Category Development Manager - Pharmacy - 12 Month Fixed Term Contract

We are Reckitt

Home to the world's best loved and trusted hygiene, health, and nutrition brands. Our purpose defines why we exist: to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world. We are a global team united by this purpose. Join us in our fight to make access to the highest quality hygiene, wellness, and nourishment a right and not a privilege.

​Sales​

Our Sales teams help to deliver Reckitt's purpose by building shared success with our customers, making access to the highest quality hygiene, wellness, and nourishment possible in-stores and online. Within Sales, we're focused on achieving outperformance across all of our channels, operating in highly competitive categories. This focus results in a dynamic, fast paced environment where cross functional teams are encouraged to collaborate to achieve success. We have around 10,000 sales people across the world, within market roles and ranging in areas like Field Sales, Key Accounts, Trade Marketing and Category Development.

About the role

 

Be the voice of the customer & retailer. Through a deep understanding of the needs of the Consumer, Shopper and Customer you will co-build plans with Australia’s leading retailers bringing our categories to life, creating sustainable growth occasions for your assigned portfolio of brands. 

This role is a 12-month fixed term contract. 

Your responsibilities

• Build a deep category understanding. Develop strategies based on category and shopper understanding that will drive growth. 
• Influence at all levels the strategic direction within our business and embed customer centricity throughout the business.  
• Drive Reckitt insight capability to optimise Retail Activation, using tools like shopper research, consumer research and customer data as the basis for category plans 
• Lead the development of story and sell in for customer-facing workshops and range reviews, in partnership with Sales, Trade Strategy and Marketing.
• Assisting in developing category arguments/input to elevate Reckitt’s customer and Joint Business Planning capability/output. 
• Engage our key retail customers to build category roadmaps that lay the foundation for Reckitt Brand activations. 
• Position Reckitt as the Supplier of choice on all aspects of Category Development, recognised by the Customer as the most commercially astute category counsel across Consumer/ Macro Trends/ Shopper and Channel Dynamics. 
• Effective communicator and influencer, adept at stakeholder engagement and negotiation.
• Proficient in using Syndicated Data (e.g., Nielsen / IRI) and tools such as Excel, PowerPoint, and relevant category management software.

The experience we're looking for

• Solid background in trade marketing, sales or marketing with a proven track record of crafting compelling trade strategies.
• Insight driven with a strong understanding of trade channels and consumer behaviour.
• Excellent ability to analyse data and translate it into actionable strategies.
• Creative thinker with a results-driven mindset and ability to adapt to market shifts. - Effective communicator and influencer, adept at stakeholder engagement and negotiation.
• Proficient in using Syndicated Data (e.g., Nielsen / IRI) and tools such as Excel, PowerPoint, and relevant category management software.

What we offer

With inclusion at the heart of everything we do, working alongside our four global Employee Resource Groups, we support our people at every step of their career journey, helping them to succeed in their own individual way. We invest in the wellbeing of our people through parental benefits, an Employee Assistance Program to promote mental health, and life insurance for all employees globally. We have a range of other benefits in line with the local market. Through our global share plans we offer the opportunity to save and share in Reckitt's potential future successes. For eligible roles, we also offer short-term incentives to recognise, appreciate and reward your work for delivering outstanding results. You will be rewarded in line with Reckitt's pay for performance philosophy.

Equality

We recognise that in real life, great people don't always 'tick all the boxes'. That's why we hire for potential as well as experience. Even if you don't meet every point on the job description, if this role and our company feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability or medical condition; colour, ethnicity, race, citizenship, and national origin; religion, faith; pregnancy, family status and caring responsibilities; sexual orientation; sex, gender identity, gender expression, and transgender identity; protected veteran status; size or any other basis protected by appropriate law.