Senior Category Manager, Womenswear UK/EU

Senior Category Manager, Women's UK/EU

We are seeking a Senior Category Manager, Women's UK/EU to join our growing team. This role is suited to a data-driven product obsessed all-rounder. It supports the execution of merchandising strategy across selected womenswear categories, with responsibility for driving regional performance through strong product execution, trading, and customer insight. In this role, you will play a key part in scaling Quince’s value proposition in the UK & EU by delivering a compelling regional assortment, optimizing the customer experience, and partnering cross-functionally to bring high-quality products to market.

Responsibilities

• Support end-to-end merchandising for selected womenswear categories in the UK & EU, including assortment execution, launches, and performance tracking


• Execute regional merchandising strategy in partnership with US Product Merchandising and international regional merchandising peers


• Contribute to product ideation, helping shape new product opportunities and business cases


• Work cross-functionally with Product and Regional Merchandising, Planning, Marketing, Technical Design, and Sourcing to deliver successful product launches—balancing inventory, go-to-market execution, and product quality (fit, sizing, and margin)


• Analyse trading performance (sales, returns, margin) and take ownership of actions to improve results


• Support pricing and assortment decisions for the region


• Own product catalogue management and administration, including product setup, data accuracy, and system maintenance


• Build site merchandising strategy, including PDP improvements roadmap and customer journey optimisations


• Monitor ratings, reviews, and returns to identify and support product quality improvements


• Manage regional product samples and merchandising assets


• Maintain merchandising reports, tools, trackers, and pricing files


• Take ownership of evaluating regional product compliance requirements and partner with Sourcing and Quality teams to execute

Qualifications required: 

• Role is based in one of our UK/EU offices (London, Madrid, or Berlin), with 4 days per week in-office requirement


• 8 years of retail merchandising or buying experience in womenswear categories, with demonstrated ownership of category performance


• E-commerce and/or DTC experience, with exposure to both startup and established (blue-chip) brands preferred


• Proven track record of progressing within an organization and demonstrating continuous growth in roles and responsibilities


• Strong product awareness, with a commercial mindset and attention to detail


• Product obsessed, with experience leveraging data tools and external sources to drive results


• Critical eye to anticipate customer needs (both the “science” and “art” of retail merchandising)


• Strong analytical skills, with experience using data to inform trading and merchandising decisions (e.g. sales, margin, return rates)


• Demonstrated ability to operate effectively in both executional and strategic support roles


• Experience working cross-functionally with teams such as Planning, Design, Sourcing, or Marketing


• Excellent written and verbal communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills with particular ability to influence through concise written narrative


• Motivated by working in a fast-paced collaborative environment, where flexibility to stretch into or out of functional comfort zones is crucial for team success


• Adaptable and comfortable with ambiguity and change


• Bachelor’s Degree, preferred

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