Category Manager – Beauty | Wingit
Company Overview
Wingit is building a premium, personalized beauty-shopping platform that allows customers to try makeup, skincare, and fragrances at home before making a purchase. The platform combines beauty advisors, product discovery, and personalization to address the common challenge of online beauty shopping—products often look or feel different in reality than they do online. Wingit aims to revolutionize the beauty retail experience by offering a differentiated and engaging shopping journey.
Job Summary
The Category Manager – Beauty will be responsible for owning and developing the beauty categories from inception, focusing on creating an exciting and unique shopping experience rather than traditional SKU or category management. This role involves curating products, understanding consumer preferences, and building innovative discovery experiences to drive growth and differentiation in the competitive beauty market.
Responsibilities
- Own the category strategy, curation, and growth initiatives to establish a compelling beauty offering.
- Identify and curate products based on consumer preferences, trends, and insights to ensure relevance and appeal.
- Understand premium beauty consumers and translate insights into strategic category decisions.
- Drive merchandising and product discovery to enhance customer engagement and satisfaction.
- Decide on the products and categories Wingit should offer, focusing on differentiation and customer needs.
- Build innovative beauty discovery experiences that set Wingit apart from traditional platforms.
- Collaborate closely with founders across category, product, growth, and customer experience teams.
- Utilize customer data and insights to continuously refine and improve the category proposition.
- Develop processes and frameworks from scratch in an early-stage environment to support scalable growth.
Qualifications
- 2–5 years of experience in category management, growth, product, or business roles.
- Prior experience with beauty, personal care, D2C, or premium consumer brands is preferred.
- Strong understanding of makeup, skincare, and/or fragrance products.
- Demonstrated commercial acumen and a consumer-first mindset.
- High level of ownership, with comfort working in ambiguity and a fast-paced environment.
- Proficiency in first-principles problem solving and analytical skills.
- Passion for building from 0→1 rather than managing established processes.
- Genuine interest in beauty and the consumer problems Wingit aims to solve.
Preferred Skills
- Experience working in early-stage startups or innovative retail environments.
- Strong collaborative and communication skills.
- Ability to translate consumer insights into actionable strategies.
- Knowledge of digital merchandising and product discovery techniques.
Experience
- 2 to 5 years of relevant experience in category, growth, product, or business development roles.
- Experience with beauty, personal care, D2C, or premium consumer brands is advantageous.
Environment
- Location: Gurugram, Phase 1.
- Work Schedule: Monday–Saturday.
- The role involves working in a dynamic, early-stage environment with a focus on building processes from the ground up.
- The work setting is primarily office-based with a focus on collaboration and innovation.
Salary
Not specified.
GrowthOpportunities
Not specified.
Benefits
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