Category Development Manager - Fixed Term Contract

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Category Development Manager - Fixed Term Contract, south east england, flexible, united kingdom

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Client:

Kimberly-Clark

Location:

south east england, flexible, united kingdom, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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EU work permit required:

Yes

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Job Reference:

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Job Views:

12

Posted:

26.04.2025

Expiry Date:

10.06.2025

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Job Description:

Description

About You:

You are ambitious and always taking initiative to make things better and bring others along with you. You are ready for a new challenge and want a career with purpose; to be part of a company actively dedicated to sustainability, inclusion, wellbeing, and career development.

What makes working for Kimberly-Clark so special?

Working for Kimberly-Clark, you’ll have the opportunity to work across some of the biggest household names in the UK, including Andrex and Kleenex. Our brands are an indispensable part of life for people in more than 175 countries - almost ¼ of the world’s population purchase our products every single day!

We don’t take this for granted, we also recognise our responsibility in developing sustainable practices to support a healthy planet and helping to build stronger communities to ensure our business thrives for decades to come. In all that we do, we’re building a legacy of positive impact.

We appreciate that our people define who we are, and what we do. We offer careers that allow people to take pride in working for a company with the highest ethics and apply their diverse experiences and passion to brands that make lives better for people all around the world.

Excited yet?

You should be! This is a truly exciting opportunity for people who are passionate about growing their career within the category function.

The Role:

To lead the business in accelerating growth in e.commerce and Ireland through

Inspiring and influenceing key retailer partners to execute in line with Kimberly Clark’s strategies to deliver mutual growth for the retailer and Kimberly Clark.

Acceleration of omni channel thinking throughout our business strategy and key tools.

Nurturing future talent by being the team leader of our category analyst leading the Irish business

Creating collaborative relationships with key stakeholders

Creating selling stories based on insight and foresight.

Gaining commitment to joint category plans on key initiatives including range and merchandising

Monitoring, evaluating & communicating changes in category and shopper dynamics and recommend actions to address issues and opportunities affecting the category and/or KC brands

Skills and Experience

You have an inquisitive mindset along with excellent analytical skills and a talent to translate multiple information sources into a compelling story. You can develop highly collaborative relationships with an ability to influence a wide range of internal and external stakeholders. You play to win; you aim high, have strong resilience, and find ways to break through barriers

Experience in a commercial, customer facing role with at least 2 years within category development

Exemplary knowledge of category fundamentals including experience of leading range reviews and category projects with a major retailer

Experience of successfully forging and maintaining strong business relationships

Experience in e.commerce preferable

Self starter; confident to lead projects internally and externally

Highly competent user of Microsoft office tools and Nielsen / Circana is essential.

Capable user of other category tools such as dunnhumby, SIP, JDA, profitero is favourable

Ability to work effectively in a matrix organization.

Degree-level educated or equivalent preferred, but not essential

We offer competitive pay and benefits to employees and reward excellence and performance. Our belief in promoting a healthy work-life balance drives us to support our employees’ total well-being, offering comprehensive benefits not limited to gym memberships, private medical insurance, dental cover, employee assistance programme, cycle to work scheme, critical illness cover, travel insurance and a market leading defined contribution pension scheme.

Certain benefits, such as flexible work schedules and parental leave, can be tailored to meet specific individual needs, giving our employees the flexibility to manage their commitments inside and outside of work. We are proud to be rated as a top 100 workplace for working mothers for two years in a row.

We offer a flexible hybrid working environment and welcome a conversation to this approach

Click the Apply button and complete the online application process. A member of our recruiting team will then review your application and follow up with you if you seem like a great fit for this role

And finally, the small print….

Primary Location

United Kingdom- Flexible Location - South East England

Description

About You:

You are ambitious and always taking initiative to make things better and bring others along with you. You are ready for a new challenge and want a career with purpose; to be part of a company actively dedicated to sustainability, inclusion, wellbeing, and career development.

What makes working for Kimberly-Clark so special?

Working for Kimberly-Clark, you’ll have the opportunity to work across some of the biggest household names in the UK, including Andrex and Kleenex. Our brands are an indispensable part of life for people in more than 175 countries - almost ¼ of the world’s population purchase our products every single day!

We don’t take this for granted, we also recognise our responsibility in developing sustainable practices to support a healthy planet and helping to build stronger communities to ensure our business thrives for decades to come. In all that we do, we’re building a legacy of positive impact.

We appreciate that our people define who we are, and what we do. We offer careers that allow people to take pride in working for a company with the highest ethics and apply their diverse experiences and passion to brands that make lives better for people all around the world.

Excited yet?

You should be! This is a truly exciting opportunity for people who are passionate about growing their career within the category function.

The Role:

To lead the business in accelerating growth in e.commerce and Ireland through

Inspiring and influenceing key retailer partners to execute in line with Kimberly Clark’s strategies to deliver mutual growth for the retailer and Kimberly Clark.

Acceleration of omni channel thinking throughout our business strategy and key tools.

Nurturing future talent by being the team leader of our category analyst leading the Irish business

Creating collaborative relationships with key stakeholders

Creating selling stories based on insight and foresight.

Gaining commitment to joint category plans on key initiatives including range and merchandising

Monitoring, evaluating & communicating changes in category and shopper dynamics and recommend actions to address issues and opportunities affecting the category and/or KC brands

Skills and Experience

You have an inquisitive mindset along with excellent analytical skills and a talent to translate multiple information sources into a compelling story. You can develop highly collaborative relationships with an ability to influence a wide range of internal and external stakeholders. You play to win; you aim high, have strong resilience, and find ways to break through barriers

Experience in a commercial, customer facing role with at least 2 years within category development

Exemplary knowledge of category fundamentals including experience of leading range reviews and category projects with a major retailer

Experience of successfully forging and maintaining strong business relationships

Experience in e.commerce preferable

Self starter; confident to lead projects internally and externally

Highly competent user of Microsoft office tools and Nielsen / Circana is essential.

Capable user of other category tools such as dunnhumby, SIP, JDA, profitero is favourable

Ability to work effectively in a matrix organization.

Degree-level educated or equivalent preferred, but not essential

Total Benefits

We offer competitive pay and benefits to employees and reward excellence and performance. Our belief in promoting a healthy work-life balance drives us to support our employees’ total well-being, offering comprehensive benefits not limited to gym memberships, private medical insurance, dental cover, employee assistance programme, cycle to work scheme, critical illness cover, travel insurance and a market leading defined contribution pension scheme.

Certain benefits, such as flexible work schedules and parental leave, can be tailored to meet specific individual needs, giving our employees the flexibility to manage their commitments inside and outside of work. We are proud to be rated as a top 100 workplace for working mothers for two years in a row.

We offer a flexible hybrid working environment and welcome a conversation to this approach

To Be Considered

Click the Apply button and complete the online application process. A member of our recruiting team will then review your application and follow up with you if you seem like a great fit for this role

And finally, the small print….

Primary Location

United Kingdom- Flexible Location - South East England

Additional Locations

Worker Type

Employee

Worker Sub-Type

Fixed Term (Fixed Term)

Time Type

Full time