Category Manager

Edgewell Personal Care Italy S.R.L.; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A global consumer goods company is seeking a Category Manager in London. The role involves leading category management for key brands and utilizing data to shape strategy. Candidates should have strong FMCG experience and be comfortable engaging with UK retailers. This position offers a competitive salary, hybrid working options, and various employee benefits including a car allowance and annual leave.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Car allowance

Employee assistance programme

Life assurance

Discounted products

25 days annual leave

Free beverages & snacks

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in FMCG category or shopper insight.
• Confident retail engagement and commercially aware.
• Ability to translate data into actionable insights.

Responsibilities

• Lead the full category management cycle for your brands.
• Translate data into compelling recommendations.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Sales and Marketing.

Skills

Category management

Data analysis

Retail engagement

Presentation skills

Tools

Nielsen

Circana

Dunnhumby

Job description

Overview

Edgewell is not just a company, but a vibrant global community of 6,800 visionaries, doers, and makers. Our family of over 25 personal care brands serves people in more than 50 countries. We are dedicated to infusing joyfulness into every aspect of our work. Our pledge goes beyond our products, with our fundamental value of People First guiding us to foster a diverse, inclusive, and respectful environment where every team member can flourish and celebrate our shared achievements.

Category Manager 5902
London, UK
Hybrid Working

Attractive salary & benefits

Let’s Talk About You

You’re ambitious, but you want a career with purpose—we love that. You’re up for a challenge and ready to write the next chapter of your career story with a great group of encouraging colleagues. You want to make your mark and let your personality shine.

We are looking for an experienced Professional to join Edgewell Personal Care – a global consumer goods business with a portfolio of over 25 brands (Wilkinson Sword, Schick, Hawaiian Tropic, Carefree, Bulldog Skincare for Men, Jack Black and recently acquired Cremo Grooming… just to name a few!).

Now, Let’s Get Down to Business

You are an enthusiastic and entrepreneurial category manager, with a strong track record in category management roles. You understand how to shape brand and sales strategy through data, and how to influence retailers with confidence and clarity. Your energy and proactive approach will result in firm business transformation. You’re excited to take the next step in your career and step into a role that makes you a critical part of the brand and commercial team. You’re looking for ownership of brands and categories – and the opportunity to drive real impact in results

You will have responsibility for the UK&I category agenda for 2 brands from our portfolio. The CM recognised for their commercial insight, moving from insight generation to action, and in-store execution – working closely with retailers, internal teams, and agency partners.

Responsibilities

• Lead the full category management cycle for your brands: insights, strategy, range, space, execution, and review
• Translate data from Nielsen, Dunnhumby, Kantar, and Circana into clear, compelling recommendations
• Build and manage planograms and space optimisation projects
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Sales, Marketing, and external partners
• Manage budgets, suppliers, and timelines for data-related projects

Qualifications

• Has 3+ years’ experience in FMCG category or shopper insight
• Proactively identifies opportunities within data and turns it into easily digestible insights
• Brings a confident, commercially aware approach to retail engagement
• Can lead conversations with UK retailers and shape joint business thinking
• Looks for opportunities, efficiencies and willing to drive change
• Familiar with category tools (e.g. Nielsen, Circana etc)
• Comfortable prioritising and making decision independently
• Relentless focus on execution
• Strong presenter, with the ability to turn data and recommendation into easily digestible presentations & commercial stories

What we offer

Competitive salary, car allowance, hybrid working possible, employee assistance programme, life assurance, discounted Edgewell branded products, core working hours, 25 days annual leave, free beverage & snacks, sports & social club membership, casual smart dress code and a great boss!

Now take the next step

If you’re looking forward to progressing your career with us, then we’re looking forward to hearing from you. Please email an up-to-date CV in English along with your salary expectations. Alternatively, feel free to pass onto your teammates who may be interested. For information about this great company, visit www.edgewell.com.

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Edgewell is an equal opportunity employer. We do all we can to create a collaborative and diverse global team, where good ideas can thrive, and our colleagues can learn and lead. We prohibit discrimination based on age, color, disability, marital or parental status, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status or any legally protected status in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. We listen deeply and speak directly to create an environment that’s open to difference. We aim to bring joy to not only the products we create and the people we serve, but our colleagues across the globe too.