Junior Category Manager NIVEA

At Beiersdorf, we do something wonderful: we make people feel great in their skin every day. How do we do it? Skin + care, it’s as simple as that! We look after some of the biggest and best-loved brands on the globe, like Nivea, Labello, Eucerin and Hansaplast – And you can be part of it.

For our Belgian organization (located in Brussels), we are looking for an enthusiastic & data driven Junior Category Manager.

Your main challenge will be to contribute to the development of the market share of the NIVEA Personal Care & Sun Care products/brands by transforming insights, from global input & local analysis on channels, customers and portfolio into a tailored channel & category strategy with respective actions in assortment & shelf optimization to win with the shopper and grow the category for customers + NIVEA. You want to be the link between sales and marketing & you love to combine both the commercial and analytical aspect of your job? Look no further, we have your next career step covered!

Your main responsibilities will be:

• Support the Key Account Managers & Brand Managers in the strategic decisions to be taken regarding efficient assortment and shelf/space development.
• Integrate the company strategy and translate this in strategic category development plans and projects with customers to maximize volume, revenue and profit
• Assemble, structure and analyze all information linked to the categories and the clients and translate this into recommendations / action plans
• Provide customer + channel expertise and recommendations in the launch of new products + track their performance
• Develop and present the customer assortment strategies, trade stories & business reviews
• Develop & optimize customer Planograms
• Work closely with Sales, Marketing, RGM (revenue growth management) and Supply Chain and improve the customer - supplier partnership

What it takes to join us?

• Bachelor or Master degree in a relevant field: Marketing, Business economics,...;
• 1-2 years of experience in a similar role (sales, marketing, market insights,...), preferably in consumer goods and/or FMCG ;
• Strong analytical and synthetic skills: you can do magic with data
• Well organized, structured and objective
• Excellent communication and presentation skills;
• Very good language skills: English, Dutch and French
• Knowledge of Nielsen, GfK and other data providers is a plus;
• Solution oriented, dynamic, autonomous & positive team player

Why Beiersdorf?

A great place to work:pure and simple. Besides offering you a challenging role & growth opportunities, you will also receive a competitive salary package & fringe benefits:

• Hospitalization insurance & pension scheme contribution
• Meal vouchers
• 32 holidays
• Bonus scheme
• Flexible working hours & 2 days of homeworking
• Many more!

We know that feeling good starts on the inside. That means making people happy, from our consumers to you. Together, we work the magic that turns complex science into easy to-use products: but look beyond the formulas and you’ll find a great place to work, combining care, collaboration and pure performance to create brands that are trusted by millions.

We care for your uniqueness. All qualified applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.