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A Day in the Life 

As Category Manager you report to the Head of Category Management and are based in Prague within L’Oréal Consumer Products Division. You will define and deploy the long-term category vision for drugstore & retail, working closely with Sales, Marketing and Key Accounts to grow the category and elevate brand presence in‑store.

• Build and promote a long-term category vision and tactical deployment plan
• Create & lead the category development projects for drugstore and retail clients
• Owner of the permanent shopping in-store category & brand elevation for all POS elements
• Proactive assortment & distribution optimization, ownership of the assortment vision per channels
• Superior understanding of the shoppers' needs and behaviors, understanding shopper studies, and proposing an action plan to react based on consumer and category insights
• Build a strong relationship with the client to co-create a common growth vision
• Shelf effectiveness with regular planogram optimization and improvement proposals
• Implement novelties in category and planogram strategy as a pivotal part of the launching process
• Data reporting: regular update of listing status and category data endorsement
• Cooperate with the marketing and sales departments throughout the activation planning

Our Ideal Candidate:

• Very good communication, presentation and analytical skills
• 3 – 5 years of experience in marketing or sales
• Excelent knowledge of MS Office
• English language 
• User skill with Nielsen Answers / Spaceman (Pro Space) is an advantage

 What’s In It For You

• A place for you to leave your comfort zone and grow beyond your potential (here, you’ll be encouraged to try new things and take risks!)
• Real responsibility from day 1, there’s no sitting on the sidelines at L’Oréal
• An environment where people of every ethnicity, social background, age, religion, gender, and sexual orientation, as well as people with disabilities, are accepted, can speak up, will thrive, and are celebrated!
• A place where you can contribute to something bigger! Many of our brands have societal/environmental causes to make a concrete difference.

 Who We Are

 L’Oréal is present in 150 markets on five continents. For more than a century, L’Oréal has devoted itself solely to ‘Create beauty that moves the world’; it is now the industry world leader with €42 billion consolidated sales. Together, we solve complex challenges at scale, while making sure we stay committed to making the world a more inclusive and better place for everyone & our planet.

We’re committed to guaranteeing inclusive recruitment processes and to advocating for hiring and promoting each candidate in an ethical and equitable way. The Group strictly prohibits discrimination against any applicant for employment because of the individual’s gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, visible and/or invisible disabilities, socio-economic and/or multicultural origins, health conditions, age, religion, or any other characteristics protected by law.

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