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About the Opportunity:
We currently have an amazing opportunity for a Category Manager to join our NZ team. Reporting into the Senior Category Manager, in this role you will be focused on supporting the development of best-in-class partnerships by being the objective expert on category growth with a strategic long-term vision, leveraging insights from all relevant sources. You will lead the category plan and inform/influence KCNZ’s Brand Strategic plan with relevant Category, Customer & Shopper insights.
Objective of the role is to become an indispensable partner to our retailers, to be renowned for insights and objectivity where KCNZ will be the first call for category advice and insight. With this, you will lead the 3yr Category Plan, grounded in insights and validated by Retailer engagement and articulate the category growth drivers that form the basis of the plan.
With an internal focus, you will lead the thinking on KCNZ’s role in the Category plan, and the Drivers / Platforms that KCNZ can leverage for competitive advantage and integrate thinking into the Brand Strategic Plans so that it is clear what assets / brands / services that KCNZ can deploy in partnership with Retailers. You will contribute to the achievement of KCNZ’s Annual Operating Plan, by executing the Y1 category plan with the Customer & Marketing Teams.
This is a cross-functional role where you will partner with and work closely with cross-functional partners including Marketing, Sales, Shopper/Consumer Insights, Supply Chain and Finance, both locally and with our Australian and APAC teams.
About You:
You are a Category Manager professional with demonstrated experience in developing & implementing Category Strategy / Growth Drivers across a customer or category management role. you shopper research along with space management experience will also be highly regarded.
You bring forward your great communication, leadership as well as stakeholder management skills and apply your commercial and analytical acumen towards achieving the results. The role requires collaborative working where cross-functional partnerships are essential.
Why Kimberly-Clark New Zealand?
What’s on Offer:
Our Kimberly-Clark employees receive a competitive salary and incentives as well as access to a fantastic range of benefits including superannuation, career development opportunities, free health & well-being activities, volunteering leave and much more.
You’ll also enjoy a range of other benefits including:
Find a better work/life balance with hybrid and flexible working options, tailored to suit your lifestyle plus Flex Fridays
Access 16 weeks of paid parental leave for primary carers and 6 weeks for secondary carers
Take advantage of 2 recharge days and 1 volunteer day each year
Enjoy discounts across the range of Kimberly-Clark products
Benefit from a variety of discounted products and services including health insurance, loan rates and novated leasing
Purchase up to 2 weeks extra annual leave
Look after your social, physical and mental wellbeing with our free wellness and mental health resources and social events
Grow your skills and knowledge with our tailored leadership and development programs, mentoring opportunities plus hundreds of online training courses
About You:
You’re driven to perform at the highest level possible, and you appreciate a performance culture fuelled by authentic caring. You want to be part of a company actively dedicated to sustainability, inclusion, wellbeing, and career development.
To Be Considered:
Click the Apply button and complete the online application process. A member of our Talent Acquisition team will review your application and will be in contact with additional information accordingly.
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