Senior Manager, International Category Development

NEWELL; Manchester; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hybrid working

LinkedIn Learning access

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

NEWELL is seeking a Senior Manager, International Category Development to lead category leadership for marquee brands across multiple regions. You will drive growth, optimize assortment and merchandising, and partner with marketing, sales and insights teams to implement a Category Growth Selling Model.

You will collaborate with Global Brand and Analytics teams, participate in regular CSI reviews, and travel internationally 25-35% of the time to support joint business planning and retailer

Qualifications

• Proven category and shopper/consumer insights management experience in a large international company.
• Understanding of retailers' selling process.
• Syndicated data and software (Nielsen, Circana, GfK, etc.).
• MS Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook proficiency.
• Fluent English (written & spoken).
• Willing to travel internationally 25-35% of the time.

Responsibilities

• Lead category leadership for brands across selected countries in EMEA and APAC.
• Drive sustainable retailer category growth and enhance brand presence in-store and online.
• Collaborate with Category Development, Marketing, Insights and Sales Leadership teams.
• Develop insights-driven category selling stories on assortment, display and promotions.
• Support joint business planning and category growth initiatives.

Skills

Category insights management

Retailer selling process understanding

Syndicated data software knowledge

MS Excel

PowerPoint

Outlook

Fluent English

International travel

Tools

Nielsen

Circana

GfK

JDA

Spaceman

Job description

Senior Manager, International Category Development

Alternate Locations: United Kingdom-England-Manchester; Czech Republic-Prague-Prague; Italy-Lombardy-Milan; Italy-Lombardy-Pogliano Milanese; Poland-Wielkopolskie-Poznan; United Kingdom-England-Cheadle; United Kingdom-England-London

One of the locations: Poznan, PL; Prague, CZ; Milan area (Pogliano Milanese), IT; Manchester area (Cheadle); London (Hammersmith), UK

Reports to: Senior Director Regional Sales

Contract type: Permanent

Your Role & Team in a Nutshell

As a Senior Manager, International Category Development, you will lead category leadership in the marketplace for brands like Sharpie, Yankee Candle, NUK, Breville, Spontex, Coleman and others. Your role will involve driving sustainable retailer category growth and enhancing brand presence both in-store and online for the wide Newell Brands portfolio in selected countries in EMEA and APAC.

You will work independently and collaborate with various teams: Category Development, Category Management, Marketing, Consumer, Shopper & Market Insights, and the Sales Leadership team. Together, you will implement a Category Growth Selling Model. This model will support annual customer joint business planning and the successful selling of key Newell category growth initiatives.

We will help you achieve your goals and develop by providing regular feedback and access to online training courses.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Support strategic growth priority categories and key innovation projects in the selected countries in EMEA and APAC.
• Develop insight-driven, international category selling stories regarding assortment, shelving, display/merchandising, and promotion strategy.
• Disseminate international selling stories to cluster sales/marketing teams for customisation.
• Produce actionable insights and suggest recommendations to influence business direction.
• Collaborate with Global Brand, Analytics, International Marketing, and Sales Planning to update category playbooks.
• Provide expertise, coaching, and training to sales teams on leveraging category intel.
• Connect regularly with the Global Category Development team and participate in monthly team meetings.
• Engage in monthly CSI share-out meetings to understand existing research and influence future learning plans.
• Deploy new content/stories to the category management team through monthly Category Leadership connect meetings.

What You'll Need

Minimum:

• Proven category and shopper/consumer insights management experience in a large international company
• Understanding of retailers' selling process
• Profound understanding of syndicated data, measures and software (e.g. Nielsen, Circana, GfK, etc.)
• Good command of MS Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook
• Fluent English (written & spoken)
• Willing to travel internationally 25-35% of the time

Your advantage:

• Omni-channel shopper knowledge and understanding of pain points
• Knowledge of space management principles and software (e.g. JDA, Prospace, Spaceman, etc.)
• Storytelling - effective content creation that sets up category growth opportunities
• Data mining & visualization
• Agility and ability to work and thrive in a matrix organization

What You Gain

Newell Brands has a strong footprint in the EMEA region, with several thousand employees spread over many corporate offices and manufacturing facilities. You might recognise some of our iconic brands, like Parker, Sistema, Spontex, Crockpot, NUK, Coleman, and Yankee Candle, to name a few.

Join us and benefit from:

• Flexible hybrid working system (on average 3 days in the office and 2 days at home p.w.)
• Unlimited access to LinkedIn Learning - 17,000+ courses for your professional and personal development
• Corporate Citizenship Philosophies - environmentally sustainable and socially sensitive business practices
• Discounts on some of our products from brands Parker, DYMO, Sharpie, Contigo, and others
• Employee Referral Program - an opportunity to get a bonus
• Global Employee Assistance Program - confidential support for you and your family, complementing our commitment to your well-being at work and beyond
• Give@Newell - paid time-off for charity activities dedicated for local communities right where you live/work
• Access to Employee Resource Groups that foster Diversity & Inclusion
• Core Values: Integrity, Teamwork, Passion for Winning, Ownership, Leadership