Category Manager

il y a 6 jours

Greater Nantes Metropolitan Area, France Dorel Juvenile Temps plein

For a replacement during a maternity leave, we are looking for a
Category Manager (M/F)
who wants to join our Product Development and Marketing team and help grow significantly our position on the European market across all channels. The role will focus on driving our mass product portfolio, across Bebeconfort and Safety 1st brands, including licenses and own label brands.

Key responsibilities

NPD (New Product Development)

  • Ast as Product Owner within the NPD & sourcing teams in Europe and Asia (Dorel factory and partner factories), responsible for time to market and commercial viability. Work closely with R&D, Procurement, Quality, Operations, and other departments as necessary to deliver projects objectives
  • Work in close relationship with suppliers and negotiate prices to support sales performance when necessary

  • Identify development opportunities and translate them into product sourcing & development roadmap for 2027

  • NPI (New Product Introduction)

  • Lead NPI process and work closely with Content, Brand, Trade and Training teams to deliver launch assets & GTM presentations
  • Drive enhanced content and marketing assets to maximize consumer sellout on the offline/shop floors and online channels (packaging project, online content)

Portfolio management/commercial responsibility

  • Manage commercial launch plan for new product introductions in collaboration with Sales and Operations teams in Europe
  • Monitor daily commercial success of new product introduction & entire product portfolio, tracking listings, sales performance and profitability according to Budget. Make recommendations and implement action plan, including sales & promo plan when necessary to push performance
  • Drive SKU rationalization to keep portfolio and stock healthy
  • Contribute to trade events and promote the novelties at European customer events, including internal training & sales pitch, as well as local events and local customer meetings
  • Manage Commercial Program Price List input & Quota forecasts exercise to prepare 2027 collection year

Teams

  • Manage a team of 2 people, including a product manager & a marketing specialist

Your profile

  • Graduated with at least 5 years' experience in Product development, Portfolio management and Product Marketing, ideally in an international environment working with consumer goods
  • Strong sense of entrepreneurship and commercial mindset, results oriented
  • Demonstrated strategic and analytical skills
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, make quick decisions and manage multiple stakeholders
  • Ability to manage and grow a team
  • Fluency in English
  • Job located in our Cholet headquarter, near Nantes & Angers.

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