The Category Manager role supports AMEA’s Category growth agenda, ensuring Category First thinking is applied within the business and at the forefront of customer partnerships
Job Summary
The Category Manager role supports AMEA’s Category growth agenda, ensuring Category First thinking is applied within the business and at the forefront of customer partnerships.
This position is critical to building organizational capability in developing and executing Category Growth Strategies and partnering with retail customers across the Asia, Middle East & Africa (AMEA) region.
You will support the Head of Category Strategy and Customer Engagement in facilitating Category Growth Strategy workshops, guiding markets to unearth drivers and gain alignment.
Matching Summary
The Category Manager role supports AMEA’s Category growth agenda, ensuring Category First thinking is applied within the business and at the forefront of customer partnerships.
Skills & Requirements
Must-have
Category Management principles
consumer, category and shopper data
cross-functional workshops
Category Growth Strategies
commercial acumen
influencing skills
Nice-to-have
Drive for results
Interpersonal savvy
Problem solving mindset
Action orientated
Key Requirements
At least 8 years of work experience
Full time MBA/PGDM from a premier institute is mandatory
Experience building long term Category strategies
Experience with Spaceplanning software, Nielsen, Euromonitor is preferred