Job description

Nice One is seeking a Category Manager – Cosmetics to lead category strategy, assortment planning, and commercial growth for the cosmetics portfolio within the commercial department in Riyadh. The role focuses on owning category performance, developing and executing category strategy, aligning assortment, pricing, promotions, and merchandising to drive sales, margin, and market share. The Category Manager will manage assortment planning and lifecycle management including core ranges, seasonal introductions, and discontinuations based on consumer insights, sales data, and supplier collaboration. The position involves setting and monitoring category KPIs including sales, margin, inventory turns, sell-through, and distribution, while producing performance reports with actionable recommendations. Responsibilities include SKU-level demand forecasting, inventory optimization, managing supplier relationships, negotiating commercial terms, promotional participation, launch planning, and performance reviews. The role requires collaboration with merchandising, marketing, supply chain, and sales teams to deliver omnichannel promotional plans and point-of-sale execution. The Category Manager will conduct competitor and market analysis, identify trends and white-space opportunities, develop pricing strategies, and support new product introductions including launch planning and sell-through tracking. The role ensures product compliance with labeling, regulatory, and corporate quality standards across cosmetics categories including skincare, color cosmetics, haircare, and fragrance. The position requires strong analytical capabilities, commercial acumen, vendor management experience, familiarity with forecasting tools, Excel, BI tools, and retail planning systems, along with experience managing P&L responsibility, improving sales and margin performance, and understanding beauty consumer trends and ingredient/regulatory considerations.