Global Category Lead - Skin

Top Notch Consultancy; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Top Notch Consultancy seeks a Global Category Lead for Skin Care to own the portfolio, driving long-term growth globally across MEA, Europe, APAC and the Americas, and ensuring flawless execution of the category strategy.

The role requires leadership across Marketing, Business Development, Sales, Brand and Regional teams to plan launches, optimize pricing, margins and packaging, and to serve as the primary voice for Skin Care across the organization.

Qualifications

• MBA in Marketing or equivalent.
• Strong cosmetics/beauty knowledge and trend sensitivity.
• Extensive category management experience in consumer goods/beauty, especially Skin Care.

Responsibilities

• Be the voice of Skin Care across the business.
• Prepare and provide regular category performance updates with data-driven insights.
• Publish and present quarterly and annual category and product performance reports.
• Align plans with Category Strategy through regional teams and Brand Managers.
• Design and plan new product launches by spotting market trends.
• Identify and develop suppliers based on quality, capacity, sourcing, and negotiations.
• Coordinate with Marketing, Brand, Regional teams, procurement, finance, packaging, and operations for timely availability of products.
• Prepare MIS reports on performance and margins.
• Oversee pricing, costing, margin analysis, and price negotiation.
• Develop project plans and communicate with cross-functional teams.
• Finalize and innovate product packaging.
• Ensure vendor engagement to drive sales growth.

Skills

Category management

Cosmetics/Beauty knowledge

Analytics

Stakeholder management

Launch planning

Budget management

Vendor negotiations

Education

MBA in Marketing

Job description

We are seeking to hire a \"Global Category Lead - Skin Care\" who is in charge of the company's portfolio of Skin Care products, driving long-term sustainable category growth globally across MEA, Europe, APAC, and the Americas. The Category Lead actively contributes to the development and execution of the category's strategy, guaranteeing perfect performance throughout the business.

For all pertinent category- and product-based talks across all channels, the Category Lead Skin Care is regarded as the key individual.

He/she shall oversee the launch of items in accordance with the company's guiding principles, positioning, and offerings. Moreover, the talented Category Lead shall be liable for all activities associated with the products positioning alignment and launch activation, providing the important linkage between Marketing, Business Development, Sales, Brand, and Regional teams.

Global category lead - Skin Duties and Responsibilities:

• Be the voice of Skin Care across the business
• Prepare and provide regular category performance updates, identifying performance trends supported by fact-based insights
• Prepare, publish, and present in-depth Quarterly and Annual category and product performance reports
• Ensure the execution of plans in alignment with the Category Strategy via regional teams including regional Brand Managers.
• Design & plan new product launches by regularly spotting market trends
• Identify and develop new manufacturer suppliers through filters like product quality, capacity, responsible sourcing, commercial negotiations, product & packaging specification as per benchmark.
• Work in close coordination with Communication, Brand, and Regional teams, as well as with procurement, finance, packaging, and operations team for on time availability of products.
• Prepare performance review and margin analysis MIS reports
• Ensure optimum product pricing, costing & margin analysis, sourcing and price negotiation.
• Develop and maintain project plans, communicate with the cross-functional category teams at regular intervals, and highlight the impact of key activities on project delivery and success
• Finalize and innovate the product packaging
• Ensure vendor support & engagement to achieve sales growth

Global category lead - Skin Skills and Requirements:

• MBA in Marketing /Graduate from relevant subjects with minimum 6 years of experience.
• Strong product understanding Working knowledge of Cosmetics/beauty, fashion and social trends that are relevant to the continued evolution of the business.
• Substantial category management experience within the (manufactured) consumer goods and/or beauty industry including time specifically in Facial Skin Care.
• Capable of influencing and persuading a broad range of decision influencers and decision makers.
• Strong analytical skills and interpreting internal sales data to inform business decisions.
• Ability to independently organize and prioritize workload within a fast-paced environment to meet deadlines
• Advanced communication and senior stakeholder management skills.
• Proactive & collaborative problem-solving ability.
• Demonstrated ability to manage cost/budget, scope, schedule, and risk.