Indirect Category Manager

3 weeks ago

London, United Kingdom Kao Corporation Full time

Founded in Japan in 1887, Kao is passionate about making a difference in people’s lives with our high-quality products and services to create a Kirei Life for all – a beautiful life that respects the needs of our consumers and customers as well as the planet. We never compromise on quality and craft our products with care for the consumer and the environment. Our corporate philosophy, the Kao Way, guides us in everything we do – acting with integrity, courageously driving innovation, and treating each other with trust and respect.
As a key member of the Category & Insights team for our Kao UK Consumer Care Business, reporting into the Senior Category Manager, you will partner closely with the UK Commercial teams to identify opportunities to drive the hair and skincare categories in line with business objectives, and with the UK & Global Marketing teams to identify unique and relevant brand & category opportunities. In this role, you will turn insights into compelling category stories to inspire action that drive category growth for Kao and their key retail partners. You will have full account ownership responsibilities and build trusted category relationships, combining retail and shopper data to produce Best in Class range reviews delivering against distribution, space, and merchandising targets for the Kao portfolio. To be successful you will have a real passion for beauty, a drive to champion and defend brands, and a can do approach to collaborate positively internally and externally
Responsible for providing analysis, input and direction into strategy development, account plans and brand plans to ensure Kao wins across all retailers and channels.
Creating, managing, and strengthening relationships within our retail partners, ensuring that a credible and objective voice is heard, and a solid and trustworthy partnership is delivered.
Deep dives as required on market/retailers, with insights and recommendations on growth opportunities & how to improve performance.
Professional knowledge of market data analysis, methodology and relevant syndicated data (IRI/Circana, Dunnhumby, Nectar, Kantar).
Experience with JDA space planning tool.
Retail expert with intimate understanding of retail levers which drive performance (Penetration, Ranging, Merchandising, Display, Promotion, Pricing).
Ability to manage projects across multiple functions both internally and externally.
We never compromise on quality and craft our products with care for the consumer and the environment. A friendly and flexible work environment with competitive salaries, benefits package, ongoing development and the opportunity to enhance your skills and deliver tangible results. Hiring Process: Kao embraces the diversity and the individual personalities of its people because we believe it is diversity that makes us strong. This is why we welcome applications from all areas of the global community.
If you feel you are as unique as our products and want to find out why 33,000 people across the globe opted for a career with us please visit our Americas website () or EMEA website ()

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