Senior Category Manager, Women's Activewear UK/EU

Location: Based in a UK/EU office in London, Madrid, or Berlin, with 4 days per week in-office

Base salary: £80,000–£100,000 GBP per year. Bonus and equity may be provided for eligible roles.

Company

hirify.global is a manufacturer-to-consumer retail company offering high-quality essentials at accessible prices through direct manufacturing partnerships, proprietary technology, AI, and analytics.

What you will do

• Own end-to-end product strategy and assortment execution for women's activewear across the UK and EU.
• Execute regional merchandising strategy and coordinate launches with US product merchandising and international regional teams.
• Analyze sales, returns, margin, ratings, and reviews to improve category performance and product quality.
• Own regional pricing, assortment decisions, catalogue management, product data accuracy, and merchandising systems.
• Build the site merchandising strategy, including the PDP improvement roadmap and customer journey optimization.
• Partner with Planning, Product, Marketing, Technical Design, Sourcing, and Quality teams on product launches, compliance, inventory, fit, sizing, and margin.

Requirements

• Based in London, Madrid, or Berlin with 4 days per week in-office.
• 8–10 years of retail merchandising or buying experience in womenswear, including specific women's activewear experience and ownership of category performance.
• E-commerce and/or direct-to-consumer experience, with strong product awareness and a commercial mindset.
• Strong analytical skills and experience using sales, margin, return-rate, and other data to guide trading and merchandising decisions.
• Experience working cross-functionally with Planning, Design, Sourcing, Marketing, or related teams.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, presentation, interpersonal, and concise narrative skills; a bachelor's degree is preferred.

Nice to have

• Experience with both startup and established blue-chip brands.
• Experience progressing within an organization and taking on increasing responsibilities.
• Experience building a department or category from the ground up.

Culture & Benefits

• Mission-driven environment focused on making high-quality essentials more accessible and sustainable.
• Fast-paced, collaborative culture that encourages challenging conventional retail practices.
• Opportunity to work on proprietary technology, AI, analytics, and new retail systems.
• Bonus and equity may be provided for eligible roles.
• Employment is contingent on successful completion of a background check.