Top Category Management Executive plans and directs all aspects of an organization's merchandising category management. Oversees the implementation of category management to achieve company's strategies and financial goals. Being a Top Category Management Executive requires a bachelor's degree in area of specialty. Typically reports to top management. The Top Category Management Executive manages a departmental sub-function within a broader departmental function. Creates functional strategies and specific objectives for the sub-function and develops budgets/policies/procedures to support the functional infrastructure. Deep knowledge of the managed sub-function and solid knowledge of the overall departmental function. To be a Top Category Management Executive typically requires 5+ years of managerial experience. (Copyright 2024 Salary.com)
For All, For Good, our company signature, reflects Bel’s commitment to a healthier and responsible food for all. This mission mobilizes our nearly 13,000 employees every day in over 30 countries to build a profitable and sustainable business model. Universal and positive, our brands - The Laughing Cow®, Kiri®, Mini Babybel®, Boursin®, GoGo SqueeZ® - are constantly reinventing themselves to offer healthier and responsible fruit and dairy snacks to all consumers.
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OVERALL MISSION
In line with our Growth Team mission to pioneer, nurture and drive Bel growth for all, and with our ambition to build an edge in the healthy snacking category, the Global Category Management Director will play a strategic role in helping Bel design, drive and enable the execution of a compelling and daring category vision.
As the U.S is identified as a strategic market for Bel and plays a key role in Bel’s business plan and future growth strategy, the Global Category Management Director will ideally be based in the U.S. in our downtown Chicago office, and will contribute to accelerating our growth plans in the market. This is a hybrid role.
The Global Category Management Director reports to the Chief Growth Capability Officer, and will lead a team to help them bring to life their vision and accelerate execution. They will prioritize Bel’s strategic markets as defined in the business plan with a major focus given to the top 5 markets and to Bel’s must win channels and customers.
POSITION OVERVIEW / JOB SCOPE & CORE DELIVERABLES
The Global Category Management Director designs and implements Bel's categories visions, strategies and trade roadmaps. They define the objectives for each category and is responsible for the development of performant commercial drivers, taking into account customers and channels’ specificities. They act as a transversal bridge between marketing and sales to contribute in building a customer centric organization.
The Global Category Management Director ensure the proper activation of Growth Drivers and their integration in business planning and process (Business Plan, Yearly Activation Plan, Innovation Process).
In line with the Growth Team Vision and Mission (in appendix), the Global Category Management Director will be in charge of helping markets to foster a growth mindset, by initiating growth hackathons to identify incremental growth opportunities in line with the identified growth drivers. Also, by leading with their team the engagement and the upskilling of the CATMAN Community.
The Global Category Management Director will also ensure that Bel builds an edge externally thru thought leadership and perfect in-store execution.
The Global Category Management Director and her/his team overlook category KPIs (value / volume) while ensuring the relevance, performance of commercial drivers (assortment / pricing promo strategies / merchandising, perfect store and in-store activities), compliance of brands Innovation plans with the identified growth drivers and the Category management competence in advantage survey.
WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE FOR THE GLOBAL CATMAN TEAM
LEAD THE SHIFT FROM BRAND TO CATEGORY APPROACH
DEFINE COMMERCIAL DRIVERS BY CHANNEL & PERFECT STORE MODEL TO DELIVER
BE THE SALES LEADER FOR INNOVATION & RENOVATION
TRADE FUND MANAGEMENT & BUSINESS SUFFICIENCY
ORGANIZATION & STAKEHOLDERS (IN / OUT)
SALES & LEADERSHIP COMPETENCIES
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
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