Head of Category

6 months ago

Auckland City, New Zealand Reckitt Full time

Want to see your vision have an impact? As Head of Category & Trade Strategy for our health brands in New Zealand, you’ll have the freedom to own the strategy and see the results in stores around the world.

Key NZ Leadership role
Takapuna based role
Competitive Salary & excellent benefits package

Working with a portfolio of leading brands, you’ll own the channel/category strategy for our major markets. You’ll increase our presence in stores. You’ll strengthen our brands and ensure we have the right product, marketing and promotional activities in place. You’ll create the vision and take practical steps to see it come to life. Playing a key role on the New Zealand Management Team, you will.
- Key responsibilities:
- Effectively communicate to the sales team to ensure Go-To-Market excellence.
- Be responsible for the achievement of financial and market share targets for the health portfolio across the market.
- Develop and execute the Channel and 4Ps strategy for the portfolio identifying KPIs and activation plans by store format.
- Strive to ensure Reckitt is the Supplier of choice on all aspects of Category Development.
- Engage with Customers at senior levels to build Category Roadmaps, laying the foundation for Brand activation.
- Support the Customer Teams in creating and delivering the ”Category Growth” element for all Category Reviews.
- Lead the development and retention of talent across the Trade, Category & Shopper Strategy team

You’ll succeed because you- Have over 10 years’ experience in Trade Marketing &/or Cateegory Strategy
- Have experience working within the FMCG industry
- Work with a strong sense of urgency and speed and are capable of managing completing priorities
- Have a proven background in managing and developing high performing staff and winning teams at all levels (from early career to well established)
- Have developed strong leadership and interpersonal skills and are capable of building strong working relationships and influencing customers and internal teams

You’ll love it because
- you’ll get to make an impact like never before. You’ll be responsible for your own projects - we can’t wait to listen to your ideas. The products you help us get out there will make people’s lives better. Our iconic brands will provide an incredible platform for you. And our dynamic, ownership-driven culture will help bring the very best out of you, every day.**Equality**:
At Reckitt, we recognise that in real life, great people don’t always ‘tick all the boxes’. That’s why we hire for potential as well as experience. Even if you don’t meet every point on the job description, if this role and our company feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you. Come and join a team whose purpose is to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner and healthier world.

All qualified applicants to Reckitt will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability or medical condition; colour, ethnicity, race, citizenship, and national origin; religion, faith; pregnancy, family status and caring responsibilities; sexual orientation; sex, gender identity, gender expression, and transgender identity; protected veteran status; size or any other basis protected by appropriate law.

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