What Nykaa’s org structure says about its management style

What Nykaa’s org structure says about its management style

author-image

Supriya Roy

41 reads
author-image

Supriya Roy

41 reads

Despite competing in India’s cash-guzzling ecommerce industry, the company has managed to keep its spends under control by building guardrails in all functions, from sales to tech. Employees say a professional leadership structure helps Nykaa pull this off with relative ease

March 30, 2022

4 MINS READ

During an earnings call in February, Nykaa CEO Falguni Nayar took several questions on the company’s spending in the third quarter of FY22. In the final exchange, she stressed on the challenging nature of the beauty and fashion business and Nykaa’s resolve to keep the cash burn at a reasonable level.

“If you look at fashion, we probably entered a highly competitive market, with Flipkart, Myntra, Ajio and Amazon (in the fray). Still, Nykaa has been able to carve out a place at the right cost of customer acquisition. We will try to do the right execution that is long-term sustainable and profitable, and not only chase top-line growth,” she said. 

The statement appears to be a standard response, aimed at inspiring confidence in the public markets, but Nykaa employees say financial prudence is a central theme of the company’s culture.

“People here think a lot about economics and cash flow. The business is tightly controlled. For instance, the tech team is very lean and one central tech team supports all business functions,” a senior executive told The CapTable

share

Share this read

bookmarklike
like
bookmark
share
share

Share this read

bookmarklike
like
bookmark
share
share-button
like-button
share-button

For subscribers only

Premium Reads

>>

View More >>

Deeply reported and objective news on the country´s fastest-growing companies and the people behind them.