing product lifecycles
- Experience in collaborating with Supply Chain teams for effective planning and forecasting
- Demonstrated ability to lead, mentor and coach teams, fostering a collaborative and high-performance work environment
- Expertise in building category strategies based on market trends, consumer insights, and data analytics
- Proficiency in negotiation of complex commercial agreements
- Solid understanding of budgeting, financial analysis, and P&L management
- Agility to effectively drive change and innovation with a customer-centric approach
- Strong leadership skills to ensure effective collaboration and high performance
- Strong communication skills with ability to present effectively to senior stakeholders
- Stakeholder management and influencing skills in a multicultural environment
Benefits
- Community, in which authenticity is embraced, and the strength of our differences fuels our collective spirit
- Culture of empowerment, learning & growth, that offers you the tools, space and opportunity to learn, innovate and lead
- Work that brings fulfilment, from delighting clients every day, to inspiring our industry at large, every action makes a difference
