Debolina Mukherjee

DGM @ Nykaa owned brands | ISB | CA | Ex-Deals

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

About

Currently working as a Senior brand manager for Nykaa’s private (owned) brands. My scope spans across 8 brands in 5 categories. I am responsible for growth on nykaa’s online channels, planning marketing spends, managing promotion budgets and delivering EBITDA goals for the online channel. I am also responsible for ad spend efficiency and discount reduction as key goals to drive profitability and growth. Previously, I was working on strategic projects in the CEO’s Office, Nykaa beauty. I was responsible for driving projects and initiatives for the Beauty business with cross functional teams. Some of my key goals included improving profitability, building org structure efficiency, improving customer experience and driving collaboration with strategic partners. I completed my MBA at the Indian School of Business with dual majors in Strategy and Marketing. I am a Chartered Accountant. Post my CA, I worked with KPMG in Deal Advisory. I have successfully executed due diligence on over 12 deals (cumulative deal value INR 1.3 Bn) and assisted leading PE/VCs for potential acquisitions. I completed my CA articleship with EY in Risk Advisory services.

Experience

  • Nykaa (Full-time · 4 yrs 10 mos)
    • Deputy General Manager - House of Nykaa brands
      Apr 2026 - Present · 3 mos

    • Senior Manager - House of nykaa brands
      Apr 2024 - Mar 2026 · 2 yrs

      Currently a leading Nykaa’s owned brand portfolio comprising of 8 brands - Nykaa cosmetics & Kay Beauty being the largest. Responsible for driving topline growth for Nykaa’s private label brands spanning across 5 categories as well as holding P&L responsibility on GM, promos & marketing. Leading growth for the private brands along with Marketing Strategies. Responsible for driving profitability and deliver EBITDA at a quarterly level Leading pricing & promotions at omnichannel level. Driving topline growth for Beauty private label brands. Building online and offline strategies for brand growth Devising portfolio level strategies for the right product market fit Building detailed daily, monthly and annual plans to achieve brand objectives.

    • Chief of Staff to Nykaa Beauty CEO
      Jul 2022 - Apr 2024 · 1 yr 10 mos

      - Driving Strategic projects for the Beauty business - Assisting the CEO in day to day decisions using data backed insights - Developing plans for large brands & house of brands to unlock growth through marketing levers - Responsible for building processes with cross functional teams to drive efficiency - Responsible for driving strategic decisions on Nykaa’s loyalty program along with key decisions on product and P&L for loyalty - Responsible for building the Annual Operating Plan for the beauty business - Working with product teams to evaluate solutions through tech interventions. - Working on Operations excellence charter to create a superior end to end experience for the customer. - Leading CX charters for the Beauty business - Extensive stakeholder management across the organization to identify and drive projects to continuously improve the profitability.

  • Associate - Deal Advisory at KPMG
    May 2018 - Apr 2020 · 2 yrs

    - M&A Due Diligence and Financial modelling - Market Analysis and competitor benchmarking - Industry point of view reports

  • CA Intern, Risk Advisory (FS) at EY
    Oct 2014 - Sep 2017 · 3 yrs

    - Monitoring internal controls of forex and derivatives deals for major foreign banks - Identifying process gaps and risk in daily banking activities - Internal compliance basis bank's country specific policies and global policies - External compliance basis RBI guidelines on Fixed Income and Money Market transactions