Category Manager

Edgewell Personal Care; 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. This role requires 3+ years' experience in FMCG category management and a proven track record in data insight generation. You'll lead the category management cycle, collaborate with internal teams, and influence retailer strategies. The position offers a competitive salary and hybrid working options, ensuring a focus on execution and strategic growth.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Car allowance

24 days annual leave

Employee assistance programme

Discounted products

Qualifications

• 3+ years’ experience in FMCG category or shopper insight.
• Ability to turn data into actionable insights.
• Strong focus on execution and project management.

Responsibilities

• Lead the full category management cycle for brands.
• Translate data into compelling recommendations.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with internal teams.

Skills

FMCG category experience

Data insight generation

Retail engagement

Independent decision-making

Presentation skills

Tools

Nielsen

Circana

Job description

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.

Here’s a sample of what you’ll get up to:

• 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

Are You Ready to Show Us What You’ve Got?

While your experience is of course important, we’re all about making useful things joyful, so we love when our prospective candidates are passionate about this too.

Here’s what we are looking for:

• 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 chang
• 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 nest 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.