PZ Cussons Recruitment For Head of Category – Personal Hygiene

PZ Cussons Recruitment For Head of Category – Personal Hygiene. PZ Cussons Nigeria is now recruiting to fill the position of head of Category – Personal Hygiene. See how to apply below and the requirements.

PZ CUSSONS, is an international consumer goods business that champions the well-being of people, families, and communities everywhere. We build brands that our consumers trust and love and we have a clear strategy to return to sustainable, profitable revenue growth. We have a clear focus on the leading brands in our core categories of Hygiene, Baby, and Beauty within our priority markets. On this page you can find information about our performance as a listed company and our financial and regulatory disclosures.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Head of Category – Personal Hygiene

Job Requisition ID: JR000560
Location: Nigeria Head Office
Job type: Full time
Department: Marketing
Level: G4
Reports to: Head of Marketing, Family Care

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Description

• Utilize a thorough understanding of the African consumer, customer and competitor environment to develop compelling category/brand strategies, aligned to group brand strategies.

Significant  Relationships
(Internal & external):

• Regional Marketing team
• Brand Activation team
• Cross-functional teams from Finance, Commercial, Supply Chain, HR, NPD, Consumer Insight, Digital
• Advertising agencies & Service providers.

Job Roles /  Responsibilities

• Create and develop category/brand strategies to grow the category/brands market share volume/value and profitability
• Support the delivery of overall budgeted profitability of the Category by developing solid brand strategies that grow and sustain brand performance
• Monitor and report the regional category performance through brand health indicators (NNS, GM, MC) and key consumer KPIs (awareness, trial, attribute rating, etc.)
• Explore & exploit new growth opportunities for the category.
• Define pricing policy for products within the category/brand portfolio in the Region
• Ensure the development of regional communication material aligned to the category/brand strategy and that supports the delivery of CBU brand plans
• Participate actively in company-wide initiatives as required – e.g. Margin Improvement
• Proactively identify sources and resource needs to support brand growth.
• Lead the NPD process ensuring that its requirements are managed and delivered according to targets with clear handover to CBUs at Gate 2
• Collate regional consumer insights and output from research plans to feed into the development of the brand strategy

Job Context & Special Features
May require:

• Significant in-country and regional travel
• International travel
• Flexibility to work on weekends.

Requirements And Qualifications

Interested persons should possess the following:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Post graduate degree is desirable
• IT savvy including the use of MS Office Suite of Applications.
• Over 7 years of demonstrated experience in Brand Management
• Professional Qualification in Marketing is essential

Capabilities / Technical skills:
Consumer Champion:

• Insight generation (Proven strength)
• Communication (Mastery)
• Digital (Proven strength).

Brand Champion:

• Brand propositions (Proven strength)
• Strategy (Proven strength).

Profit and Growth Champion:

• Commercial delivery (Mastery)
• RTM (Mastery).

Innovation Champion:

• Innovation (Proven strength)
• NPD and PLM (Mastery).

Business Leader:

• Personal leadership (Proven strength)
• Personal drive (Proven strength)
• Talent development (Proven strength).

How to Apply

Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply

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