Senior Category Development Manager

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At Perrigo, we are driven by our mission to Makes Lives Better Through Trusted Health and Wellness Solutions, Accessible to All. We are proud to be a Top 10 player in the European Consumer Self-Care market and the largest U.S. store brand provider of over the counter and infant formula. Dedicated to providing The Best Self-Care for Everyone, we are the people behind the brands you trust. We are Opill, Compeed, Solpadeine, NiQuitin, ACO, and many more. We Are Perrigo. We are committed to enhancing the wellbeing of our colleagues and consumers alike. We pride ourselves on fostering an inclusive, collaborative culture where each person can experience a sense of belonging.

Join us on our One Perrigo journey as we evolve to win in self-care.

If you spend hours obsessing over why someone buys what they buy and what made them do it then you're one of us. If you have hundreds of photos on your phone of supermarket fixtures, look at online shops for fun and you can appreciate the beauty of a scatter chart, then you've got the attitude you need for this role.
We're looking for someone who's spent at least the last 5 years developing and leading an account relationship within Category Management.
Has a strong commercial background in the UK FMCG market across all channels, including eCommerce. Is results focused and has demonstrated strong influencing and leadership skills.

Deliver The Category Vision

• Support the development, refresh and execution of the 3 Year Category vision for the total Healthcare category, identifying ways to unlock consumption and shopper behaviour.
• Create bespoke plans bringing it to life in a simple and compelling way that inspires your customer(s) to believe in the growth potential of their categories.
• Collaborate with insight colleagues to deliver in depth shopper understanding and create robust shopper-based recommendations.

Own The Sales Fundamentals:

• Develop and execute differentiated strategies and tactics that maximise range, distribution and merchandising opportunities for each retailer.
• Objectively track and evaluate Category and retailer performance, identifying risks or opportunities to the portfolio and proactively communicating suggested actions.
• Own the setting and delivery of annual sales fundamentals (4Ps) targets along with CSM colleagues and work collaboratively with sales to ensure JBPs build on these goals.
• Own key customer's range review process, making independent ranging decisions to fuel mutual category growth.

Provide Insights, Analysis and Reporting:

• Effectively interpret all available industry, category, customer and shopper data turning it into actionable insights delivered in a compelling way to both internal and external customers.
• Keep up to date with relevant industry news, know the grocery and pharmacy retail landscape, know your customer and their competitive set, and most of all know your numbers.

Develop Strong Customer Relationships:

• Own the day to day Category relationship with the customer at Buyer, Senior Buyer and Senior Category Merchandiser level and develop relationships at Trading Director level.
• Exemplify a 'Customer First' mindset and build close working relationships with key internal and external customers.

• Line management and development of 1 Category Manager
• Support the development of the Category Management and CSI team by sharing best practice and delivering formal and on the job training.
• Willing to challenge others and be challenged; doesn't back away from difficult conversations and negotiation.

• By delivering growth for our Retailers, value for our Shoppers and share for Perrigo
• Creating dynamic plans for every channel, making strategic choices to win in the right places.
• You put the Shopper first, know them the best and deliver them a best in class experience.
• Consistently holding yourself and others accountable for excellence and taking ownership of our business.
• Developing yourself and our team though learning, challenging and caring.

• Experience required is at least 5 years experience as a Category Manager dealing with complex categories or large Retailer.
  

Benefits
We believe our people are our greatest asset. Alongside competitive compensation, we offer benefits tailored to supporting you and your family, as well as career development opportunities to ensure you feel valued and supported, both professionally and personally.

Hybrid Working Approach
We love our offices and the setting they provide for in-person collaboration and celebration. But we also appreciate the opportunity to work remotely can energise you too, so we promote flexibility with the ability to work two days a week from home in many roles.

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