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Category Strategy Manager

Employer
Unilever
Location
London
Salary
£31600 - £35000 per annum
Closing date
29 Aug 2018

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Job Details

An excellent opportunity has arisen to join a world leading global organisation; our client is currently looking for a Category Strategy Manager based at their prestigious facility at Blackfriars, London. This is a full time temporary role for a period of 6 months, working a 36.25 hour week. This role is paying up to a maximum of £35,000 per annum pro rata, depending on experience.


Business Context and Key responsibilities of the Job:


The successful candidate will be working in the Oral Care category strategy team, assisting the senior category strategy manager in key projects for the category.


Main responsibilities:

  • Category Strategy | Leading specific Category Strategy projects. Preparing analysis & presentation for the Category (country docking, category Tribe, EVP meeting, etc.)
  • Portfolio Transformation | Supporting Senior Category Manager in developing the oral care portfolio with winning flavours
  • Working with cross-functional project team | Working with the project cross-functions (R&D flavour, procurement, finance, flavour houses, consultant)
  • Working with brand teams| Liaising and working closely with brand project teams.
  • Senior leadership | Updating project at the steercom, GCLT and other forums


Skills / Experience / Qualifications:


Interface: R&D Formulation, Procurement Supply Chain, Brand teams, Flavour houses, Finance, GCLT

This is a WL1 role. We are looking for a candidate that is highly motivated, curious and action-oriented.

  • Experience in marketing (preferably global role), specifically in project management and/or innovation development (mix and formulation development)
  • Bias for action: ability to multi-task and absorb a heavy workload in a fast-paced/high-change environment
  • Strong project management & cross-functional team management skills
  • Analytical and Strategic Thinking: able to provide clarity and consolidated view to a complex project with numerous brand projects and sub-activities, highlighting the key messages and milestones to ensure the project stays on track.

Ability to translating the project into Financial, and savings roadmap / financial impact at overall category level working with both procurement and finance teams

  • Global mindset & Self-disciplined: autonomous, flexible and ability to work alone with remote project team, while at the same time, able to connect and drive global brand project teams
  • Accountability & Responsibility
  • Eye for details, organised, rigorous
  • Proficiency in understanding and working with formulation R&D, procurement Supply Chain, P&L Finance
  • Positive mindset, good with relationship management, strategic influencing, able to get things out of people not directly reporting to him/her
  • 3 years' experience

Company

A job at Unilever is a career made by you, with development opportunities, benefits and a working culture that embraces diversity. So whether you’re looking for an internship, apprenticeship, graduate opportunities, or a job opening to progress your professional career, at Unilever you can shape your own path as you work with the brands and people that drive our sustainable business growth.

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Unilever
Location
Manpower UK Ltd
C/O Unilever HPC
Port Sunlight
Wirral
CH62 4ZD
United Kingdom

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