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Category Management Executive – Deoš & Male Toiletries (Asda & Morrisons)
Location: Kingston
Job Purpose
An externally facing role focused on building collaborative relationships with UK retailers to drive long-term, sustainable category growth. You will support the Senior Category Manager in developing joint category plans and strategies that deliver shared value for retailers (Asda, Morrisons) and Unilever.
Responsible for Asda and Morrisons, your role includes:
- Influencing retailers through shopper insights
- Providing range assortment, merchandising, price, and promotional recommendations
- Strengthening strategic partnerships for mutual growth
Responsibilities
The role requires you to:
- Build independent, trusted relationships with buyers and merchandisers at key retailers
- Analyse and interpret customer/shopper data to pinpoint opportunities and risks
- Generate actionable category insights to inform strategies
- Recommend optimal(range) assortments with robust, justified proposals
- Produce ad hoc reports and analyses as required
- Collaborate internally with BU teams to deliver insights and impact external planning
- Provide expert counsel when needed for high-level strategy
Requirements
Core Skills & Competencies (Key SOLs Required)
We are looking for someone who embodies these principles:
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- Personal Mastery – Always presents their best self
- Agility – Brings curiosity and entrepreneurship
- Business Acumen – Drives value for customers and Unilever
- Consumer Love – Creates consumer-centric, impact-driven plans
- Passion for Performance – Inspires high standards in teammates
Essential Skills
- Exceptional communication and relationship-building
- Strong analytical rigor and questioning approach
- Proficient in Excel and adept at leveraging CoPilot for data analysis
- Effective storytelling to drive influence
- Adaptability to manage conflicting priorities and shifting demands
Bonus Experience
- Familiarity with category management tools (e.g., Nielsen, Numerator by Worldpanel)
- Relevant experience in FINA, retail merchandising, or adult male grooming markets would be advantageous
Location
Unilever’s new sustainable campus in Kingston will house its previously dispersed teams from:
- 100 Victoria Embankment
- Lever House (Kingston)
- Unilever House (Leatherhead)
- Graze
The final campus is scheduled for completion in early 2025 and will feature:
- Two interconnected buildings
- Landscaped spaces for a vibrant workplace ecosystem
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Benefits
We offer:
- Competitive salary
- Pension scheme
- Annual bonus
- Free gym membership
- Discounted staff shop
- Shares in Unilever
- Flexibility in hybrid workplace options
- Opportunities for professional development
Culture & Commitment
At Unilever, we prioritise:
- A hybrid work environment with flexibility
- Wellbeing support, including programmes and hubs
- Diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives
- A family-friendly approach
- Reasonable adjustments for candidates throughout recruitment
Corporate Purpose
Unilever represents a leading global consumer goods company with:
- Over 400 brands
- Daily usage by over two billion people worldwide
We’re not just focused on performance. We aim to meet essential needs for nutrition, hygiene, and personal care—while striving to achieve real-world benefit for people and the planet.
If you’re ambitious, creative, and ready to lead, we’d love to hear from you. Apply to join a team with waste solutions for every home.
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