Job Title: Senior Category Manager: Deodorants and Men’s Toiletries

Location: Kingston (2 Days in the office)

Full time

JOB PURPOSE

The purpose of this role is to grow the categories that Unilever operates in to ensure their future. In this role you deliver best in class category and shopper insights to our retailers and our business, developing strategies, solutions and recommendations to grow our mutual businesses sustainably. 

DELIVERABLES

Channel anchor: What is expected?

Own the overarching category management relationship with the customer/channel and ensure we build maximum credibility e.g. consistent and well know person in customer/channel, act as quality control and gatekeeper of trust we build externally in our category expertiseBe the expert in how we can win using category management in that customer/channel e.g. know key people to engage, right data to use, milestones and timings to hit, customer strategy on category management, channel trends and trajectoryAct as point person for customer/channel director to build strategy with e.g. key support in building role of customer/channel and Unilever, reviewing innovation pipeline, wingman in T2Ts/strategy daysGoverning discipline and the planning of cat man agile resource and phasing for their channel/customer - bringing in the right anchor category experts and ensuring cat man team are upskilled to appropriate level in their channel/categoryDeveloping and coaching a team of 2 Category Management Executives.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Be the deep expert in the category, set the category growth drivers, vision and trendsStrong connection CMI to facilitate understanding of category through data and insightBuild the channel growth model for the category (what are the roles of each customer/category in the category)Support their category initiatives across customersChampion their category in the cat man team e.g. ensuring the other anchor roles have an appropriate level of understanding of their category to facilitate resource recommendationsEnsure the CCBT, CD Director buddy and CCD fully understand the category drivers and feed into the Unilever category strategyConsult and challenge the Unilever Category Strategy and execution to ensure aligned to category/channel growth drivers

ALL ABOUT YOU

Personal Mastery – Always brings their best self.Agility – Constantly curious and entrepreneurial.Business Acumen – Generates value for Customers and Unilever.Consumer Love – creates plans which deliver for our consumers.Passion for high performance – inspires others to greater heights.

KEY SKILLS

Strategy creation and implementationCategory ManagementBuilding great customer relationshipsData analysis and insight generationHigh level of presentation skillsHigh level of influencing skills

WHAT WE OFFER

Whilst the role is advertised on a full-time basis, we would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options and what this may look like for you. We strive to achieve a family-friendly and inclusive workplace and to, above all, create possibilities for all. 

Diversity at Unilever is about inclusion, embracing differences, creating possibilities and growing together for better business performance. We embrace diversity in our workforce. This means giving full and fair consideration to all applicants and continuing development of all employees regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy and maternity. We are also more than happy to provide reasonable adjustments during our application and interview process to enable you to be present your best self. To find out more, including about our Employee Resource Groups, please click here Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (unilever.com).