Category Development Manager

Category Development Manager

Job Description

Join the team behind iconic brands like Huggies®, Kleenex®, Cottonelle®, Scott®, Kotex®, Poise®, Depend®, and Kimberly-Clark Professional®.

At Kimberly-Clark, it’s all here for you—innovation, growth, and the chance to make a real impact. 

 

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 You

 

The Category Development Manager (CDM) will assist the Sr Category Development Manager in leading the category management process for the Family Care categories at Target.  This position will interface directly with the customer as well as cross-functionally within Kimberly-Clark.  The CDM will develop and execute category growth strategies by leveraging a variety of databases, tools, and consumer insights.  The individual will provide analysis that leads to actionable assortment, shelving, pricing and merchandising recommendations.

In this role, you will:


* Analyze, manage, and track key business metrics


* Integrate insights and analytics to drive DPSM initiatives


* Develop strong and sustainable retailer partnerships by providing strategic recommendations that promote total Category growth


* Utilize space planning software to build and validate planograms


* Leverage household panel and shopper data to uncover white space opportunities


* Examine historic promotions to recommend efficient programming with strong lifts and positive ROI’s


* Understand customer specific systems to include methodology, reporting, and measures


* Ensure database integrity and report accuracy


* To succeed in this role, you will need the following qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree required


* 3+ years of relevant CPG experience


* Sales Analysis and/or Category Management experience preferred


* Experience with syndicated data (Nielsen or IRI)


* Proficiency in the Microsoft Office Suite


* Analytical and problem-solving capabilities


* Strong time management and organizational skills


* Excellent verbal and written communication

 

Led by Purpose.

Driven by You.

 

Total Benefits

 

We believe that our employees are our greatest asset, and we're committed to providing them with the resources they need to be successful.

If you're looking for a rewarding career with a company that cares about its employees, then Kimberly-Clark is the place for you.​

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Here are just a few of the benefits you’d enjoy working in this role for Kimberly-Clark.

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