# Category Manager - EU

**Company**: Charlotte Tilbury Beauty
**Location**: London, England
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: Full-time
**Category**: Marketing
**Industry**: Beauty

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## Description

We are looking for a superstar Category Manager to join our EU team! As a Category Manager, you will lead Skincare & Fragrance category performance, portfolio management and strategic growth across Europe.

Responsibilities:

- Develop and deliver Skincare & Fragrance category strategy to achieve Retail and Gross sales and market share expectations

- Build category visions, growth plans and portfolio architecture

- Review sales, market share and portfolio productivity with the shared Category Analyst

- Monitor competitors and European market needs

- Manage category new product development (NPD) and promotional product plans

- Own category forecasting inputs and volume assumptions for NPD and core

- Optimise the Skincare & Fragrance portfolio for differentiated channel strategies

- Develop and implement agreed pricing, positioning and lifecycle recommendations

- Lead category launch planning and readiness with Go-To-Market, VM, Sales, REOPS and Communications

- Oversee sampling, post-production units (PPUs), tokens of appreciation (TOAs) and AOV drivers

- Evaluate launch attainment and sell-through with the Category Analyst

- Brief, prioritise and review shared Analyst work alongside the other Category Manager

Requirements:

- Demonstrable marketing experience, preferably in beauty, skincare or fragrance

- Proven category or portfolio ownership and experience in product, category or brand marketing

- Strong strategic and commercial capability

- Experience coordinating launches and working across markets and functions

- Good commercial acumen, with strategic category thinking and strong analytical capability

- Experienced managing multiple stakeholders

- Strong collaborator, agile thinker, results driven and strive for success

- Ability to work under pressure, meet deadlines in a timely manner and ruthlessly prioritise

- Exceptional organisational and prioritising skills

- A natural curiosity, passion and love for the beauty industry

Benefits:

- 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays) with an additional day to celebrate your birthday

- Inclusive parental leave policy

- Financial security and planning with our pension and life assurance for all

- Wellness and social benefits including Medicash, Employee Assist Programs and regular social connects with colleagues

- Bring your furry friend to work with you on our allocated dog friendly days and spaces

- Generous product discount and gifting

## Skills

### Required
- marketing
- category management
- portfolio management
- strategic growth
- analytical capability

### Nice to have
- beauty industry
- skincare
- fragrance
- European markets

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