Category Manager for the Fashion Category at Yandex Fabrika

Yandex Fabrika conceives, creates, and develops its own brands across various categories. We focus on the uniqueness of the brand and product, value creativity, are not afraid to experiment, and implement solutions new to the market. We have creative freedom and a diversity of tasks.

The product team is looking for a strong category manager for the Fashion category, which is represented by the brands Muted, Junion, Bodycore, Pragma. We need a manager who not only manages the assortment but also manages the financial performance of the category through numbers, hypotheses, and a systematic approach.

If you are strong in working with numbers and analytics, are structured and think in hypotheses, build a systematic approach to planning sales on marketplaces, and want to influence the company's financial performance — we will be glad to meet you.

About the Team

Yandex Fabrika Team

What tasks await you

Sales Planning on Marketplaces You will be responsible for building models taking into account seasonality, peaks, sales, and collectibility in the category, forming plans across various time frames; for new items, you will analyze similar models on marketplaces and assess the sales potential of new SKUs. You will also calculate size distribution percentages, identify sales trends by size based on fit, color, and other parameters.

Monitoring Unit Economics, KPI, Price Index You will monitor margin, UE, and other key metrics at the total level, as well as at the category and specific model levels, and promptly adjust the strategy in case of deviations. Your area of responsibility will also include monitoring price discrepancies between marketplaces and ensuring price consistency.

Managing Promotions and Promos You will ensure the consolidation of all activities and maintaining target margin, taking into account participation in promotions on different marketplaces.

Developing Analytics Tools You will create AI tools, dashboards, complex spreadsheets (cubes, macros) or write specifications for their development.

Cross-Functional Collaboration As part of working with the growth and efficiency team, you will provide colleagues with lists for promotions and sales, adjust prices weekly based on sales results, and check the correctness of data in shared sources.

We expect that you

• Have worked for more than three years in planning and category management at major fashion brands
• Are an expert in Excel and Google Sheets: you know multi-level pivot tables, cubes, macros, and have worked with large datasets
• Can build systems and processes, structure work, and create a clear logic for managing a category
• Are extremely meticulous in working with data: you create intuitive and logical report formats, standardize templates, maintain uniform formatting principles
• Can make complex analytical files visually simple and convenient for use by other teams

Will be a plus

• Have worked with SQL queries and have basic programming skills
• Have built dashboards and automated reporting