Product Category Manager

Please note:
We welcome interested candidates from both the Greater Vancouver Area and Greater Toronto Area.

At Saje Natural Wellness, we're nature's original farmacy, blending the superpower of plants so you can remedy real life, naturally. And like nature, we're continually growing! As we continue to build our team, we're seeking talented people to join us: in our stores, support offices, and distribution centres. We are a purpose-driven, people-first organization where collaboration, innovation, and entrepreneurial mindsets thrive.

We look for individuals who have drive and warmth, agility and passion, and keep customer experience at the centre of everything they do.

At Saje, you’ll connect with a dynamic community and make a positive impact. Join our team and grow your career, alongside the most talented, hardworking, and kind-hearted people out there.

Reporting to the Director of Innovation, the Product Category Manager, Home is a high-impact, high-visibility role at the intersection of category management and innovation across a defined product portfolio. You will set the category direction and deliver commercial results by spotting growth opportunities, shaping strategy, and influencing priorities, while leading new products from insight and concept through to launch. At Saje, our mission is to ‘Remedy Real Life’ for our community members.

This role brings that mission to life by building strong partnerships and earning buy-in across the business, including R&D, Regulatory, Sourcing, Finance, Marketing, and Creative. You will drive alignment on the product roadmap, secure resources, and move work forward with clarity and pace. Grounded in commercial data and insights (e.g., market trends, community member shopping habits, and competitive intelligence), you will champion the highest-impact opportunities—products with the potential to become new heroes within our assortment, while strengthening the overall health and relevance of the portfolio you manage.

All Saje Team Members contribute to our culture by showing up with care, collaboration, and accountability—helping create a positive environment for themselves and their peers.

• Partner with the Director of Innovation to shape a 3-year innovation strategy and a 24-month pipeline—you will bring together consumer insights, trend-forward thinking, and commercial priorities.
• Build clear, compelling innovation concepts that kick off development by defining the customer problem to solve, differentiation, and the financial opportunity for Saje.
• Champion high-value, high-impact innovations with the goal of delivering new hero products; these are items our community members can’t live without and return to repurchase again and again.
• Work closely with R&D and cross-functional partners to take products from ideation through commercialization by driving alignment, decisions, and momentum.
• Test prototypes and provide actionable feedback to ensure formulas, claims, and sensorial experience meet the Saje standard and are ready to scale.
• Stay ahead of the competitive and market landscape to surface emerging trends, whitespace opportunities, and risks and translate them into clear recommendations.

• Own the creation and execution of category strategies across a defined product portfolio, delivering against our product vision and financial goals (e.g., revenue, units, margin, adoption, and repeat purchase).
• Make recommendations for SKU rationalization and discontinuations, supported by data, and build plans to protect (or replace) sales through improved assortment and innovation.
• Develop portfolio architecture (including aroma and format) that map to…