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Oslo
800000kr - 1000000kr per annum
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CATEGORY MANAGER

OSLO, NORWAY

800,000 - 1,000,000 NOK PER ANNUM

This is an exciting opportunity for a marketing professional who is passionate about customer experience and knows how to deliver a compelling product category vision!

THE COMPANY

This software company is a global leader within its industry and is at the forefront of shaping the future with its technology-first approach. Currently operating in over 20 different markets this company truly is a major player who aims for sustainability in every aspect of their business operations.

THE ROLE

As Category Manager you will act as CEO of the product category, own the P&L and lead-end-to-end decision making - create the vision, articulate the strategy, develop the plan and carry out its delivery. You will work alongside product managers, marketing channel owners and business leaders around a compelling future vision for your product category. In a cross functional environment you will work closely with teams across the business, make decisions, track competitors, define success criteria and manage product category performance.

  • Develop a comprehensive understanding of the existing customer base for your product category, leveraging web and mobile app analytics, customer research, customer complaints and other existing data sources
  • Benchmark competitive offerings and obtain insights from how best-in-class players approach challenges for their product categories
  • Own the P&L of the product category, negotiate and agree challenging customer and revenue targets, and then be responsible for driving and innovating the category experience to achieve those commercial goals
  • Negotiate and agree challenging customer and revenue targets, and then be responsible for driving and innovating the category experience to achieve those business goals

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

This role is suitable for a candidate who is passionate about and understands how to deliver exceptional customer experience. You have a thorough understanding of product life-cycle management and how to drive performance outcomes. You are passionate about innovation and trying out new clever ways of getting things done.

  • Proven commercial experience in business development and product management, preferably from a fast-moving B2C or e-commerce environment
  • Proven ability to develop product strategies and effectively communicate recommendations to executive management
  • Analytical mindset and passion for data
  • Experience working with Google Analytics and Ads
  • Skilled at working effectively in a cross-functional environment
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

THE BENEFITS

  • Join an industry leading company
  • Relocation benefits
  • Competitive salary
  • Company shares

HOW TO APPLY

Please register your interest by sending your CV to Amanda Snellman via the apply link on this page.

KEYWORDS

Category Manager / Category Management / Marketing / Product Management / Product Life-cycle / Customer Experience / Strategy / Data and Analytics

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