Company Description

NEWME is a Series A funded (Accel and Fireside backed) 3 year old company which has emerged as the most loved fashion destination for GenZ across India and is one of “LinkedIn Top Startups 2025”.

We are an omnichannel brand with stores in multiple cities in India and a strong online D2C presence. NEWME celebrates diversity and individualism and enables Gen Z to express themselves through the latest fashion trends that are accessible and affordable to all. We bring products that are unique, different and a little bit extra!

We are building a new age workplace that fosters creativity, promotes inclusiveness and brings the best out of our team. We are committed, ambitious and hardworking — and we offer a space for you to flourish, develop and take your career to the next level.

Website: https://newme.asia

Role Description

As Strategy Associate, you will own one of the most important levers on NEWME’s P&L. You will set

the ambition, design the roadmap, and drive execution end-to-end across sourcing, pricing, product

mix, markdowns, returns, and inventory health.

• Own Gross Margin as a metric – track, diagnose and improve overall GM as well as GM by

category, collection, vendor, channel and SKU.

• Set ambitious GM targets – define quarterly and annual GM goals, build the bridge of

initiatives required to hit them, and review progress weekly with leadership.

• Hunt for margin leakage – identify where margin is leaking (over-discounting, high-RTO

categories, aged inventory, vendor cost creep, wrong price ladders) and design fixes.

• Sourcing & cost optimization – partner with the buying and sourcing teams to negotiate

vendor costs, evaluate alternate suppliers, and re-engineer high-cost styles without hurting

design intent.

• Pricing & markdown strategy – build the framework for MRP setting, discount depth, sale events,

and pricing markdowns to maximise realised margin while being inventory light.

• Product mix steering – work with category and marketing teams to push high-margin styles

and rethink chronically loss-making ones.

• Communicate up – present GM performance, risks and bets clearly to founders and

leadership; turn analysis into crisp decisions.

• Drive cross-functionally – collaborate with buying, sourcing, marketing, finance and ops to

actually move the number, not just report it.

• Thrive in a high-octane, high-ownership environment.

Apply here: https://forms.gle/JbScQNbqYTc5XBkY9

QualificationsBachelor’s degree in business administration / engineering / economics / finance or a related field.

• •1–3 years of experience preferred. Prior exposure to consumer / retail / D2C / e-commerce / consulting is a strong plus.
• Strong analytical skills – must be comfortable with MS Excel;
• Sharp commercial sense – you understand metrics and can estimate the impact in business that it can bring
• Ability to set ambitious goals and the grit to chase them end-to-end.
• Hands-on, founder mindset – willing to roll up sleeves, get into the data and drive execution, not just deliver presentations.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Willingness to unlearn, learn fast and operate with ambiguity.