For our Client we are looking for:
Global Category Director, Product Line Small Domestic Appliances (SDA)
western Europe
Responsibilities:
- Define and own Category strategy
- Define strategic Plan for category aligned with overall Product Line Strategy
- Pricing, Positioning (taking the channel perspective into account)
- Sourcing strategy
- Alignment for tech roadmap
- Set the category budget and targets
- 1-2 direct reports (Global Category Managers)
- Current & future portfolio
- Own global category generation plan, start and stop dates
- Development & launch of products according to plan
- Global roll-out plans
Qualifications:
- Minimum 10 years of solid experience in product development or product marketing or commercial areas (with product knowledge/ product management) with P&L responsibility in Small Domestic Appliances
- Very good project management skills, able to plan and prioritise
- Team player, able to influence and work well in a global matrix organization
- Good communicator, builds networks and can leverage resources from different areas to work together towards overall objectives
- Strong, analytical skills with ability to see the big picture
- Ability to motivate others
- Comfortable with and can drive change