Do you have experience in Category Management and the ambition to work in a leading role? As a Customer Marketing Manager, you will have the opportunity to lead and develop the Norwegian Customer Marketing team, working with our strong brands - Libero, Libresse, TENA, and Lotus - while also contributing to shaping the Category Management and insights agenda at Essity Consumer Goods.
Essity - a leading global hygiene and health company and home to brands like Tork, Libero, TENA, Libresse, Sorbact, and JOBST - is offering an exciting and challenging opportunity for a Customer Marketing Manager within the Consumer Goods Business Unit, which includes the categories of Baby Care, Feminine Care, Incontinence Care and Consumer Tissue products with our market leading Brands Libero, Libresse, TENA and Lotus.
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About The RoleAs a Customer Marketing Manager, you will lead a team of 2 responsible for Category Management. You will own one of our categories and be responsible for building and executing local customer marketing plans for the Norwegian market. You will also play a key role in shaping and executing go-to-market strategies, driving category growth in prioritized channels, and building strong customer partnerships. Furthermore, your responsibilities will include leading the category planning process, contributing to pricing and promotion strategies, optimizing assortment, and overseeing customer marketing initiatives in close collaboration with the local Sales Team and Nordic Category Team.
The position is based in Oslo and reports to the Nordic Customer Marketing Director. The role carries the need for the occasional travel (up to 20% per year).
In addition, you will:
Secure the Go to Market perspective of launches, setting and implementing strong plans related to relevant 7P for all channels both on- and offline.
Analyze market, brand, and financial performance to identify growth opportunities and leverage insights and data to guide decision-making.
Deliver operational excellence in customer collaboration, customer meetings, launch execution, shopper marketing and internal projects.
Represent Norway in the regional Customer Marketing Management Team and the local Management Team, driving cross-market collaboration and best practice sharing.
We believe that you are a strategic and commercially driven leader who can influence, coach, and inspire. You are analytical and structured, capable of turning data into actionable insights. You take ownership, make independent decisions, and focus on driving business growth. With a collaborative mindset and a clear sense of direction, you thrive in fast-paced environments and contribute to strategic development.
University degree, preferably in Business Administration, Marketing or Economics.
Minimum of 5 years of relevant working experience within Customer Marketing (Category Management and/or Insights) and/or Sales, ideally from FMCG.
Fluent in Norwegian and English.
Strong leadership experience, ideally from leading teams, projects or strategic processes.
Interested? If you are up for the challenge and think this sounds like you, apply online today! Please send your application in English. Kindly note that due to GDPR we will not accept applications via mail. Please use the link to apply via our career site. We may conduct background checks in the final stages of the recruitment process to verify your qualifications and fit for the role.
What We Can Offer YouOur purpose, Breaking Barriers to Well-being, provides meaning to everything we do. Working at Essity means a chance to improve well-being for people and opportunities to drive positive change for the society and the environment. As an employee at Essity, you will belong to an organization where you feel valued and supported to grow and challenged to generate business results in a collaborative and open atmosphere. Innovate for Good | Excel Together | Be You with Us
Application End Date:26 okt. 2025Job Requisition ID:Essity257011
What We Do
Essity - a globally leading hygiene and health company, breaking barriers to well-being. Our expertise in hygiene and health began with the acquisition of the Swedish company Mölnlycke in 1975, through which our roots stretch back to 1849. Today, our sustainable innovations from globally trusted brands, designed for everybody and every body, care for the well-being of 1 billion people in 150 countries every day.
Working at Essity is not just a career but a chance to make the world healthier, safer, and more hygienic. Our barrier breakers innovate for good and contribute to shaping a sustainable future. At Essity, every career is as unique as the individual. We empower employees to excel together and reach their full potential in a winning culture motivated by a powerful purpose. We provide a sustainable work-life based on flexibility for both employees and employers. At Essity, we are committed to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in everything we do. It is the key to our success in creating an inclusive, collaborative, and caring company culture where you can be you with us. Our purpose of Breaking Barriers to Well-being, is to enable customers and consumers to lead fuller lives at all stages of life.
Our leading global brands include TENA, Tork, Actimove, JOBST, Knix, Leukoplast, Libero, Libresse, Lotus, Modibodi, Nosotras, Saba, Tempo, TOM Organic, Vinda and Zewa. Essity has about 36,000 employees. Net sales in 2022 amounted to approximately SEK 156bn (EUR 15bn). The company’s headquarters is located in Stockholm, Sweden, and Essity is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm. If you want to join a company where dedication to people is powered by innovation, welcome to Essity
