Category Manager (FMCG Chocolate)
Salary: Competitive and based on experience
Location: Jakarta
Keywords: Category Management, FMCG, Chocolate, Jakarta, Category Manager, Confectionery
Our client is seeking a Category Manager for their FMCG Chocolate division. This role is based in Jakarta and offers an exciting opportunity to provide compelling insights, engage with customers and key account teams, and identify growth opportunities within the category. The successful candidate will be responsible for developing and executing selling programs related to their assigned category's innovation, distribution, merchandising, and promotional plans.
- Opportunity to drive growth in the FMCG Chocolate category
- Engage with customers and key account teams
- Develop and execute innovative selling programs
What you'll do:
As a Category Manager for our client's FMCG Chocolate division, you will play a pivotal role in driving growth within this category. Your day-to-day responsibilities will include developing and executing innovative selling programs, acting as a key liaison between various teams, building comprehensive category and customer plans, providing thought leadership on brand & category initiatives, leading the delivery of category dashboards/fundamentals, and assessing critical baseline volume opportunities/risks. Your ability to translate data sources into actionable insights will be crucial in this role.
- Develop and execute selling programs related to the assigned Category's innovation, distribution, merchandising, and promotional plans
- Act as a key link between the Customer Business Teams (CBTs) and the Category Innovation, Marketing and Equity teams
- Build category and customer plans for the assigned Category in collaboration with Category teams, Insights, and CBTs
- Provide thought leadership internally & externally around brand & category initiatives
- Lead delivery of category dashboard / fundamentals and recommend corrective actions to ensure targets are met
- Assess critical baseline volume opportunities / risks and lead initiatives to optimize category performance
What you bring:
The ideal candidate for the Category Manager position brings a wealth of experience in category development, key accounts management, and market insight analysis. You have a proven track record of delivering growth through category leadership. Your future-focused mindset allows you to stay ahead of industry trends and translate opportunities into business plans. You are adept at delivering strategic plans, measuring results, making recommendations to achieve growth targets. Your strong analytical skills and business acumen set you apart from others. Experience in the fast-moving consumer goods field will be a distinct advantage.
- Experience in category development, key accounts management, market insight analysis
- Ability to deliver growth through category leadership
- Future-focused mindset with curiosity about industry trends, digital solutions and consumer innovations
- Experience delivering strategic plans, measuring results, making recommendations to achieve growth targets
- Ability to influence stakeholders effectively with resilience to hold an alternative point of view
- Strong analytical skills and business acumen
- Proven experience in the fast-moving consumer goods field
What sets this company apart:
Our client is a global leader in the FMCG sector known for its commitment to innovation and quality. They offer a dynamic and inclusive work environment that fosters creativity and collaboration. Their employees enjoy flexible working opportunities, generous pensions contributions, and numerous training opportunities to further their career growth.
What's next:
Ready to accelerate your career in the FMCG sector? Apply now!
Apply today by clicking on the link. We look forward to receiving your application!
Due to the high volume of applications we are experiencing, our team will only be in touch with you if your application is shortlisted.
