Category Manager, Skincare and Haircare Walmart, LDB Category Development

Job Title:

Category Manager, Skincare and Haircare Walmart, LDB Category Development

Division: L'Oreal Dermatological Beauty

Location:

Hudson Yards, New York

Reports To:

Director, Category Development Haircare

For more than a century, L'Oreal has devoted its energy, innovation, and scientific excellence solely to one business:
Beauty. Our goal is to offer each and every person around the world the best of beautyin terms of quality, efficacy, safety, sincerity and responsibility to satisfy all beauty needs and desires in their infinite diversity.

At L'Oreal Dermatological Beauty, our mission is to help everyone in their quest for healthy and beautiful skin. Our division is the world leader in dermo-cosmetics by adding health to beauty. Our brands portfolio includes Cera Ve, La Roche-Posay, Vichy, Skin Ceuticals and skin better science offering a range of skincare and haircare products to respond to all expectations linked to beauty and health of the skin.

The Manager of Category Development, under the guidance of Director, Category Development Skincare is responsible for leading the skincare and haircare categories y will leverage shopper insights and category analysis to establish strategies and enhance the shopping experience to accelerate the growth of dermatological skincare and haircare and our brands. They will help develop and influence the execution of the dermatological skincare category vision across all touchpoints at Walmart.

• Help lead the strategic vision and development of Skincare and Haircare categories at Walmart.
• Build and maintain true understanding of total and Walmart specific market trends and omni-channel category insights.
• Partner with Sales team to support them in developing strategic account objectives and executional plans, using category insights.
• Be the Walmart insights expert internally with key stakeholders in particular Marketing and Trade marketing and externally with Walmart Merchants and sales team.
• Ensure usage of all category and shopper tools, such as NielsenIQ, Market
  360, Amazon Tech/Profitero, Scintilla, Numerator, Spate, Suzy panel research, Ipsos panel research, social engagement tools, Retailer loyalty systems, bespoke shopper studies (CDJ's, Shopper Perception, UX studies, Merchandizing Studies and external market research (ex. Euromonitor, Kantar, Kline, Mintel)).
• Attend high-level customer engagement meetings in partnership with sales to present LDB as category expert and thought leader.
• Lead development of holistic solutions that advance all pillars of traditional category management (space & assortment, category insights, in-store merchandising, etc.) and work with the merchant team to implement at Walmart.
• Exhibit a constant sense of curiosity, be highly motivated to gain insight/understanding of the LDB and Walmart business and proactively come up with opportunities/recommendations to move the business forward.
• Consistently aspire to bring additional sophistication, improvement & efficiency to the analysis of the business.
• Utilize and adapt all central category thought leadership (Quarterly Market Assessments) and adapt this content to be relevant for Walmart.
• Develop in depth bi annual reset assessments for Skincare and Haircare and present internally to key stakeholders.
• Contribute to the evolution from Category Management to Category Development (thought leadership and enhanced story telling), focusing on long-term growth and innovation.

• Requires a national perspective of the consumer-packaged goods and beauty industry as well as experience in the mass retail environment
• Requires strategic thinking skills, creative and original in terms of new or improved methods, procedures or ideas regarding processes. Responsible for all assigned projects and objectives; works in collaboration with all internal departments and Field Sales.
• Performance based on meeting the organization's objectives and schedules. Ability to handle multiple projects at one time and meet required deadlines.
• Contact with Field sales and direct account interaction as well as marketing managers, trade marketing managers and other related functions and departments within Hudson Yards. This position will provide contact and interaction with senior leadership.
• Collaborate with a diverse team in multiple off-site locations;
  Can manage client relationships to maximize our business investments;
  Shows strong ability to manage multiple projects and prioritize team…