Category Manager - Hair Care

0 - 5 years

0 Lacs

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Job Type

Full Time

Job Description

Job Information

    Date Opened

    08/13/2025

    Job Type

    Full time

    Industry

    FMCG/Foods/Beverage

    Work Experience

    4-5 years

    City

    Thane

    State/Province

    Maharashtra

    Country

    India

    Zip/Postal Code

    400601

About Us

Plum is one of India’s science-first, vegan, premium beauty brand with a strong portfolio of skincare and haircare products. By smartly combining research-backed actives with the chemistry of botanical ingredients, Plum creates formulas that truly resonate. At the heart of everything, Plum has a simple message: 'We have chemistry - with each other, with our product & especially with our customer.’

The brand is driven by a strong leadership and investor team, focused on building value for people, the planet, and profit-sharing participants.

Job Description

Purpose – Why does it exist
  • To drive growth & build the Plum haircare category
Key Performance Indicators
  • Brand performance on sales channels (revenue, growth, market share)
  • Branded keyword searches on Google & channels (Amazon, FK, Nykaa, Q-com)
  • New launch contribution to overall business
  • Category NC – Discount, COGS%, DTCM & Media spends
Key Responsibilities
  • Drive profitable sales & growth for the brand across channels – Marketplaces, Retail & website to identify opportunities of growth
  • End to end responsibility from planning to execution on all brand building inputs – Influencer marketing & Media deployment
  • Budget for, manage the execution of, and track the success of all our marketing programs across media & influencer metrics, as well as channel metrics
  • End to End Responsibility of New Product Development – Scoping trends to determine what NPDs we need to launch when, working with stakeholders to take it from concept to launch
  • Building a business case for new launches & planning their go-to-market across relevant channel
  • Work with supply chain stakeholders to ensure forecasting accuracy & fill rates across all channels
  • Actively seek out new avenues to drive growth for the category
Experience & Qualification


Preferred:


1. Pref MBA graduate with good academic record


2. Previous experience in channel (KAM)/growth/category/brand building roles in D2C or FMCG companies


Mandatory:


1. At least 2-3 years of post-MBA work experience in the marketing function OR 4-5 years pre-MBA work experience


Location: Thane, Mumbai (WFO)

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