Category Manager

We are PZ Cussons. Our purpose is For everyone, for life, for good.

Sustainability and the wellbeing of people, families and communities everywhere are at the heart of everything that we do.

Since our founding in 1884, we have been creating products to delight, care for and nourish consumers. Across our core categories of Hygiene, Baby and Beauty, our trusted and well-loved brands include Carex, Cussons Baby, Sanctuary Spa and St. Tropez.

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Job title: Category Manager

Location: Manchester

Contract type: Permanent

The Role:

The Category Manager will develop insight focused recommendations that facilitates key retailer partnerships to enable out performance for both customer and our brands alike. It is a highly communicative role, with a strong sway towards verbal and written communications to all levels of the business, as well as customers. It is a great position for those who thrive with action from insight driven roles and with developing strategic partnerships that enable PZ Cussons to deliver in-market execution ahead of our competitors enabling growth for our retailer partners.

Accountabilities:

• In line with the category strategy & customer engagement process develop, maintain and enhance strategic customer partnerships

• Deliver a full Category Management service to specified customers, ensuring category and shopper insights evolve into deliverable in-store executions

• Work as part of the broader multi-functional Commerical team and be responsible for ‘Product’ and ‘Place’ enabling the growth of the category and PZC brands to achieve NSV targets alongside overall category growth for specified customers through achieving Picture of Success targets

• Provide category/customer/shopper insights that enhance business understanding and deliver quantifiable benefits to both our brand and channel strategies

• Work as part of the broader multi-functional brand team being the voice of the customer to ensure development, delivery and exceptional commercial success for our brands in the UK

• Be part of the team conducting competitor and retailer analysis to continually improve performance

• Play a role in the ongoing review and improvement of reporting structure 

• Appropriate influence in NPD process, ensuring all operational and on shelf impact considerations are communicated as well as input into selling story

• Demonstrate with colleagues, clients and suppliers habitual behaviour consistent with PZC BEST values

• To comply with legal, regulatory and other standards as directed by line management

Key Skills:

• Category management experience

• Track record of delivering results within a highly focused commercial environment working to tight deadlines

• Strong presenting / selling / commercial skills

• Experience of using and analysing external continuous data to deliver quality insights, such as IRI, Nielsen and Kantar Worldpanel

• Experience of using Space Planning tools

• Strong communicator (written & verbal) & influencing skills

• Excellent excel and powerpoint skills

Key Attributes:

• Demonstrates strong, cross functional, and team working skills

• Displays high energy and enthusiasm to exceed expectations and to make it happen

• Demonstrates flexibility with a positive and optimistic approach, when adjusting to change

• Shows creativity and innovation when providing solutions

• Feels comfortable when communicating with stakeholders at all levels

• Functional competencies

Equal Opportunities:

At PZ Cussons, we value diversity and make sure everyone feels included. We want our team to reflect society and our global customers. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and your unique perspective helps us develop brands and create new products for our consumers.

If you need extra support during this process, please inform us so that we can accommodate your needs appropriately. It is important to us that all candidates feel recognised and have a good experience with PZ Cussons as part of our commitment to inclusivity.

If you want to join a business in transformation with exciting growth plans and the opportunity to work flexibly and finish at 1pm every Friday, apply to work for us today!

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