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Category Manager

  • South Africa
  • Johannesburg
  • On-site
  • Posted: 25 Sep 2025
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Category Manager

About the job

Development of category vision, strategy, & national shopper/trade marketing plans leveraging identified category growth drivers in alignment with brand strategies & plans.

About you

KEY REQUIREMENTS OF THE JOB

Qualification(s)

 

Relevant Business Degree, with a Sales, Marketing or Business management specialization.

 

Experience and Skills

  • Sound Category, Marketing, Operations and Key Accounts background
  • Minimum of 8 years of experience in Category Management / Marketing / Sales in FMCG
  • Proficient in MS Office: Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint
  • Proven success in commercial-focused environment
  • Proven ability to develop strong working relationships
  • Advanced communication skills (written, oral and listening)
  • Strong customer relationship building skills
  • Internal and external customer service skills
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About Danone

For more information about Danone, our culture, please explore careers.danone.com.

 

We offer:

A job which could easily turn in to a career in Danone. We believe everyone is born with superpowers, something which comes natural to you. We know this uniqueness is something which brings both excellence as well as energy, so we believe in all Danoner’s potential and when we build careers based on these superpowers and when we develop everyone’s potential to the fullest magic happens. This is how we like to see Talent Management in Danone.

This is a highly visible position within Danone; you will interact with Internal - Marketing, Sales Supply chain, SSD and External - Suppliers, CO-packers. Challenge, innovate, convince and find alignment when needed. This role has no direct reports.

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