Senior Officer -Category Management (Beauty)

Job Description

Senior Officer Category Management (Beauty)

Role Overview

We are looking for a Senior Officer – Beauty Category with 1–3 years of experience and a strong interest and understanding of the Beauty category. The role will focus on driving seamless day-to-day category operations on Tata CLiQ, with a strong emphasis on execution excellence, assortment, catalogue hygiene, inventory availability, promotions, visibility and performance tracking.

The ideal candidate should have a genuine bent towards Beauty, be comfortable working with data and multiple stakeholders, and have a strong eye for detail to ensure flawless execution across the customer journey.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day Beauty category operations on Tata CLiQ, ensuring smooth execution and timely resolution of operational issues.
• Manage assortment and catalogue hygiene, including product listings, content, pricing, offers, new launches and SKU-level accuracy.
• Track inventory, stock availability, fill rates and replenishment, working closely with brands, Supply Chain and Operations teams to minimise stock-outs and maximise product availability.
• Execute brand campaigns, promotional offers, new launches, GWPs and visibility initiatives across the platform in coordination with internal and external stakeholders.
• Ensure accurate and timely implementation of pricing, promotions, product visibility and merchandising interventions during BAU as well as key campaign periods.
• Prepare regular reports and trackers, ensuring strong follow-through on SKU-level and brand-level actionables.
• Coordinate closely with Beauty brands and internal teams to ensure campaign assets, offers, assortment updates, inventory and launches go live accurately and on time.
• Conduct regular platform checks to ensure customer-facing accuracy, including product content, imagery, pricing, offers, stock status and visibility.
•  Stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to effectively coordinate, follow up and drive closure across multiple internal teams and external brand partners.
  

Skills & Competencies

• Strong understanding of and interest in the Beauty category, including makeup, skincare, fragrances and other beauty segments.
• A genuine passion and bent towards Beauty, with an interest in brands, products, trends and new launches.
• Strong execution orientation and attention to detail, with the ability to manage multiple parallel deliverables without compromising accuracy.
• Good understanding of e-commerce/category operations, including catalogue, assortment, inventory, pricing, promotions and merchandising.
• Coordination and stakeholder-management skills, with the ability to work across brands, supply chain, marketing, operations and internal category teams.
• Proactive and solution-oriented
  

Experience & Qualification

• 1–3 years of relevant experience in E-commerce, Beauty, Category Management, Merchandising, Brand Operations or a related role.
• Prior experience in the Beauty / Personal Care / Prestige Beauty category would be preferred.
• Experience working in an e-commerce environment or with beauty brands/marketplaces would be an advantage.
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Commerce, Marketing, Management or a related field.
  

What We’re Looking For

Someone who loves Beauty but is equally strong at execution. The role requires a person who enjoys getting into the details, whether it is ensuring the right SKU is live with the right content and offer, following up on inventory, coordinating a launch, or catching an execution gap before it impacts the customer.