Perrigo Nordic / ACO Hud Nordic

Manager Category Manager – Face Cosmetics

Perrigo Company plc, a leading global healthcare company, delivers value to its customers and consumers by providing Quality Affordable Healthcare Products®. Founded in 1887 as a packager of home remedies, Perrigo has built a unique business model that is best described as the convergence of a fast-moving consumer goods company, a high-quality pharmaceutical manufacturing organization and a world-class supply chain network. Perrigo is the world's largest manufacturer of over-the-counter ("OTC") healthcare products and supplier of infant formulas for the store brand market. The Company also is a leading provider of branded OTC products throughout Europe and the U.S., as well as a leading producer of "extended topical" prescription drugs.In the Nordics, Perrigo has a turnover of more than 100 million Euro, 120 employees and a portfolio of well-known brands, such as ACO, Canoderm, Miniderm, Nezeril, Plackers and Panodil. Our purpose is to make a difference to consumers by offering game changing solutions to get well, stay well and live well. 

About the role

The Category Manager for Face cosmetics, being part of Perrigo’s Central Marketing team, reporting to the VM Marketing & Digital Perrigo BCS, is a key person in driving the Cosmetics innovation strategy across Perrigo’s skin care markets in various countries across Europe: for the market leader pharmacy skincare brand ACO in the Nordics, the drugstore market premium brand Biodermal in the Netherlands, the pharmacy brand Iwostin in Poland and Dermalex in Turkey. Further geographic expansion of Perrigo skincare and globalization of existing brands is a key strategic area and will impact this role as well. Innovation is a key driver for profitable growth of our SkinCare brands across the region. Cross functional collaboration with our R&D centre of excellence as well as with in country Skin Care Marketing teams is an important successfactor in this role.

Your main Responsibilities

Build a 5-year innovation pipeline for Perrigo’s European Derma Face brands:

  • Develop and execute global Face cosmetics Marketing strategies, with focus on innovation (New products ànd renovation of current product portfolio)
  • Lead and drive the innovation process to build a 5-year innovation pipe. Design the process, lead workshops and together with key stakeholders decide on the launch plan.
  • Be the Face cosmetics consumer insight expert and identify what type of new consumer research is needed and when
  • Be the global Face cosmetics consumer trends expert and secure that big and relevant trends are captured and serves as base in all new launches.
  • Lead a global cross functional derma cosmetics team through innovation process.
  • Ensure Innovation pipe contributes to profitable, sustainable growth for key markets.
  • Budget owner of the available research budget at Central for Derma Face

Concept development

  • Together with key local brand owners build clear and strong concepts based on core consumer insights, strong and relevant claims and strong and easy to understand reason to believes.
  • Together with Innovation develop the product development Brief
  • Serve as Corporate Marketing lead in all product development projects. Work closely with the formulation team and the packaging team to deliver best in class on the success factors identified in the concept and brief.
  • Develop commercially strong launch presentations to enable local markets success
  • Support local Brand owners in design development and secure alignment with concept
  • Have a strong business and commercial perspective in all decision made to serve a healthy P&L
  • Follow up launches, capture key learnings and deploy across skincare markets

What we expect you bring to Perrigo  

  • Experience from Innovation process and concept development within FMCG or the beauty industry
  • Solid leadership skills and cross functional collaboration skills
  • Outstanding organizational and time management skills.
  • Top influencer and excellent communication and presentation skills.
  • You possess a genuine interest for consumer insight and concept building
  • You have a hands-on mentality and entrepreneurial growth mindset.
  • You communicate and connect effectively with like-minded people and present your ideas with passion.
  • You display a strong strategic and analytical mindset to draw right conclusions from data.
  • You have a strong work ethic, attention to detail, willingness, and desire to learn and grow.
  • You are educated in business degree or equivalent.
  • A minimum of 8 years’ experience in leading local and central marketing roles.
  • Excellent in English writing and speaking.

What we have to offer you

  • Head-on international experience within a marketing community that is passionate about its brands and consumers.
  • Lean organizational structure with a diverse and inclusive company culture.
  • International career opportunities within Perrigo that meet your ambitions.
  • Attractive and competitive compensation package.
  • Office location: Perrigo Nordic in Kista, Stockholm

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