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Newell Brands Category Management Associate - Sharpie, Yankee Candle in Manchester, United Kingdom
Position title: Category Management Associate – Sharpie, Yankee Candle
Location: Manchester area (Cheadle), or Birmigham area (Lichfield)
Reports to: Sr. Category Manager
Contract type: Permanent, full-time, hybrid working system
Your Role & Team in a Nutshell
As a Category Management Associate, you will support the growth of our product categories and contribute to our customers’ success in the UK and Ireland cluster. In collaboration with the Senior Category Manager, you’ll dive into market trends and data, manage product selections, and work with various teams. Your goal is to enhance sales, profitability, and customer satisfaction.
Your insights from data analytics will shape our product strategies, pricing, and promotions. Together, we’ll drive informed decisions to optimize our assortment and engage our customers.
You’ll be part of a dynamic team of three, working with brands like Sharpie, PaperMate, Parker, Yankee Candles and others.
We will help you achieve your goals and develop by providing regular feedback and access to online training courses.
Your Key Responsibilities:
Data Analysis: examine industry and consumer data to spot trends and apply these findings to shape strategies for product categories over the long term.
Product Range Selection: suggest pricing, promotions, and product placements to boost sales and profits within assigned categories.
Customer Relationship: nurture relationships with customers to achieve successful implementation of recommendations.
Products Phase-Out: devise strategies for phasing out underperforming products in assigned categories.
Teamwork: work alongside marketing and commercial teams to create strategies and tactics, drawing on syndicated data and consumer insights.
Supporting Business Management: handle segment-specific requests and coordinate information sharing, track and report on category performance, proposing actions when necessary, advise on product assortment and prioritisation.
Customer Stories: integrate category knowledge and innovation into discussions, partner with Category Development to convert expertise into effective customer engagement and sales strategies.
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What You’ll Need
Minimum:
Demonstrated experience in a similar role and knowledge of Category Management, marketing philosophies, tools, and processes.
Good command of MS Office applications, particularly Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
Familiarity with syndicated data, measures, and software (e.g., NPD, Nielsen, GfK, Circana, Consumer Panel, etc.) as well as space management principles and software (e.g., JDA, Spaceman, etc.).
Willing to travel 10-20% of the time.
Your advantage:
Exposure to Category Management in a mass-market retailer setting.
Analytical skills: Ability to interpret and apply data to gain business insights.
Relationship building: Ability to foster professional relationships both internally and externally.
Project management: Capable of handling multiple tasks with set deadlines.
Excellent communication skills – both written and verbal.
What You Gain
Newell Brands has a strong footprint in the EMEA region, with several thousand employees spread over many corporate offices and manufacturing facilities. You might recognise some of our iconic brands, like Parker, Sistema, Spontex, Crockpot, NUK, Coleman, and Yankee Candle, to name a few.
Join us and benefit from:
Flexible hybrid working system (on average 3 days in the office and 2 days at home p.w.)
Unlimited access to LinkedIn Learning – 17,000+ courses for your professional and personal development
Corporate Citizenship Philosophies – environmentally sustainable and socially sensitive business practices
Discounts on some of our products from brands Parker, DYMO, Sharpie, Contigo, and others
Employee Referral Program – an opportunity to get a bonus
Global Service Anniversary Program – recognition of milestone service anniversaries and birthdays
Give@Newell – paid time-off for charity activities dedicated for local communities right where you live/work
Access to Employee Resource Groups that foster Diversity & Inclusion
Core Values: Integrity, Teamwork, Passion for Winning, Ownership, Leadership
Are you interested?
If so, please click on “Apply Online” on this site and upload your CV.
If your application is shortlisted, our recruiter will invite you for an initial phone interview.
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