Category Manager NL

Category Manager NL

Job Description

You’re not the person who will settle for just any role.

Neither are we.

Because we’re out to create Better Care for a Better World, and that takes a certain kind of person and teams who care about making a difference.

Here, you’ll bring your professional expertise, talent, and drive to building and managing our portfolio of iconic, ground-breaking brands.

In this role, you’ll help us deliver better care for billions of people around the world.

It starts with YOU. 
 

What makes working for Kimberly-Clark so special?

About Us

Kleenex®.

Page®.

 Huggies®.

DryNites®.

Kotex®.

Depend®.

You already know our legendary brands—and so does the rest of the world.

In fact, millions of people use Kimberly-Clark products every day.

We know these amazing Kimberly-Clark products wouldn’t exist without talented professionals, like you.

At Kimberly-Clark, you’ll be part of the best team committed to driving innovation, growth and impact.

We’re founded on more than 150 years of market leadership, and we’re always looking for new and better ways to perform – so there’s your open door of opportunity.

It’s all here for you at Kimberly-Clark.

Led by Purpose.

Driven by You.

Excited yet?

You should be! Not only do our brands already have a rich heritage but fuelled by increasing brand investments and strong product innovation, we also have bold plans to further accelerate growth over the coming years.

The Role:

Within the K-C NL Commercial Team, we are looking for a Category Manager for our brands Kleenex® and Page®.

You will utilise your exceptional understanding of shopper insights and data driven trends to become a trusted partner and drive category growth for the retailer and K-C.


* Deliver strong shopper, consumer, and market insights using data from Nielsen (Discover), GFK, and retailer data tools such as SIS and 7even.


* Analyse category, brand, and promotions in collaboration with Marketing & Sales, providing actionable insights and recommendations.


* Develop and implement channel and customer strategies, focusing on assortment, pricing/promotions, in-store presentation, and innovation.


* Represent the voice of the customer for internal stakeholders, identifying and addressing customer/retailer needs.


* Act as the objective external advisor for category growth plans for Key Accounts.


* Lead both short-term and long-term category agendas based on insights, co-leading strategic decisions on innovation opportunities and implementation strategies.


* Visit customers with Sales, working on customer category objectives and presenting category management reviews.


* Contribute to persuasive Sales and Marketing presentations as a credible Category Management expert.


* Participate in internal commercial meetings, discussing insights from the latest category developments.


* Monitor and report on key performance indicators (KPIs) such as sales g...