Vice President - Category Head - Jewellery

About the Role

We are partnering with a scaled, high-growth consumer platform to hire a Vice President - Category Head for a strategic, high-impact category. This is a senior P&L leadership role with end-to-end ownership of category strategy, revenue, margins, inventory health, and new product development. The role sits at the intersection of commercial strategy, product, supply, and execution, and is critical to driving profitable, scalable growth for the business.

Role Scope & Responsibilities

- Own end-to-end category P&L, including revenue, gross margins, pricing, and profitability across channels.

- Define and drive category strategy, assortment mix, and pricing architecture based on consumer insights and market trends.

- Take full ownership of inventory health and working capital, including turns, ageing, replenishment, and liquidation.

- Lead the NPD roadmap, ensuring faster go-to-market with strong margin and inventory discipline.

- Partner with sourcing, supply chain, and manufacturing teams to drive cost optimisation, vendor strategy, and quality at scale.

- Work cross-functionally with sales, marketing, planning, operations, and finance to ensure seamless category execution.

- Build and lead a high-performing category team, setting clear KPIs and driving process and capability excellence.

Candidate Profile

- 8-12+ years of experience in category management or merchandising within jewellery, fashion, lifestyle, or women-led consumer categories with offline exposure.

- Proven ownership of gross margins, inventory, and working capital in a consumer or retail-led business.

- Strong experience driving NPD and supply-side collaboration from concept to scale.

- High commercial and analytical acumen with a deep understanding of category economics.

- Ability to balance product creativity with profitability and scale.

- Strong cross-functional leadership and stakeholder management capabilities.