Category Manager

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About Ohouse

Ohouse is a leading home platform founded in Korea in 2013 and has quickly grown into one of the country's top unicorn companies. At its core, Ohouse is a social commerce platform — users discover home inspiration through community-driven content and shop directly from it. We launched our US e-commerce store in fall 2025, and have been growing fast ever since. Now, we're looking for the people who will help define what Ohouse becomes in this market. Our U.S. local team is small but mighty (just 3 people) so you'll have real ownership and direct impact from day one. If you thrive in a scrappy, startup environment where you can move quickly and build things from the ground up, this is the place for you.

About the Role

We are seeking an e Commerce Category Manager / Merchandiser to join our US team. This role sits at the heart of what Ohouse does — finding the right products, bringing them to market, and connecting customers with a home they love. At Ohouse, we believe there is a real gap in the market between mass-produced furniture that feels generic and high-end pieces with prices that are out of reach for most people. We're here to fill it — curating a catalog that is design-forward, affordable, and genuinely worth buying.

As our Category Manager / Merchandiser, you'll be the go-to person for our product catalog and merchandising strategy. We're at an exciting stage where the foundation is in place and we need someone to help us scale — bringing in the right products, keeping our catalog sharp, and making data-driven decisions that drive an impact on revenue. You'll work closely with a lean team and have a direct line to leadership, making this a rare opportunity to have outsized impact at a well-backed company now taking on the US market.

Key Responsibilities:

• Set the direction for our US product catalog: track home furniture & decor trends / competitive dynamics to identify what we should be selling next — then own the full product launch process from sourcing through to live listings, descriptions, photos, and pricing on Shopify
• Be the voice of the data: analyze weekly SKU-level performance across views, add-to-carts, and purchases — and turn those signals into real decisions on discounts, bundling, category expansion, or cutting what isn't working
• Own store-level economics: monitor category and SKU-level profitability and keep margins healthy across the board
• Shape how customers discover products: define our Shopify taxonomy, tagging, and collection architecture so the right products surface to the right customers at the right time — and high-potential SKUs don't get buried
• Drive basket size and discovery: own the recommendation logic for similar items and complementary products — directly influencing how much customers buy and how easily they find what they love
• Run experiments that move revenue: design and execute pricing and bundling tests, benchmark against competitors, and adjust prices dynamically to stay sharp in a competitive market
• Inform what we stock: lead merchandising forecasting to ensure inventory decisions are grounded in data and purchases intent

Requirements:

• A foundation in commerce: 2–4 years in merchandising, retail buying, e-commerce, or a related field. We care less about the exact background and more that you understand how products get from sourcing to customer, and you've thought hard about what makes that work
• A data-driven instinct: you're comfortable pulling numbers, spotting trends, and making decisions from what you find. Strong Excel or Google Sheets skills are a must; analytics tool experience is a plus
• Commercial sharpness: you understand unit economics, margins, and pricing strategy, and you think about assortment decisions in terms of their impact on the bottom line
• A genuine eye for home: you have a feel for the home, furniture, or décor space, and you get excited about finding the right product for the right customer
• Relentless curiosity: you're a continuous learner who seeks out new perspectives, adapts quickly when the playbook changes, and sees ambiguity as an opportunity rather than an obstacle
• Exceptional ownership: you're self-directed, highly organized, and the kind of person who can manage multiple priorities simultaneously without compromising quality
• Korean proficiency: working directly with our Korea HQ means this is a real requirement and a genuine advantage for the right candidate

Preferred Qualifications:

• Home furniture & decor experience: you already speak the language of the space we're building in
• Early-stage startup exposure: you know what it means to build without a playbook and you've thrived in it
• Cross-cultural working experience: you can bridge an international HQ and a local market naturally
• A track record of building from scratch: a side project, a category, a process — something you owned and scaled
• Shopify fluency: you've built and managed product collections, handled tagging, and kept a large catalog clean and commercially organized

If you have a passion for interior design and a desire to contribute to a growing team, we'd love to hear from you! Apply today and be part of our journey to deliver authentic inspiration to consumers.

Our Official Website

• https://www.bucketplace.com/en
• https://app-us.ohouse.com

Our Social Media

• Instagram (US) : https://www.instagram.com/ohousetoday
• Instagram (KR) : https://www.instagram.com/todayhouse