Category Manager

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Hiring Remotely in United States
Remote
Senior level
Healthtech • Biotech • Pharmaceutical
The Role
As a Category Manager at Alcon, you will analyze data and provide insights to support business growth in the Drug Vision Care Sales division. You'll build relationships with retailers, deliver insights, support buying teams, and collaborate with internal stakeholders to identify opportunities and develop strategic solutions.
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At Alcon, we are driven by the meaningful work we do to help people see brilliantly. We innovate boldly, champion progress, and act with speed as the global leader in eye care. Here, you’ll be recognized for your commitment and contributions and see your career like never before. Together, we go above and beyond to make an impact in the lives of our patients and customers.

We foster an inclusive culture and are looking for diverse, talented people to join Alcon. As a Category Manager supporting Drug Vision Care Sales, you will be trusted to conduct analysis and synthesize multiple data sources to generate insights and useful recommendations. The Category Manager plays a valuable role in building a strong partnership with our customers by providing strategic, consultative category guidance to deliver growth for the Alcon OTC portfolio and the Eye Care Category in general.

In this role, a typical day will include:

  • Developing and cultivating business relationships establishing Alcon as the priority partner for all category management needs
  • Working to support the buying team at our retailer partners as well as supporting those buying teams interactions with the senior leadership groups at those retailers.
  • Delivering consumer, shopper, category, and marketplace insights and trends to guide strategic choices and tactical executions to drive market growth in the short and long term.
  • Planning planogram and assortment reviews within the channel’s retailer merchant teams
  • Collaborating with the Sales Team to develop, metrics, and strategies to drive long term portfolio growth.
  • Conducting analysis using research, category management capabilities, analytical tools, and data visualization to further identify and communicate business opportunities and challenges.
  • Providing business reporting, trend analysis, customized reports, and special project work directly to the Alcon Sales Team and retailer buying teams
  • Collaborating with multiple internal stakeholders to connect business opportunities and developing strategic and tactical solutions.
  • Leveraging critical thinking and problem-solving skills to recognize and anticipate issues and opportunities by elevating analyses beyond reporting and translating insights into action.
  • Serving as the functional expert regarding category management to cross-functional team members

What you will bring to Alcon:

  • ·Bachelor’s Degree or Equivalent years of directly related experience (or high school+15 yrs; Assoc.+11 yrs; M.S.+4 yrs; PhD+3 yrs) 
  • The ability to fluently read, write, understand, and communicate in English
  • 7 Years of Relevant Experience 

How you can thrive at Alcon:

  • Working cross functionally with sales teams, customers and the OTC business.

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Alcon is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. Alcon takes pride in maintaining a diverse environment and our policies are not to discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status. Alcon is also committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please send an email to [email protected] and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.

The Company
Bangalore, Karnataka
20,962 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 1945

What We Do

Alcon helps people see brilliantly. As the global leader in eye care with a heritage spanning more than seven decades, we offer the broadest portfolio of products to enhance sight and improve people’s lives. Our Surgical and Vision Care products touch the lives of more than 260 million people in over 140 countries each year living with conditions like cataracts, glaucoma, retinal diseases and refractive errors. Our more than 20,000 associates are enhancing the quality of life through innovative products, partnerships with eye care professionals and programs that advance access to quality eye care.

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