Calling all innovators, disruptors, and dreamers!
Join L’Oréal, the world's #1 beauty company present in over 150 markets. For over 100-years, we’ve been transforming, fueled by data, tech, innovation, and science. Together, we solve complex challenges at scale, while staying true to our commitments to society and the planet. Do you want to be challenged and developed within your area of expertise? Then you might be just the one we are looking for to strengthen our Consumer Products Division as the Category Growth Manager located in Helsinki.
Your mission…
As the Category Growth Manager in the Consumer Products Division (CPD), you will be accountable for the growth and development of your category at retailer and country level. You identify & leverage growth opportunities in collaboration with the retailer partners through deep market analysis and actionable category insights. You will drive & leverage all RGM levers to fuel growth in the category. The role reports to the Business Development Manager.
You will…
- Following the Nordic Growth Strategy, define plan for category growth at local market and top tier retailer’s level
- Build locally relevant Category Growth story and support in joint business plans with top tier clients.
- Analyze Category Performance and gather local Category Shopper Insights on monthly basis
- Identify assortment gaps and opportunities (white spaces, listings) within market, define listing targets per sales cycle
- Define listing targets and map category development needs for top tier retailers
- Drive the category space & assortment priorities into client reality together with Category Development Manager and Commercial team
- Develop strong category trade story with identified listing targets and category projects
- Adapt the brand HYM deck into locally relevant trade story and present to top local clients in collaboration with KAMs
- Be responsible for local market Revenue Growth Management projects (pricing, promo policies, co-joints)
- Be responsible for developing local business cases using category analysis and P&L analysis
Your profile...
- You have a relevant University/business school degree and a minimum of 3 years of experience in Sales, Category Management or Marketing within a leading FMCG company
- Strong analytical skills and performance drive
- Commercial and financial understanding is valued
- Combines strategic thinking with executional excellence, good eye for details
- Experience with Finnish shoppers and retailers
- Has a proven track record of implementation of initiatives with rigorous excellence
- Has the ability to adapt in an ever-changing environment
- You are fluent in a Nordic language and English
- Creative, out-of-the-box mindset and enjoys being out of the comfort zone
- Has strong communication skills and enjoys working in a multicultural and diverse team
We are looking for you to start as soon as possible. The employment is fixed term between 1st April 2025 to 31st of Jan 2026. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis, so do not wait to apply! We welcome everyone to apply no matter your gender, ethnicity, physical abilities, religion, or sexual orientation.
What’s in it for you?
We offer you great level of responsibility from the very start, challenges and opportunities including an individual career plan, coaching leadership, an extensive catalogue of trainings and e-learnings, competitive personnel benefits, modern offices, and a dynamic and international working environment with engaged and skilled colleagues. Our Nordic organization counts close to 1000 employees based in the four Nordic capitals – with 500 of them based in City.
Who are we?
Leading the world in beauty and pioneering the world of beauty tech, we are more than 90,000 employees across 150 countries and have a unique portfolio of 37 international brands. In 2024, the Group generated sales amounting to 43.48 billion euros. We push boundaries to stay ahead, delivering innovation and digital solutions that bring beauty to all. L’Oréal embraces entrepreneurship, allowing you to conceptualize ideas and bring them to life in an agile way. Your job is your innovation playground.
At L’Oréal, we define success as making a positive, conscious impact. For 115 years, we've devoted ourselves to fulfilling beauty aspirations worldwide. Our purpose: to create the beauty that moves the world. We offer the best in quality, efficacy, safety, and responsibility, celebrating beauty in its infinite plurality. With 21 research centers globally and a dedicated team of over 4,000 scientists and 8,000 Digital talents, L’Oréal is focused on inventing the future of beauty and becoming a Beauty Tech powerhouse. We are committed to social and environmental sustainability.
Freedom to Go Beyond. That’s the Beauty of L’Oréal.