Senior Global Category Manager H/F – POS Excellence

Senior Global Category Manager H/F – POS Excellence

ENGLISH VERSION :

Reporting to the Global POS Excellence Director, the Senior Global Category Manager is responsible for defining and leading NUXE’s global category vision. The position translates strategic objectives into frameworks, guidelines, and tools that can be implemented across markets and leveraged with retail partners.

The role collaborates closely with Global Marketing teams as well as local Sales and Marketing teams worldwide, serving as the central point of expertise and coordination for the international category management community.

Key Responsibilities

Category Vision & Strategy

Develop and lead NUXE’s global category vision for both innovation and core business portfolios, based on shopper insights, sell-out performance, and market analysis.

Co-lead the global innovation review process with Marketing, ensuring each launch is supported by a robust category strategy and clear business rationale.

Assortment & Distribution

Define global assortment principles and mandatory assortment guidelines.

Establish global distribution recommendations for core ranges and innovations, while supporting local adaptation where required.

Co-develop global promotional frameworks, including discount mechanics, eligible SKUs, and promotional governance principles.

Performance & Analytics

Conduct in-depth sell-in and sell-out performance analyses to identify growth opportunities across categories, channels, and markets.

Monitor and evaluate category initiatives, translating insights into actionable recommendations.

International Stakeholder Management

Secure alignment and engagement from local category teams around the global vision through strong influencing and leadership skills.

Facilitate continuous feedback between local markets and global teams, ensuring alignment on priorities, timing, and execution.

FRENCH VERSION

Profil

• 3 to 5 years of experience in Category Management, at either brand or customer level.
• Background in an FMCG company operating in either Pharma or Mass Market known for their best-in-class Category Management visions
• You have worked in a multi-country environment or at headquarters level.
• Strong category vision combined with sharp analytical skills.
• Expert in sell-out analysis, solid in sell-in analysis, with a good grasp of business and finance (P&L, margin, pricing).
• Hands-on experience with sell-out panel data and shopper data (IQVIA, Nielsen, GERS, Kantar, Circana).
• Influential leadership: able to rally and get buy-in from teams across countries and functions.
• Entrepreneurial mindset: comfortable building something new, taking initiative and moving fast in a department that is still being set up.
• Highly organized and structured, able to run several projects across several countries at once.
• Fluent in English and French. Both languages are used every day.