Category Manager - Temporary Contract

Fixed-term Position 10 to 12 months

Legnano

Published on February 5, 2025

  • Contract

    Fixed-term Position 10 to 12 months

  • Location

    Legnano

  • Start date

    March 2025

  • Study level

    Bachelor level or equivalent

  • Remote working

    Not specified

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Essity is a leading global hygiene and health company dedicated to improving well-being through our products and solutions, essentials for everyday life. The name Essity stems from the words essentials and necessities. Our sustainable business model creates value for people and nature. Working at Essity is not just a career; it is a chance to directly make the world a healthier, more hygienic and safer place. With life-changing innovations coupled with sustainable solutions, Essity strives to reach more people every year with the necessary and essential solutions for well-being. At Essity, we believe every career is as unique as the individual and empower employees to reach their full potential in a winning culture motivated by a powerful purpose.  Essity in Brief Sales are conducted in approximately 150 countries under the leading global brands TENA and Tork, and other strong brands, such as JOBST, Leukoplast, Libero, Libresse, Lotus, Nosotras, Saba, Tempo, Vinda and Zewa. Essity has about 46,000 employees. Net sales in 2020 amounted to approximately SEK 122bn (EUR 11.6bn). The company’s headquarters is located in Stockholm, Sweden, and Essity is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm. Essity breaks barriers to well-being and contributes to a healthy, sustainable and circular society.

Category Manager - Temporary Contract

For the Italian Sales & Marketing department within our Consumer Goods Organization, we are looking for a Category Manager to join the Customer Marketing Department in our Legnano Offices.

Please note this announcement is for a Temporary Contract of 12 months.
 

What You Will Do

  • Deliver range review recommendations to assigned customers.

  • Develop shelf approach recommendations based on data and insights, and build planograms for our partner clients

  • Support Sales proactively in defining customer strategies and advising them on what to do for the categories managed.

  • Develop support material for innovation and key activities (folders, teasers, displays, pop material, in-store communication…)

  • Prepare and present Business Reviews, Action Plans and Projects with high visibility at all levels of the company (Top management, Marketing, Sales)

  • Cascade monthly reports (tracking market, brands, retailer performances, causes and effects) to the Business Unit

  • Assist the team in the Business Planning Cycle

Who You Are

  • You have a degree education In Economy, Marketing or equivalent.

  • You have a previous experience in a similar role (Consulting, Controlling, Analytical Marketing) in a Complex FMCG Company;

  • You are familiar with Nielsen tools and database (or IRI), and Excel;

  • You have strong data analysis skills and the ability to summarize effectively;

  • You are fluent in English and Italian both;

  • Are you in possession of a car, since our offices cannot be reached by public transportation

What We Can Offer You

Our purpose, Breaking Barriers to Well-being, provides meaning to everything we do. Working at Essity means a chance to improve well-being for people and opportunities to drive positive change for the society and the environment. As an employee at Essity, you will belong to an organization where you feel valued and supported to grow, and challenged to generate business results in a collaborative and open atmosphere. Innovate for Good  |  Excel Together |  Be You with Us

Application End Date:

17 feb 2025

Job Requisition ID:

Essity250770

Application deadline

As long as the job is online

Job Category

Management, Consulting & Strategy

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