Category Development Manager

Category Development Manager

Job Description

Your Job 
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. 

About Us
Huggies®.

Little Swimmers® DryNites® Depend® Scottex®.

Kleenex®.

Cottonelle®.

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.

About You
As the Category Development Manager you will develop the Personal Care category in Italy and Iberia (Spain and Portugal).

You will analyze industry and macro trends to develop strategies that drive the growth of clients' categories through brand development.

You will manage vendor relationships, oversee pricing and promotions and ensure adequate inventory levels.

Your goal will be to drive DPSM (Distribution, Pricing, Shelving, Merchandising) agenda, increase sales and profitability while maximizing consumer appeal and driving Rate of sales.

You will report to the Senior Category Development Manager Italy and Iberia, Enterprise Markets (EM) and you will be an individual contributor (no direct reports).

Location: we can offer a hybrid model (Turin Office / remote) for candidates already based in Piedmont and Lombardy, Italy.

YOUR KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:

•    Define and implement category strategy based on market, channel, client, and shopper insights to identify new growth opportunities.
•    Lead joint category development with internal and external stakeholders, building strong retailer relationships to drive category growth.
•    Monitor performance of categories and key brands using Nielsen and sell-out data, providing regular updates.
•    Develop commercial plans for channels and customers using the DPSM framework (Distribution, Pricing, Shelving, Merchandising).
•    Support forecasting and budgeting with data-driven inputs, aligning annual budgets by category and customer with financial and brand goals.
•    Drive portfolio and pricing strategy in collaboration with the Revenue Management (RGM) team, identifying profitable growth opportunities and optimizing channel mix.
•    Lead...