Nordic Category Manager HC

*Nordic Position, possible locations are: Stockholm, Helsinki & Copenhagen

ABOUT UNILEVER

With 3.4 billion people in over 190 countries using our products every day, Unilever is a business that makes a real impact on the world. Work on brands that are loved and improve the lives of our consumers and the communities around us. We are driven by our purpose: to make sustainable living commonplace, and it is our belief that doing business the right way drives superior performance. At the heart of what we do is our people – we believe that when our people work with purpose, we will create a better business and a better world.

Within home care we have an extensive family of exciting brands including Via, Comfort, CIF, Domestos. Clean Future is our strategy to tap into a vast segment of consumers who want easy and delightful experiences with products that are sustainable and, importantly, great value.

At Unilever, your career will be a unique journey, grounded in our inclusive, collaborative, and flexible working environment. We don’t believe in the ‘one size fits all’ approach and instead we will equip you with the tools you need to shape your own future.

WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING?

In this Home Care Nordic role, you will be an integral part in building, developing, and maintaining credible, long term, category lead relationships, internal & external. In addition, you will be the voice of the consumer and shopper in the organization delivering actionable insights that deliver category value creation. You will be the expert and turn insights into actions with best-in-class execution, analysis, and evaluation of category plans, managing the end-to-end critical path, to deliver range reviews with customers providing leading edge Category Management solutions.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Utilize the category growth model to develop category understanding and provide actionable insights with our retail partners and drive incremental growth in the category by tailoring the category growth model to the customers by delivering bespoke customer initiatives using a shopper first lens.
• Partner closely with agencies and identify appropriate insights and data sources, utilize and understand multiple data sources (Nielsen, Kantar, Euromonitor aso) to generate recommendations for category & range reviews.
• Bringing the shopper & consumer insight internally and externally for the delivery of new innovations, Joint Business Plan building, and price positioning. Understanding how the shopper is shopping the category, identifying opportunities to put Unilever products outside of the main fixture.
• Monitoring implementation and review of range recommendations enabling SKU optimization and optimum product mix. Coordinating the process of launching new products to customers by adapting trade stories and trade presentations to local conditions and needs and delivering key category/customer reporting and ad hoc analysis as required.

WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED:

We believe the right person for this role has some years of professional experience from the FMCG industry. Previous experience from working with GfK or Nielsen data is a plus. The ideal candidate is positive, self-going and proactive. You should be able to structure your work and to work with several different tasks and processes simultaneously.

You have strong communication skills as you need to be able to express analytics to various levels in the organization; as well as the ability to deliver presentations and training. You also must be able to effectively interact with peers, sales management, and senior management to build sustainable, positive relationships with people on all levels in an organization, both internally and externally. Skills in Microsoft Office, especially Excel, is key.

Please note that fluency in English and one local Nordic language is needed for this role.

COMPETENCIES

• A passion for winning with customers
• Ability and desire to present market data in a comprehendible format conveying actionable insights
• Strong communication and people skills with ability to build positive relationships across all levels in an organization, both internally and externally
• Ability to structure your work and to work with several different tasks and processes simultaneously
• Strong project management and planning competencies
• Self-driven, proactive and solution-oriented
• Ability to work independently as well as in teams

REQUIRED EXPEREINCE

• 3-5 years of professional experience from the FMCG industry. Ideally also a university degree in Business Administration, Marketing, Finance or Engineering.
• Previous experience from working with GfK or Nielsen data is a plus, as well as experience in speaking and presenting in front of large groups of people.
• Fluency in local language and English, both speaking and writing
• Excellent knowledge of MS Office (including Excel and Powerpoint)
• Knowledge of Power BI is a plus

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Unilever embraces diversity and encourages applicants from all walks of life. This means giving full and fair consideration to all applicants and continuing development of all employees regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy and maternity.

ARE YOU EXCITED TO CRAFT THE HOME CARE FUTURE?

To apply, you must do so online. We do not accept applications through email or any other channels. Should you have questions around the recruitment process, please reach out to Talent Advisor Nordics at ta.nordic@unilever.com

Disclaimer 

Equal Opportunity Employer: Unilever is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, or any other basis protected by applicable law, and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

En tant qu'employeur responsable et inclusif, Unilever est attentif à la diversité et à la mixité de ses équipes. Nos recruteurs sont engagés et veillent à l'application de processus de recrutement non-discriminants.

Tous nos postes sont ouverts aux personnes en situation de handicap et Unilever accompagne ses collaborateurs dans la mise en place d'éventuels aménagements de poste et de dispositifs d'accessibilité.