Category Head - Omni - Retail - IIM/ISB/MDI/FMS

About the Role:

A senior leadership opportunity with a fast-scaling omni-channel retail business, seeking an experienced category leader to own category strategy and execution across online, quick commerce and offline stores. This role combines two connected mandates - driving best-in-class third-party brand partnerships and pricing across all channels, and owning the strategic direction of the private label portfolio - working in close partnership with the Revenue function.

This role offers a unique opportunity to shape category strategy at scale across a true omni-channel footprint, combining strategic brand and private label leadership with hands-on ownership of P&L, inventory and in-stock performance.

Key Responsibilities:

- Owning end-to-end assortment strategy for the category across online, quick commerce and offline stores.

- Acting as the primary commercial point of contact with third-party brand partners, negotiating pricing, brand-funded discounts, trade terms, visibility and marketing support.

- Building and maintaining a pricing framework across brands and channels that keeps the platform competitive while protecting category margins.

- Developing and executing Joint Business Plans with key brand partners to drive mutual growth and long-term relationships.

- Working closely with online, quick commerce and offline store teams to align assortment, pricing and promotional strategies.

- Defining and owning the strategic direction of the private label portfolio, including portfolio architecture, white space identification and growth roadmap.

- Leading and mentoring a team responsible for private label execution, from product development and sourcing to pricing and go-to-market.

- Tracking and owning private label P&L performance, making data-led calls on where to double down, reposition or prune.

- Sharing joint ownership of the category P&L with Revenue, negotiating brand funding to support competitive pricing where needed.

- Owning inventory health across private label and third-party brands and driving brand-side negotiation to maintain in-stock availability.

- Building a rigorous review cadence and reporting framework covering brand economics, private label performance, pricing and inventory health.

Requirements:

- MBA from a Tier 1 institute.

- 12-13 years of overall experience, with a demonstrated track record across both online (e-commerce/quick commerce) and offline (retail/store) formats within an Omni business.

- Experience in BPC (Beauty & Personal Care) or a closely adjacent consumer/retail category strongly preferred.

- Strong grounding in category management, brand/vendor negotiation, pricing strategy, private label strategy and execution, and P&L management.

- Proven experience building and leading teams, with the ability to operate both strategically and hands-on.

- A track record of job stability, with ideal tenures of 4-5 years per company.