Looking back on nearly 140 years of success, Henkel’s vision is to become a global leader in brands and technologies. Henkel holds globally leading market positions both in the consumer and industrial sector today and is well known for brands such as Persil, Schwarzkopf and Loctite. The company is organized into three globally operating business units: Laundry & Home Care, Beauty Care and Adhesive Technologies. The Dax-30 company is headquartered in Düsseldorf, Germany, and proud of its about 50,000 employees from more than 120 nations worldwide. Henkel is globally active and has as strong presence in emerging markets.
The Strategic Business Unit Consumers, Craftsmen and Building adhesives (AC) provides high-quality solutions for adhesives, sealants and functional coatings to a wide target group ranging from consumers to professional craftsmen, and markets a wide range of brand name products, like Perfax, Pritt, Pattex, Loctite and Rubson. We are looking for a:
CATEGORY MARKETING MANAGER ADHESIVES
POSITION
You will be the Key Account Manager with focus on the Do-It-Yourself (DIY) channels, developing and managing sales strategies for various partners.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Develop approach towards the target groups of DIYers;
- Develop strategic partnership and outperform growth of Priority1 customer addressing assortment, pricing, promotional, and planogram elements of the business;
- Develop & manage the strategy for a specific channel together with dedicated wholesalers in line with Henkel service strategy;
- Overall coordination, functional management and leadership of all of the sales activities of the business;
- Provide direction to cross functional resources to find insights to drive strategic plan and to execute plans with excellence;
- Work in a Benelux environment.
PROFILE CANDIDATE
EDUCATION AND WORK EXPERIENCE:
- Academic degree;
- Relevant working experience in sales.
RELEVANT COMPETENCIES:
- Analytical and creative;
- Persistent and result driven;
- Excellent communication skills;
- Good at starting and maintaining business contacts;
- Good knowledge of Category Management and Trade Marketing;
- Strong personality with the ability to convert ideas into concrete actions and results.
