Category Management Manager
Core
Develop and lead Category Management strategy for priority categories, transforming market and shopper data into actionable recommendations to drive profitable business growth.
Role type
Category Management Manager
Builds
Assortment strategies, space plans, planograms, and category navigation for key retail clients
Domain
Consumer Health / FMCG Retail
Deliverable
product features
Required skills
Category Management strategy, market and shopper data analysis, assortment optimization, space management, planogram development, Joint Business Planning, executive presentation skills, stakeholder management
Preferred skills
Assortment strategy development, space optimization, Joint Business Planning processes, actionable insight generation
Technologies
PowerPoint
Responsibilities
Analyze market, shopper, and competitive data to identify growth opportunities; Develop client-specific assortment recommendations; Lead space and planogram analysis to maximize shelf productivity; Build category stories and value propositions for strategic clients; Monitor category performance metrics (sell-out, distribution, market share); Collaborate with Sales, Trade Marketing, and Supply Chain teams
Seniority
Mid-Senior, hands-on IC