Category Manager (m/w/d), Genève

Missions

The main function of the Category Management Team from the Consumer Product Division is to grow the Beauty market and over-proportionally the Division, thanks to a strategic alignment with retailers and a superior understanding of shopper needs and behaviors.
Their mission is to develop a triple win strategy (L’Oréal, Retailer and shopper), adequate mix activation plan and P&L of the category, by building a trustful relation with counterparts at retailer’s, gaining category captaincies and monitoring category projects rollout.

In this team your mission will be focused on the Skincare category, from analyzing market data (selection, simplification, structuring) to conducting consumers/shoppers studies in order to lead "POS excellence" projects from the revision of planograms to complete point of sale review projects.
Your role is also to support the commercial team in their business plan alignment with retailers, with the right shopper and category insights, market and category reviews, and during retailer presentation.
Finally, your category expertise will help in internal arbitration between brands when needed, thanks to fact-based recommendation.

Profile

• You have a minimum of a Bachelor or Master degree in a relevant field
• You have relevant experience in Category Management, ideally in FMCG and/or the Beauty sector
• You have strong analytical skills and you’re sensitive to numbers
• You are an accurate, disciplined and organized person
• You have strong communication and interpersonal skills, equally motivated by working independently as well as collaborating in a team
• You speak fluently German and French with a good level in English.