Senior Category Manager – Fashion - Arabic Mandatory (Saudi Arabia)

🎬 The Role

As the Senior Category Manager for Fashion, you will scale the pre-owned luxury, hypewear, and off-price apparel verticals in the Saudi Arabia market. You will leverage your deep subject-matter expertise and existing regional network to lead seller acquisition, onboarding, and ongoing seller success. This role requires an entrepreneurial leader who can manage end-to-end marketplace operations, drive continuous category growth, foster community building, and maintain full commercial accountability by owning category KPIs and the P&L.

👤 The Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary subject-matter expert with deep knowledge of the Saudi fashion landscape, specializing in authenticated pre-owned luxury, streetwear/hypewear drops, high-end modest fashion, and off-price retail dynamics.

• Identify, map out, and execute seller acquisition and onboarding for the right partners in Saudi Arabia, targeting luxury consignment boutiques, authorized off-price distributors, streetwear resellers, local boutique owners, and creator-led fashion brands.

• Fuel seller success by teaching brands, boutique owners, and local creators how to run high-converting fashion livestreams, coaching them on styling, pacing, live authentication, flash sales, pricing, and live hosting.

• Manage day-to-day marketplace operations and serve as a trusted partner for your seller portfolio, working hand-in-hand with internal product and marketing teams to turn seller feedback into platform wins.

• Oversee category growth and community building initiatives by orchestrating high-end luxury showcases, exclusive hype drops, creator styling sessions, and targeted regional marketing campaigns.

• Maintain active community and event presence, keeping a pulse on local Saudi fashion trends, youth culture, and attending key fashion pop-ups, exhibitions, and retail events across KSA.

• Take complete business ownership of the vertical by measuring performance, owning category KPIs and the P&L, and iterating on operational strategies.

🎓 The Skills & Competencies

• Full professional fluency in Arabic and English is required.

• 3+ years of experience in the fashion industry in Saudi Arabia as a buyer, category manager, sales lead, luxury reseller, or through a prominent creator/affiliate background in fashion.

• Comprehensive industry literacy, knowing luxury brand authentication, resale market values, fashion price points, KSA retail players, and key market stakeholders.

• Established, warm relationships with fashion brands, luxury consignment networks, hypewear stores, or apparel distributors in the KSA market.

• Strong project management skills with the ability to balance and scale both sides of a digital marketplace.

⭐ The Differentiators

• Prior experience working within an e-commerce marketplace, luxury re-commerce platform, or creator-focused social commerce platform.

• Prior experience working at a prominent KSA fashion retailer, luxury department store, or luxury consignment marketplace.

• Personal history buying, selling, or trading luxury items, streetwear, or hypewear on live-commerce apps or digital auction marketplaces.

⏳ The Benefits

• A competitive package.

• Meaningful ownership in a hyper-growth startup shaping the future of MENA e-commerce.

• Remote work.

✅ The Process

Application → HR CV Screening → HR Screening Interview → First Business Interview → Second Business Interview → Technical/Case Assessment → Offer

💼 The Employer

Our client is the first livestream shopping platform in the Middle East. By combining the seamless purchasing experience of e-commerce with the engaging visual content of live social media, they are building the future of how people buy and sell in the MENA region. Founded by an elite leadership team with backgrounds at major global e-commerce and live commerce platforms, this fast-growing startup is scaling rapidly and looking for exceptional talent to own the future of social commerce.