Category Manager

2 weeks ago

North Rocks, New South Wales, Australia Unilever Full time

Who we are?


On any given day, 2.5 billion people globally use Unilever products to feel good, look good and get more out of life.

Many of our brands are well-known, household staples and old-time favourites including Dove, Rexona, Lynx, Vaseline, OMO/Persil, Surf, TRESemmé, Continental, Ben & Jerry's and Streets.

We have a long tradition of being a progressive, responsible business.

It goes back to the days of our founder William Lever, who launched the world's first purposeful brand, Sunlight Soap more than 100 years ago, and it's at the heart of how we run our company today.

In 2022 Unilever Australia & New Zealand became a Certified B Corporation (B Corp), joining a growing network of organisations committed to galvanising a stronger, more inclusive, equitable and regenerative economy for all.


A job at Unilever is a career made by you, with development opportunities, benefits and a working culture that embraces diversity and is pioneering flexibility.

There's no better time to join our team


At Unilever ANZ, we have also embarked on something special: we are proud to be undertaking a 4 Day work week trial.

This trial will see our staff retain 100 percent of their salaries, while working 80 percent of the time and delivering 100 percent of business outcomes.


The Category Manager - Out of Home Ice Cream is designed to be fully functional in the 4-Day work week trial.



Job Summary
Would you like to work with market leading brands like Magnum, Ben and Jerrys, Weis and Golden Gaytime? You're in the right place


The Out of Home Ice cream Category Manager is responsible for developing Customer Facing Category Strategies in order to drive category and market share growth for the Out of Home Ice Cream business, and the customers and channels we work with and play in respectively.


Role Responsibilities:

The responsibilities can be split in to two key areas:1.
Lead, Develop & Deploy Category Strategies

  • Must have a strong Shopper focus putting the shopper at the heart of everything they do.
  • Ability to analyse and use scan and shopper data to drive insights to support decision making, customer strategies and category growth platforms.
  • Develop specific customer facing category strategies, translating category marketing plans to customer and channel plans.
  • Be the customer voice into the business, and category voice out.
  • Build channel strategies, including Petrol & Convenience, Route and New OOH opportunities.
  • Support customer teams in preparation for category reviews. This includes management of planograms.
  • Core of the core
  • Driving distribution and on shelf availability of the core range.
  • Ensure Range & Space is maximised through customer relationships and range review captaincy.
2.
Lead Out of Home Ice Cream Business Operations

  • With the Head of Customer Strategy and Planning, lead and own the business monthly sales and operations process for the Out of Home Channel.
  • Own and deliver the short term (inyear) forecast.
  • Support the Supply Chain and the Customer teams with monthly forecasting reviews, and sales management.
  • Build business cases for innovation with the brand team, and setup new products to be launched in different customers and channels.
  • Optimise trade spend investment to drive efficiency.

Does this sound like you?

  • Commercially Savvy (P&L Management)
  • Strong knowledge and management of sales data (Nielsen and exfactory sales)
  • At least 23 years FMCG or OOH Channel experience essential
  • Strong customer facing experience and proven track record
  • Category / Strategy experience beneficial by not essential
  • Ability to lead and motivate crossfunctional project teams, including but not limited to; Sales, Marketing, Supply Chain and Finance.

What awaits you at Unilever?
The core of Unilever's culture is captured as Human, Purposeful, Accountable.

You will be joining a dynamic, flexible, and inspiring work environment that truly cares about your wellbeing, values what you do and celebrates your success.


This is your opportunity to be part of a purpose-led business and a global community where you can progress your career both locally and internationally.

You will also benefit from amazing discounts on external company products, attractive employee referral reward program amongst other benefits.

This is a great opportunity to work within an iconic and global organization.

We have gained our reputation as one of the world's most admired employers by providing an environment where individuals can achieve their goals, both professionally and personally.


Unilever is an organization committed to equity, inclusion and diversity to drive our business results and create a better future, every day, for our diverse employees, global consumers, partners, and communities.

This means we encourage people with all backgrounds to apply, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, Māori and Pacific Peoples, and people wit

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