Category Manager – Traditional Inkjet Printers

Responsibilities

• Support WW category strategy with insights on market trends, customer needs, and competitive dynamics
• Build and maintain a strong understanding of competitors’ portfolios, positioning, pricing, and go‑to‑market strategies
• Analyze category and competitive performance to identify opportunities, risks, and implications for the HP portfolio
• Support optimization of the Traditional Inkjet hardware portfolio, aligned to customer segments, price tiers, and regional market needs
• Provide input on portfolio gaps, overlaps, and differentiation versus competitors
• Contribute to WW 4P plans (Product, Price, Place, Promotion) for Consumer and Business Inkjet
• Act as a key interface with the Supplies organization to support alignment on strategy, portfolio direction, and priorities
• Contribute to integrated system messaging across printers, ink/supplies, and subscriptions
• Support integration of subscription considerations into hardware portfolio and GTM discussions
• Collaborate with Product, Marketing, Pricing, Sales, Finance, Supply Chain, Supplies, Subscription, and Regional teams
• Prepare analysis and materials for business reviews, planning cycles, and leadership discussions
• Support tracking and reporting of category KPIs (revenue, margin, market share, units)

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, Engineering, or related field
• 6+ years of experience in Category Management, Product Management, Business Analysis, or Competitive Analysis
• Experience working with global teams and multi‑market portfolios preferred
• Exposure to supplies and/or subscription‑based business models is a plus