Lead Estimator & Cost Planning Infrastructure

Haleon plc.; City of Westminster; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A global consumer health company is seeking an OTC Category Development Lead for a 12-month temporary assignment in Westminster. You will develop customer-facing category strategies for EMEA/LATAM, adapt materials to local markets, and lead initiatives to enhance growth. The role demands FMCG experience and expertise in merchandising and planning. Occasional travel to local markets is required. Join us to drive innovative category solutions that resonate with consumers.

Qualifications

• Experience in fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) sectors.
• Expertise in managing merchandising and planning with retailers.

Responsibilities

• Develop customer-facing category strategy for EMEA/LATAM.
• Adapt materials based on local market insights.
• Lead the Perfect Store program to drive brand strategy.
• Engage with local markets to enhance category growth.

Skills

FMCG experience

Expertise in merchandising

Assortment/planning with retailers

Job description

Overview

We're a purpose-driven, world-class consumer company putting everyday health in the hands of millions. Our trusted portfolio of brands - including Sensodyne®, Panadol®, Advil®, Voltaren®, Theraflu®, Otrivin®, and Centrum® - lead in resilient and growing categories. It unites us, inspires us, and challenges us to be better every day, driven by our agile, performance-focused culture.

Position Details

12 Month Secondment / Temporary Assignment until January 2027. We are currently recruiting for an OTC Category Development Lead for our SSL team based in the UK. This is a 12 month temporary assignment. The Category Development Lead Oral Care supports top local markets in EMEA/LATAM to develop the customer-facing category strategy and category tactics to deliver category growth with our customers.

Key Responsibilities

• Work closely with Global Customer and Channel Director & Local markets, adapting and localizing materials to capitalize on the local category growth drivers.
• Use Shopper Science Lab (SSL) tools & technologies as a key enabler of your work & embed this way of working in local markets as business as usual.
• Create future-thinking, growth-enabling category selling stories that can be taken to key customers to position ourselves as partner of choice to grow their categories.
• Hybrid role; occasional travel to local markets.
• Lead EMEAL Regional Perfect Store programme, driving Haleon OTC Brand strategy for relevant channels (largely Pharmacy).
• Develop optimum layout & flow for the category, conduct portfolio analysis to identify the tail.
• Engage with local markets to understand category issues & opportunities to drive category growth.
• Work with local markets to drive localisation and execution of the global category strategy.
• Build category capability across the region leveraging the BU teams to embed in local markets.
• Lead retailer collaboration sessions with priority customers across the region leveraging the Shopper Science Lab capabilities to drive insight into shopper and consumer preferences that can transform commercial outcomes.
• Demonstrate the capability of the Shopper Science Lab to internal & external stakeholders to drive insight into shopper and consumer behaviour and transform commercial outcomes.

Qualifications

• Experience in FMCG, global & local market.
• Expert in merchandising, assortment/planning with retailers.

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