Description
We have an exciting opportunity for an ambitious, passionate, and driven Category Analyst to join the Europe Marketing team!
In this newly created role, you will support the Category Manager in driving performance and operational excellence of the Skin & Fragrance portfolio, with strong ownership of analytics, forecasting, and cross-functional coordination.
Responsibilities:
- Support execution of category strategy to deliver sales, market share, and portfolio growth.
- Assist in building category plans, innovation support, and portfolio updates.
- Own category performance tracking and reporting, providing regular insights on sales, market share, and product productivity.
- Analyse overall portfolio performance, highlighting underperforming and high-potential SKUs and supporting optimisation decisions.
- Track NPD performance, including launch metrics, sell-through, and post-launch evaluation.
- Support end-to-end launch management and ensure strong execution across markets.
- Support and coordinate forecasting activities, including NPD volumes and ongoing demand planning inputs.
- Manage key operational product elements across the category.
- Partner with supply chain teams to support availability and minimise risk of stock issues.
- Conduct competitor and market analysis to identify growth opportunities.
- Support pricing, positioning, and lifecycle management tracking.
Requirements:
- Experience within Marketing, ideally within beauty, fashion, luxury or retail.
- Strong analytical and commercial experience, with experience in product or category or brand.
- Data-led but creatively aware - understanding the balance between performance and brand.
- Strong collaborator and work well in a fast paced environment.
- Excellent communicator, able to articulate point of view and build strong cross functional relationships.
- Flexible and professional attitude, hungry to learn and welcome challenge!
Benefits:
- 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays) with an additional day to celebrate birthday
- Inclusive parental leave policy
- Financial security and planning with pension and life assurance
- Wellness and social benefits including Medicash, Employee Assist Programs and regular social connects
- Dog friendly days and spaces
- Generous product discount and gifting