Category Manager

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By we want to capture over another billion consumers around the world. How? By creating cosmetic products which meet the infinite diversity of consumers beauty needs and desires, and always through digital innovation. Not only that, but taking our sustainability goals seriously; moving us to a more inclusive and sustainable society, for every generation.

Our brands, dynamic culture, and always being our own challenger mean that we offer freedom and opportunity you won’t get anywhere else.

If you want the Freedom to go Beyond, we’ll see you at L’Oréal.

Being part of the L’Oréal Dermatological Beauty (LDB) will give you direct influence in achieving our mission: to help everyone in their quest for healthy and beautiful skin.

We’re the world leader in dermocosmetics, with international skincare brands recommended by health care professionals and distributed in healthcare outlets worldwide, including pharmacies, drugstores, medi-spa, and e-retailers.

Our portfolio is composed of brands offering a range of skincare and haircare across the world; Vichy, CeraVe, and La Roche-Posay being just a few. The products respond to all expectations linked to beauty and health of the skin: from dermatological and aesthetics skincare to natural solutions, from the most accessible ranges to the most premium ones.

ROLE OVERVIEW:

The L’Oréal Dermatological Beauty Category Manager is responsible for the collaborative category development relationship with our external B&M retail partners ensuring that we are growing the total category for the retailer and growing LDB’s share of this. This will be done by being the category expert and working with retailers sharing insights and delivering projects which support a consumers experience of shopping the Dermatological skincare category. The role will report into the Senior Category Manager in LDB.

You will:

1. Be responsible for the collaborative category development relationship with our B&M retail partners ensuring that we are growing the total category for the retailer and ensuring LDB wins within this.
2. Embed BIC category expertise and ways of working, both internally and externally.
3. Focus on range reviews: responsibility for landing RR process both internally and externally growing in-store fundamentals - SOF, SOD, optimized range for their specified retailers.
4. Take the developed category strategy and tailor it to be retailer centric.
5. Lead and land retailer specific projects e.g. eventing, O+O reinvention, shopper segmentation, research.
6. Lead regular category trade meetings: market updates (performance, consumer, shopper dynamics), RR proposal and follow ups, post RR analysis, project meetings.
7. Be the internal expert of the shopper in the specific retailer and/or category.
8. Have regular contact with the Global team on the development of retailer vision.
9. Be the expert on sales and shopper tools such as Nielsen Answers, IRI, Kantar.
10. Maintain confidentiality with sensitive data both internally and externally.

You have:

1. Experience working as a Category Manager.
2. Excellent leadership & communication skills.
3. Strong data analysis capability.
4. Ability to influence internal and external stakeholders.
5. Excellent teamwork skills with proven ability to collaborate across multiple disciplines.

You show:

1. Ambition: You anticipate, think and dream big.
2. Judgement: You can balance operational and strategic thinking.
3. Resilience: You demonstrate purpose and ownership mindset.
4. Empathy: You cooperate and network effectively.
5. Learning Agility: You are a self-motivated learner.

We put people development and learning at the heart of our business; we’ll help you master your role, develop your technical expertise and you’ll benefit from exceptional management and leadership programmes.

Looking for a good work/life balance? With our new hybrid working scheme, you can take a flexible approach to work as well as benefit from early finishes on Fridays during the summer.

As any great employer should do, we make sure we look after your financial wellbeing. That’s why we have a great pension plan, profit share scheme and many more incentives to give you the security you deserve.

How we recruit:

At L’Oréal, we take pride in creating a diverse, equitable and inclusive environment where everyone is welcome and their contributions are valued.