Category Manager at Haleon

Key responsibilities

• Category expert, bringing the outside in and enabling brand, customer teams and ultimately customers with key category insights to drive incremental growth
• Aggregates multiple sources of data to deliver insights, trends and recommendations across the brand portfolio to determine where category growth will come from
• Adapts global category vision and strategy making it relevant to South Africa
• Manages merchandising strategy and planograms /space allocation of the category within customers
• Manages end-to-end in-store category and brand at shelf projects
• Acts as category captain within our JBP customers and is primary expert /go-to for customers on guidance in growing the categories in which Haleon competes, developing and executing category platforms across retailers
• Leads, drives and conducts category reviews with retailers by category – SKU level analytics, shelf design /planograms, pre-and-post financial outcomes. May include recommendations on pricing and promotion optimization strategies. Includes making category growth driving recommendations which enhance Haleons’ distribution, share of shelf and shelf placement
• Expert in the use of Shopper Science Lab technologies and leveraging the tools for greater collaboration and category performance
• Has a growth mindset and high learning agility. Is a team player and focuses on common goals across the organisation, role modelling Haleon values and expectations

Qualifications and skills

Essential

• A university degree, or equivalent
• 5 years Customer Management /Retail Analyst /Customer Marketing Experience/Category Management
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills
• Numeracy and finance skills
• Strong commercial understanding /experience
• Strong proficiency in excel and planograming software /JDA /dotActiv

Preferred

• 2 years category management with previous track-record preferred
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Previous use of varied data sources an advantage