Director - Category & Brand Head - Mango

Director - Director - Category & Brand Head - Mango

Reports - Vice President - Retail & Omnichannel Business

We are seeking a seasoned and results-driven Director of Brand to Lead and International

Luxury brand portfolio (Women and Men,). This is a highly strategic, P&L accountable role

requiring a leader with a strong offline retail background to drive the brand growth and

profitability across all channels. The Director will hold end-to-end responsibility for brand

strength, merchandising, inventory, and operational excellence, serving as the critical link

between the global brand vision and local market execution.

Position Overview

• You

  must possess direct, recent offline buying experience

  specifically within

  Women's Private Label Brands

  . This expertise must cover the

  international/ luxury/ Women's western wear

  segments. Candidates without this exact background cannot be considered.
• Overall 16+ years of experience in Apparel Buying & Merchandising or Brand Management Background

Responsibilities:

Finance and Marketing teams.

● Responsible to drive sales for the portfolio including

● Revenue

● Margins

● Growth of categories

● Working with Operations team of Offline and demand planning team for Online Sales

● Range Planning (Assortment)

● Product-Brand mapping

● Product range planning for the category Planning

● Effectively planning and forecasting in order to maximize profitability

● Trend forecasts and implement sale plans

● Financial analysis - Sales, Margin, Discount and Inventory related analysis

● Option planning

● OTB working along with the central planning team

● Inventory Management

● Planning for the inventory flow for entire category

● Team Management

● Leading a team of buyers to manage the Apparel buying

● Supply Chain

● Enabling an optimal supply chain ecosystem for the brand

● Coordinating with all functional teams to ensure and deliver Business Growth & margins

Qualifications & Experience

● Experience in offline would be recommended.

● Product Selection experience for majorly in Western Womenswear categories

● Excellent with numbers and in collecting, analyzing and interpreting data.

● Strong communication skills to be able to communicate effectively with Senior stakeholders,

peers & juniors

● Strong team building & team management skills.