Are you passionate about driving category growth and creating impactful strategies? At L’Oréal, we’re looking for a dynamic Senior Category Growth Manager to join our Consumer Products Division in Copenhagen or Oslo. If you’re ready to make a difference, collaborate with top-tier clients, and lead with data-driven insights, this is your chance to shine. 

Your Mission 

As the Senior Category Growth Manager, your mission is to drive category growth and development at both retailer and country levels. You’ll identify opportunities, leverage actionable insights, and collaborate with key stakeholders to implement strategies that fuel success. Reporting to the Business Development Manager, you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping the future of your category. 

Key Job Responsibilities 

• Define and execute category growth plans aligned with the Nordic Growth Strategy at local market and retailer levels.
• Develop compelling category growth stories and support joint business plans with top-tier clients.
• Analyze category performance and gather shopper insights to identify assortment gaps and opportunities.
• Lead Revenue Growth Management (RGM) projects, including pricing, promo policies, and co-joint analyses.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to bring category priorities to life, working closely with Category Development Managers, KAMs, and Commercial teams.
• Adapt brand HYM decks into locally relevant trade stories and present them to key clients.

We Are Looking For 

You’re a strategic thinker with a proven track record of delivering results. You thrive in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment and have the skills to drive category growth. 

Here’s what you bring: 

• A relevant university/business school degree and experience in Sales, Category Management, or Marketing within FMCG.
• Expertise in problem-solving, data-driven decision-making, and category growth management.
• Strong skills in stakeholder management, storytelling, and retail strategy definition.
• Familiarity with RGM techniques, market intelligence, and activation excellence.
• Fluency in a Nordic language and English.
• A creative, out-of-the-box mindset and the ability to adapt to change.

What’s In It For You 

• Real responsibility from day one, with opportunities to grow beyond your potential.
• A dynamic, international working environment with engaged and skilled colleagues.
• Access to extensive training, e-learning, and career development programs.
• Competitive benefits, modern offices, and a culture that celebrates diversity and inclusion.

We are looking for our new Senior Category Growth Manager to start as soon as possible. This is a 13-months fixed term position.  

Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis. We welcome everyone to apply no matter your gender, ethnicity, physical abilities, religion, or sexual orientation. 

Who We Are 

At L’Oréal Consumer Products Division, we are a team of innovators and beauty enthusiasts shaping the future of mass-market beauty. With iconic brands like L’Oréal Paris, Garnier, Maybelline New York, and NYX Professional Makeup, we are committed to sustainability, innovation, and making beauty accessible to all. 

L’Oréal Nordic is a dynamic and diverse community of over 900 employees across Denmark, Sweden, Norway, and Finland. As part of the world’s #1 beauty company, we’re committed to creating beauty that moves the world. With a strong focus on sustainability, innovation, and inclusivity, we’re shaping the future of beauty while staying true to our Nordic roots. 

L’Oréal Group is present in 150 markets on five continents. For more than a century, L’Oréal has devoted itself solely to ‘Create beauty that moves the world’; it is now the industry world leader with €42 billion consolidated sales. Together, we solve complex challenges at scale while making sure we stay committed to making the world a more inclusive and a better place for everyone & our planet. 

We’re committed to guaranteeing inclusive recruitment processes and to advocating for hiring and promoting each candidate in an ethical and equitable way. The Group strictly prohibits discrimination against any applicant for employment because of the individual’s gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, visible and/or invisible disabilities, socio-economic and/or multicultural origins, health conditions, age, religion, or any other characteristics protected by law.