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Henkel holds leading positions in both industrial and consumer businesses: Our portfolio includes well-known hair care products, laundry detergents, fabric softeners as well as adhesives, sealants, and functional coatings.
Sr Manager, Category Shopper Insights Beauty
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Sr Manager, Category Shopper Insights Beauty
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About this position
At Henkel, you’ll be part of an organization that’s shaping the future through innovation, sustainability and collaboration. With our trusted brands like Persil®, ‘all®, Loctite®, Snuggle®, and Schwarzkopf® and our cutting-edge technologies, you’ll have countless opportunities to explore new paths and grow.
This position is with our Consumer Brands business unit – where we empower our employees to bring the best Laundry & Home Care and Hair products to people around the world.
Dare to learn new skills, advance in your career and make an impact at Henkel.
What you´ll do
The Category & Shopper Insights Sr Manager is responsible for proactively identifying growth opportunities for Henkel brands and respective categories at Walmart and Sam's Club. The Category & Shopper Insights Manager will partner with Henkel stakeholders and merchants to bring shopper-centric thought-leadership that delivers actionable solutions. This position actively engages and builds relationships with multiple levels internally and externally. Effective time management, organization, and the ability to self-motivate are required in order to prioritize multiple projects and meet deadlines. The Category & Shopper Insights Manager must possess and consistently demonstrate an analytic aptitude, a high degree of proactiveness, strategic thinking, attention to detail, and operate with the highest level of integrity.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Develop, execute, and analyze complex data analyses and custom research studies to identify and quantify category and brand growth opportunities
- Turn complex analyses into relatable stories that motivate action, either internally, with external partners, or among shoppers/consumers
- Support the sell-in of new items by quantifying shopper behaviors and category impact
- Partner with Sales and Brand colleagues to develop best-in-class JBP and Innovation plans
- Manage and present Henkel category business updates and concrete, actionable recommendations to executive leadership
- Partner with cross-functional teams to develop and execute shopper-facing growth strategies grounded in insights and analytics
- Develop and deploy automated reporting solutions
- Proactively provide internal and external stakeholders with timely and relevant business insights that motivate shopper behaviors
- Work with sensitive/confidential information within guidelines
What makes you a good fit
- 7+ Years CPG experience, with experience in Category Management/Shopper Insights preferred
- Bachelor of Science [Business preferred]
- Ability to influence decision makers across all levels of internal and external organizations
- Proactively translate data into insights into business solutions
- Mastery of syndicated POS, household panel, primary & secondary consumer/shopper insights
- Strong proficiency in computer applications (Excel & PowerPoint)
- Ability to learn new software and tools to improve efficiency in achievement of key responsibilities
- Proficiency in syndicated and household panel data (IRI/Circana, Nielsen, Luminate/Scintilla)
- Proficiency using Space Management applications (Apollo, Spaceman, JDA Space Planning) a plus
- Shiloh/Nuqleous experience a plus
- Excellent oral and written communication
- Time management – able to prioritize multiple tasks
Some benefits of joining Henkel
- Health Insurance: affordable plans for medical, dental, vision and wellbeing starting on day 1
- Work-Life Balance: Paid time off including sick, vacation, holiday and volunteer time, flexible & hybrid work policies (depending on role), and vacation buy / sell program
- Financial: 401k matching, employee share plan with voluntary investment and Henkel matching shares, annual performance bonus, service awards and student loan reimbursement
- Family Support: 12-week gender neutral parental leave (up to 20 weeks for parents giving birth), fertility support, adoption & surrogacy reimbursement, discounted child and elderly care, and scholarships
- Career Growth: diverse national and international growth opportunities, access to thousands of skills development courses, and tuition reimbursement
The salary for this role is $115,000.00 - $155,000.00. This is the range that we in good faith anticipate relying on when setting wages for this position. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and this range. This salary range may also be modified in the future.
Henkel does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms or employment agencies. Unsolicited referrals and resumes are considered Henkel property and therefore, Henkel will not pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited referral.
Henkel is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, and other legally protected categories.
JOB ID: 25082015
Job Locations: United States, AR, Bentonville, AR
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I am interested in several jobs. Can I apply for multiple positions at the same time?
Yes – simply fill out your profile in our online application system. Once your online profile is complete, you can apply for multiple positions.
The job offer is written in English – should I write my application in English as well?
Yes, please. As Henkel is an international company you will be working with colleagues from all over the world and English is our official company language. Generally, the ‘rule’ is: please write the application in the same language as the job ad.
Do I get feedback during the application process about the state of my application?
Each position that we have open with Henkel is unique, and finding the right candidate is important for both the hired candidate as well as for Henkel. We want to make sure that both the candidate and the company are a good fit for each other. We will provide feedback to the candidates throughout the entire process.
Can employees move between business areas and/or to a different country?
Yes, in fact it is an expectation within Henkel that our talent is flexible and mobile. This helps to support the company on a broad, global level.
Our “Triple Two” philosophy promotes this expectation, by allowing you to work in at least two different roles, in two different business areas and two different countries. The reason behind this philosophy is that we believe working in different roles, business units and functions is good for your personal development and improves your understanding of Henkel as a global company.
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Whom do I contact if I have questions concerning my application?
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