Lead Associate - Category Management

About the Company

This role sits within Myntra, a leading fashion and lifestyle e-commerce platform in India. The business blends technology and creativity to shape new ways for customers to discover and enjoy fashion. The environment is fast-moving, collaborative, and built around bold thinking, agility, and a strong bias for innovation.

The company values merit, curiosity, and giving teams the freedom and support to do meaningful work. It has grown from a customization business founded in 2007 into a major fashion-tech platform, and is looking for people who are excited to grow with it.

Role Overview

The position is for the Lingerie and Loungewear business unit, with end-to-end responsibility for category performance, brand coordination, commercial execution, and day-to-day operational management.

Key Responsibilities

You will own the category’s business results across core financial and operating metrics, spanning multiple portfolio models such as OR, SOR, PPMP, and FBM.

• Take complete accountability for the category P&L, including GMV, gross margin, inventory provisioning, marketing and monetization, CM, and related performance metrics.
• Manage daily category operations and put in place efficient workflows that help unlock the full brand potential on the platform.
• Partner with the category planning team to create monthly brand-wise plans aligned to annual objectives, including inward quantity planning for OR and SOR portfolios.
• Coordinate with outright and SOR brands to ensure adequate supply, timely replenishment, and development of SMU/MTO lines wherever needed.
• Work with operations teams on inward slotting and delivery timelines so monthly inward targets are achieved consistently.
• Collaborate with marketplace brands on supply planning, discounting, marketing spends, fulfillment within Myntra TATs, and assortment building to support monthly revenue goals.
• Support business development by using marketplace models to onboard brands and solve assortment or selection gaps.
• Drive financial reconciliation and closure discussions with multiple internal teams for key brands where applicable.
• Lead catalog expansion through brand and relationship management across national and international brands.
• Work closely with the demand team to improve pricing, visibility, and key engagement metrics such as LCs, clicks, and conversions.
• Build strong, long-term brand partnerships and help execute annual plans as well as relevant brand campaigns on Myntra.
• Track fashion and market trends, assortment opportunities, competition, and buyer expectations to improve merchandising and assortment decisions.
• Perform ongoing competitive benchmarking and recommend actions that strengthen the customer value proposition.

Experience and Qualifications

The role calls for 3 to 5 years of experience in e-commerce business management, either from the brand side or in category management within an e-commerce company. An MBA from a Tier 1 or Tier 2 institute is preferred.

Candidates should be able to work independently in complex, fast-changing, and ambiguous environments. Strong organization, attention to detail, analytical ability, and comfort with forecasting and performance metrics are important.

Advanced working knowledge of MS Excel and PowerPoint is required, along with the ability to collaborate effectively across teams to ensure business outcomes.

Additional Information

This is a full-time, onsite position based in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.