Sr.CategoryManager(BLACK+DECKER)

**Position Title: Senior Category Manager** **Location:** Maidenhead, UK **Work Arrangement:** Preferred hybrid, Ex “10% Travel” **Employment:** Permanent **Come make the world and accelerate your success.** It takes great people to achieve greatness. People with a sense of purpose and integrity. People with a relentless pursuit of excellence. People who care about making things better For Those Who Make The World™. Sound like you? Join our top-notch team of more than 48,000 diverse and high-performing professionals globally who are making their mark on some of the world’s most beloved brands, including DEWALT®, BLACK+DECKER®, CRAFTSMAN®, STANLEY®, CUB CADET®, and HUSTLER®. **The Job:** As a Sr. Category Manager, you’ll be part of our Tools & Outdoor team working as a remote employee. You’ll get to: * Execute category strategy across all Category portfolios. * Guide the NPD process to align with brand direction through the early-stage ideation phase. * Provide feedback on prioritization of product development projects based on category strategy. * Gather and synthesize information from various teams to assess competitive positioning, identify opportunities, and understand market dynamics. * Transform broader market intelligence into actionable insights, drive category growth initiatives, and inform product prioritization and go-to-market plans. * Product life cycle management, including low/negative margin analysis and SKU rationalization. * Provide financial analysis by category to the channel marketing team for annual quoting and line review process. * Deliver Category education & storytelling to internal & external parties. * Communicate strategy with cross-functional teams (sales, brand, product, channel) and act as point of contact for product launch. * Lead operational alignment across team (supply chain, manufacturing, marketing) to ensure product availability and readiness are timely and effective. **The Person:** You love to learn and grow and be acknowledg