Work Location: Taiwan
Our client is transforming the modern shopping experience, creating a seamless journey that delights customers from the moment they open the app to the moment their order arrives at their doorstep.
A Fortune 150 company that is U.S.-headquartered and in the e-commerce and technology industry, the company offers a highly competitive next-day delivery service covering a wide range of products at attractive prices, as well as an international shipping service that provides fast, free delivery on millions of popular items from markets such as Korea and the U.S.
As the business continues its rapid expansion in Taiwan, we are seeking exceptional talent to help build and scale one of the most exciting growth stories in the e-commerce space.
The Role
As Category Director, you will serve as the CEO of your categoryowning the full P&L and driving strategy, growth, and long-term performance. With Taiwan still in an early stage of development, you'll have a unique opportunity to build and scale a high-impact business from the ground up. You will shape strategy, oversee budgets, define organizational needs, and lead a team to accelerate growth.
You will thrive in a dynamic, fast-moving environmentleveraging cutting-edge tools and data insights to understand customer needs and drive bold decision making.
Responsibilities
- Set the strategic vision and lead the execution of a comprehensive category strategy.
- Partner cross-functionally with marketing, finance, instock management, supply chain, and external vendors to drive category performance.
- Champion the customer by building a diverse, high-quality product assortment using data-driven insights and strong supplier relationships.
- Develop and implement pricing strategies that maximize sales, maintain competitiveness, and drive profitability.
- Apply strong business judgment and analytical rigor to break down complex challenges, build strategic plans, secure resources, and deliver measurable results.
- Foster innovation, entrepreneurship, and thinking big while coordinating across teams in a fast-changing environment.
- Lead and inspire a team of category managers, analysts, and support staff, providing coaching, development, and performance leadership.
- Build a culture of collaboration, innovation, and excellence that drives engagement and organizational growth.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Marketing, or related field; MBA preferred.
- Strong leadership, analytical capability, business judgment, negotiation skills, and curiositypaired with a passion for delivering a world-class customer experience.
- Proven track record of managing complex businesses end-to-end with full P&L ownership.
- Demonstrated ability to build strategic, long-term partnerships and negotiate win-win agreements.
- Ability to balance high-level strategy with hands-on execution; skilled at simplifying and optimizing complex, large-scale processes.
- Experience building and leading high-performing, diverse teams that achieve exceptional results.
- Exceptional analytical skills with the ability to influence stakeholders across teams and levels.
- Agile, innovative thinker able to adapt quickly and propose creative solutions in a fast-evolving environment.
- Decisive, action-oriented, and comfortable driving change across sales, operations, product, and other cross-functional teams.
The role is based in Taiwan and comes with a comprehensive expat benefits package.
Penny Peng
Director
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/penny-peng-xj/
Email: [Confidential Information]
Company EA Licence No: 24S2548
Personnel Registration Number: R1106596
