Category Manager – Henkel Consumer Brands (m/f/x)

Job title:

Category Manager – Henkel Consumer Brands (m/f/x)

Company

Henkel

Job description

YOUR ROLEAs Category Manager, you’ll join the Commercial Excellence team. You’ll support the newly formed Consumer Brands division in the field of Category Management and work with leading brands such as Persil, Syoss and Schwarzkopf within FMCG.

• You have a business building role internally and externally by translating your category expertise in a smart and successful category strategy.
• You develop, implement and monitor assortment and shelf strategy for the assigned categories and key retailers.
• You analyze the category/market and its trends and look for opportunities to grow.
• You develop, implement and monitor growth plans, based on consumer, shopper & retailer insights.
• You ensure the best possible listings & support plan for Henkel Consumer Brand innovations.
• You act independently and pro-actively within the organization and work closely together with sales and marketing.
• The successful implementation of our perfect portfolio strategy including innovation pipeline is a key contributor to success and is one of the key focus points.

YOUR SKILLS

• You hold an academic degree in Economics, Business Administration, or similar.
• You have solid and relevant experience (at least 2/3 years) within FMCG in Category Management, Sales or Marketing, with a proven track record of commercial results.
• You are fluent in English & either French or Dutch.
• You are detail-oriented while not missing the bigger picture.
• You act as a team player who thinks in terms of solutions, feels full responsibility for the outcome of their job.
• You possess analytical skills – the Category Manager must be able to perform data driven market analyses, as well as determine basic analyses required to support shelf proposals (e.g., define category / shelf opportunities, collect data, identify issues and present results).
• You have strong computer skills – advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint is required. Specific software (as SpaceMan) and knowledge in Market Research tools such as Nielsen, GFK SIV is a considered an advantage.

At Henkel, we come from a broad range of backgrounds, perspectives, and life experiences. We believe the uniqueness of all our employees is the power in us. Become part of the team and bring your uniqueness to us! We welcome all applications across different genders, origins, cultures, religions, sexual orientations, disabilities, and generations.

Expected salary

Location

Brussel

Job date

Tue, 10 Dec 2024 23:36:04 GMT

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