APAC Regional Category Manager - Towels
Job Description
APAC Regional Category Manager - Towels
Your Job
You're not the person who will settle for just any role. Neither are we. Because we're out to create Better Care for a Better World, and that takes a certain kind of person and teams who care about making a difference. Here, you'll bring your professional expertise, talent, and drive to building and managing our portfolio of iconic, ground-breaking brands.
Leads Asia Pacific Towel category portfolio including asset utilization for regional products, innovation launch, regional demand review, price/performance/competitive mapping, regional quality and regulatory impacts and local renovation/LCM/BFS project management through IMF if necessary. Manages the P&L to deliver NS, volume GPROS and OP growth, share growth.
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In your APAC Regional Category Manager - Towels role, you'll help us deliver better care for billions of people around the world. It starts with YOU.
Role Overview & Primary Accountabilities:
Portfolio Management & Optimization
- Partners with Regional Marketing Leaders to manage the P&L for assigned regional product category.
- Partners with Regional and Global Category Marketing to design & deliver a competitive product portfolio based on the Brand Foundation Tools for assigned regional product category.
- Partners with Global Category to optimize the product portfolio by actively managing new SKU creation & obsolete / slow moving SKUs, define Pricing Strategy & maintain Price / Performance Mapping against key competitors for products within assigned product category.
- Partners with Central & Cluster Brand Marketing to develop Category Foundations for assigned regional product category
- Partners with R&D and Supply Chain to develop insights for innovation, Design to Value (DTV) initiatives as well as LCM project work
- Partners with Regulatory team to ensure that we have knowledge and compliance of regional regulatory requirements
Product Supply
- Partners with Regional Product Supply to manage capacity & asset utilization for assigned regional product category including managing customer expectations & responding to changing product forecasts
- Provides input on short- & long-term category growth and product strategy
- Partners with regional sales teams to ensure product forecasts are accurate and appropriate inventory levels are maintained
Standard Work
- Manages product data & maintain accuracy in the PIM system for regional products within assigned product category & leads creation of new codes in SAP system for cross cluster SKUs
- Regularly monitors competitor activity and builds appropriate response plans
- Manages category metrics specific to growth targets on NSV, GP and OP for the categories in AP
- Manages product specifications & datasheets, price increase support materials and out of stock communications
- Applies Brand Identity Guidelines across the regional portfolio (especially on packaging) for assigned regional product category
- Ensures all marketing content is uploaded & maintained in the Digital Asset Management System (incl. claims in EtQ)
- Monitors performance of marketing programs (ROI) and adjusts accordingly
- Manages assigned marketing budget within CFI's
- Actively visits customers and channel partners to capture insights and check and adjust marketing programs
- Partners with Quality on testing standards as well as managing through major quality impacts in the region where applicable.
About Us
Huggies®. Kleenex®. Cottonelle®. Scott®. Kotex®. Poise®. Depend®. Kimberly-Clark Professional®. You already know our legendary brands-and so does the rest of the world. In fact, millions of people use Kimberly-Clark products every day. We know these amazing Kimberly-Clark products wouldn't exist without talented professionals, like you.
At Kimberly-Clark, you'll be part of the best team committed to driving innovation, growth, and impact. We're founded on 151 years of market leadership, and we're always looking for new and better ways to perform - so there's your open door of opportunity. It's all here for you at Kimberly-Clark.
Led by Purpose. Driven by You.
About You
You're driven to perform at the highest level possible, and you appreciate a performance culture fueled by authentic caring. You want to be part of a company actively dedicated to sustainability, inclusion, wellbeing, and career development.
You're also a university graduate with a Degree in Business, Accountancy or Finance or other related field and have at least 8 years of continuous work experience. You love what you do, especially when the work you do makes a difference. At Kimberly-Clark, we're constantly exploring new ideas on how, when, and where we can best achieve results.
When you join our team, you'll experience Flex That Works: flexible (hybrid) work arrangements that empower you to have purposeful time in the office and partner with your leader to make flexibility work for both you and the business.
In one of our professional roles, you'll focus on winning with consumers and the market, while putting safety, mutual respect, and human dignity at the center.
Essential Requirements
- Bachelor's degree, in business-related discipline
- 7-10 years of experience in marketing / Category management roles with a demonstrated track record of achievement and growth in leadership behavior
- P&L exposure
- Resolving complex problems and translating to business opportunities
- Product & technology development and working with R&D, Manufacturing & Product Supply
- Managing & successfully influencing complex stakeholder relationships
Preferred Requirements
- Masters / MBA with concentration in Marketing
- Experience in a B2B environment
Commercial / Functional Skills
- Strong business & organizational acumen - understanding of market dynamics, P&L management & commercial mindset etc.
- Product & portfolio management including managing projects through gate processes
- Strong understanding of brand foundational tools
- Strong analytics skills
- Able to make tough, informed decisions quickly to keep performance on track
- Able to navigate and perform in ambiguous circumstances
- Demonstrated contagious positive energy to influence, inspire & drive results
- English language proficiency
Total Benefits
Here are just a few of the benefits you'll enjoy working in this role for Kimberly-Clark:
- Competitive salary and incentives: We offer a competitive salary and a range of incentives, including bonus opportunities and flexible work options.
- Fantastic range of benefits: Our benefits package is second to none, with everything from health & life insurance, dental & vision care, employee assistance program, paid time off, well-being activities, and more.
- A culture of caring: We believe that a happy and healthy workforce is a productive workforce, so we offer a variety of programs and resources to support our employees' well-being.
To Be Considered
Click the "Apply" button and complete our online application process. A member of our Talent Acquisition team will review your application and be in touch if you seem like a great fit for this role.
In the meantime, check out our careers website to learn more about our company and the position. You'll want to be prepared with relevant questions when you move on to the interview stage.
And finally, the fine print...
For Kimberly-Clark to grow and prosper, we must be an inclusive organization that applies the diverse experiences and passions of its team members to brands that make life better for people all around the world. We actively seek to build a workforce that reflects the experiences of our consumers. When you bring your original thinking to Kimberly-Clark, you fuel the continued success of our enterprise. We are a committed equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, pregnancy, genetic information, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected by law. The statements above are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by employees assigned to this classification. Statements are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities and skills required for this position.
Primary Location
Singapore UE Square
Additional Locations
Kuala Lumpur Office
Worker Type
Employee
Worker Sub-Type
Regular
Time Type
Full time