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

Philips•Stamford, CT

21d•Onsite

About The Position

Philips Personal Health is seeking a Category Manager with expertise in category management and sales analytics. This role will support teams working with omnichannel Canadian retailers, as well as Target and Costco in the USA. The Category Manager will collaborate with sales teams and customer partners to monitor consumer and sales trends across Oral Health Care, Grooming & Beauty, and Mother & Child Care categories. Responsibilities include providing guidance on assortment, pricing, promotion, and shelf layout, and constructing planograms. The role involves leveraging proprietary retailer data, building relationships with sales account managers and internal Philips teams, and utilizing AI resources for efficiency. The Category Manager will act as an analytic thought leader, train colleagues on data usage, and deliver presentations to colleagues and customers. This is an office-based role in Stamford, CT, 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 tools.
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 following minimum Physical, Cognitive and Environmental job requirements with or without accommodation for this position.

Responsibilities

Collaborate with sales team colleagues and customer partners to monitor omnichannel consumer and sales trends for key categories within Philips Personal Health: Oral Health Care, Grooming & Beauty and Mother & Child Care.
Provide guidance for assortment, pricing, promotion and shelf layout.
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.