A Little About the Job
My client is based in Scotland looking for a senior candidate to relocate and sit in their SLT as Head of Product Category Management. The Head of Product Category Management will take primary responsibility for the business integration of their product development engine. Working with the Executive team and leaders across the Product organisation, you'll be responsible for leading and iterating on the product roadmap and strategy. Leading a small team, you'll function as the inhouse experts on their consumer markets and put the customers at the heart of their product development work.
Responsibilities
In short, develop a strategy and category management framework from which other departments can execute on-time, on-budget delivery of innovative products that their customers love.
In a little more detail
? Become the organisational expert on their competitive environment, including distribution channels, competitive products, and product and consumer trends.
? Work with the co-CEO, Executive team and Product Leaders to develop and document the product strategy and roadmap
? Use consumer insight and channel prioritisation to build out market leading segment plans.
? Work closely with the product innovation teams throughout the new product development process, offering feedback on progress towards the brief, scope changes, feasibility studies, costing / pricing feedback and adjustments, prototype and sample feedback, etc.
? Brief new products into the Marketing team for the creation of packaging, collateral, and product launch assets.
? Work closely with the Sales and Marketing teams on go-to-market planning.
? Work with our Sales team on major retailer line reviews for new products as the product expert.
? Participate in demand planning activities with the sales, operations, and finance teams, offering forecast recommendations grounded in deep market insight.
? Working with the Planning team, oversee product lifecycle post-launch, including tracking product performance, monitoring technical issues, identifying improvement opportunities for future products and coordinating end of life processes.
? Understand, report on, and offer insight into product and category financials.
? Lead a small team of Category Managers.
Requirements
? Significant experience in consumer product or category management - ideally within a consumer goods / durables environment.
? Strong financial acumen at both the P&L and product levels.
? Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
? Experience working as part of a global product development team.
? Must be willing to relocate to Scotland or be within a computable distance.
Benefits
? Salary £80,000 - £100,000.
? 35 days paid holiday per year
? Pension scheme, cycle to work scheme
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