Category Development Manager

6 days ago


Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand Kimberly-Clark Full time

**About Us**

Kimberly-Clark is a global personal care company that delivers incredible results, making things happen, and working together to create a better world.

We're proud of our size, scale, and impact, with over 300 locations across the globe. Our notable brands are an essential part of life for one-quarter of the world's population.

We're driven by purpose and led by the desire to make a meaningful difference in the lives of our consumers. Our culture of care and inclusion really matters, and so does high performance.

Our team members are dedicated to delivering Better Care for a Better World through local care and connection. We're committed to building a workforce that reflects the experiences of our consumers.

Job Description:

This is an amazing opportunity for a Category Manager to join our NZ team as a Category Development Manager. 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.

You will lead the category plan and inform/influence KCNZ's Brand Strategic plan with relevant Category, Customer & Shopper insights.

The 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.

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:

We're looking for a Category Development Manager professional with demonstrated experience in developing & implementing Category Strategy / Growth Drivers across a customer or category management role.

Your 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.

This role requires collaborative working where cross-functional partnerships are essential.



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