Category Manager - Multi Channel, Personal Health (Stamford, CT)

Philips•Stamford, CT

23d•$110,000 - $174,720•Onsite

About The Position

Philips Personal Health (Stamford, CT) is seeking a Category Manager - Multi Channel to provide category management and sales analytics expertise across the Philips Personal Health portfolio. This role supports teams working with omnichannel Canadian retailers as well as Target and Costco in the USA. The Category Manager will collaborate with sales team colleagues and customer partners to monitor omnichannel consumer and sales trends for key categories including Oral Health Care, Grooming & Beauty, and Mother & Child Care. Responsibilities include providing guidance on assortment, pricing, promotion, and shelf layout, and constructing planograms. The role involves leveraging proprietary retailer data resources for enriched analyses, building relationships with sales account managers across multiple retailers and channels, and establishing rapport across Philips functional teams to create effective sales stories. The position also requires leveraging AI resources for efficiency, serving as an analytic thought leader, training colleagues on data and tools, and building credibility through presentations. The role is based in the Stamford, CT office with approximately 10% travel.

Requirements

5+ years of experience working with retailers, CPG manufacturers and/or consultants in category management, merchandising and data management and insights.
Strong familiarity with syndicated data resources (Nielsen, Circana, etc.) and data hierarchies.
Ability to navigate the nuances associated with using syndicated data resources.
Demonstrated ability to understand retailer specific sales tools as well as shopper and panel data and to generate insights.
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent.
Comfortable navigating between a diverse group of retailers, categories and data sources to solve problems and create winning selling stories.
Must be able to successfully perform the minimum Physical, Cognitive and Environmental job requirements with or without accommodation.

Responsibilities

Collaborate with sales team colleagues and customer partners to monitor omnichannel consumer and sales trends for the key categories within Philips Personal Health: Oral Health Care, Grooming & Beauty and Mother & Child Care.
Provide guidance for assortment, pricing, promotion and shelf layout and construct planograms for illustration purposes as needs require.
Enrich analyses by leveraging insights from proprietary retailer data resources as opportunities arise.
Create working relationships with sales account managers across multiple retailers and channels.
Establish rapport across Philips functional teams to build winning sales stories to drive the business.
Leverage AI resources and processes where applicable to maximize efficiency.
Serve as an analytic thought leader for Philips and help to train colleagues to use data and tools to continuously improve business performance.
Build credibility in virtual and in-person presentations to colleagues and customers.