Senior Category Manager, Womenswear UK/EU

About This Opportunity

We are representing a fast-growing direct-to-consumer retailer in the apparel and lifestyle space. Our client is seeking a Senior Category Manager, Womenswear UK/EU to join their regional team and drive merchandising strategy across key womenswear categories.

This is a remote-first role requiring 4 days per week in-office at one of three locations: London, Madrid, or Berlin. The successful candidate will be a data-driven, product-obsessed professional with deep womenswear merchandising experience and a track record of delivering commercial results in e-commerce environments.

Responsibilities

• Execute end-to-end merchandising for womenswear categories across the UK and EU, including assortment planning, product launches, and performance tracking
• Deliver regional merchandising strategy in collaboration with central product teams and international peers
• Contribute to product development and build business cases for new opportunities
• Partner cross-functionally with Planning, Marketing, Technical Design, and Sourcing to ensure successful product launches that balance inventory, timing, quality, fit, sizing, and margin
• Analyse trading performance metrics (sales, returns, margin) and take ownership of actions to improve category results
• Support regional pricing decisions and assortment optimization
• Manage product catalogue setup, data accuracy, and system maintenance
• Build site merchandising strategy, including product detail page improvements and customer journey optimization
• Monitor customer feedback (ratings, reviews, returns) to identify and drive product quality enhancements
• Oversee regional product samples and merchandising assets
• Maintain merchandising reports, trackers, and pricing files
• Own evaluation of regional product compliance requirements and partner with relevant teams to execute

What We're Looking For

• 8+ years of retail merchandising or buying experience in womenswear categories, with proven ownership of category performance
• E-commerce and/or direct-to-consumer experience; exposure to both startup and established brands preferred
• Demonstrated career progression with continuous growth in roles and responsibilities
• Strong product awareness with a commercial mindset and attention to detail
• Product-obsessed approach, leveraging data tools and external sources to inform decisions
• Critical eye for anticipating customer needs—blending both analytical rigor and creative merchandising intuition
• Strong analytical skills with experience using data to inform trading decisions (sales, margin, return rates)
• Ability to operate effectively in both executional and strategic roles
• Cross-functional collaboration experience with Planning, Design, Sourcing, or Marketing teams
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to influence through concise narrative
• Thrives in fast-paced, collaborative environments where flexibility and adaptability are essential
• Comfortable with ambiguity and change
• Bachelor's degree preferred
• Must be eligible to work in the UK or EU

How We Work With You

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Pay

Pay via Get A Job.ai: £80,000–£100,000 GBP base salary, depending on experience. Bonus and equity may also be available for this role.

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