Category Lead Skin

Loreal; Dubai; On-site; AED 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dynamic individual to shape and drive category growth strategies. In this role, you will take on real responsibilities from day one, collaborating with various stakeholders to enhance shopper experiences and optimize category performance. This innovative firm values diversity and encourages you to step outside your comfort zone, offering a supportive environment where your contributions can make a meaningful impact. If you're ready to embrace challenges and contribute to significant societal and environmental causes, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Growth opportunities

Diverse work environment

Real responsibility from day one

Qualifications

• Proven experience in category growth management and strategic planning.
• Ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive results.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute category growth strategies to optimize performance.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to align business priorities with opportunities.

Skills

Category growth management

Category vision

Job description

We're not just building brands, we're shaping how the world experiences beauty (and it takes a lot of cool jobs to do it). Intrigued? Keep reading, this might be the opportunity you've been searching for.

Mission

Fully own the category short- and long-term growth strategy internally and externally, from vision to execution across O+O retailers.

Key Responsibilities

CATEGORY STRATEGY O+O

1. Build the 1-3 year category strategy based on deep shopper, consumer, customer and category insight and build action plans that optimize category growth. Built in partnership with the activation category manager and retail category manager.

GTM STRATEGY & ACTIVATION O+O

1. Based on the defined category strategy, support the activation category manager to build and implement the winning GTM strategy for CPD. Includes channel strategy, brands activation plan and value creation across RGM levers resulting in an annual valo plan including promo golden rules by brand (fully in collaboration with RGM).

RETAILER COLLABORATION PLAN O+O

1. Support the retail category manager to strategize our trade collaboration by channel and retailer based on aligning business priorities with the opportunity level of collaboration and ultimately impact with retailers.
2. Define the category projects plan across retailers driven by the GTM strategy.
3. Define the Share of Space and distribution targets for the retail category manager to implement.

KPIs

1. Category and brand market share targets (as per total division).
2. Gross Margin % Budget and/or valo target.
3. Elevate shopper experience (target number of point of sales).
4. CNS Budget.
5. Share of space.
6. Advantage target position.

Core Skills

1. Category growth management.
2. Category vision.

Key Stakeholders

Marketing: Brand GM, BBL

Others: CMI, E-Com Dir., Finance Dir., Zone Category Team

What’s In It For You

1. A place for you to leave your comfort zone and grow beyond your potential (here, you’ll be encouraged to try new things and take risks!).
2. Real responsibility from day 1, there’s no sitting on the sidelines at L’Oréal.
3. An environment where people of every ethnicity, social background, age, religion, gender as well as people with disabilities are accepted, can speak up, will thrive and are celebrated!
4. A place where you can contribute to something bigger! Many of our brands have societal/environmental causes to make a concrete difference.