Job Description

Director Category Management, Qunol

Location: Pinebrook, NJ

Opella is the self-care challenger with the purest and third-largest portfolio in the Over-The-Counter (OTC) & Vitamins, Minerals & Supplements (VMS) market globally.

Our mission is to bring health in people’s hands by making self-care as simple as it should be. For half a billion consumers worldwide – and counting.

At the core of this mission is our 100 loved brands, our 11,000-strong global team, our 13 best-in-class manufacturing sites and 4 specialized science and innovation development centers. Headquartered in France, Opella is the proud maker of many of the world’s most loved brands, including Allegra, Buscopan, Doliprane, Dulcolax, Enterogermina, Essentiale and Mucosolvan.

As a globally certified B Corp company, we are active players in the journey towards healthier people and planet. Find out more about our mission at www.opella.com

About the Job

The Director, Category Management plays a critical strategic leadership role within Qunol, responsible for shaping the long‑term category vision and elevating Qunol’s presence across the Vitamins, Minerals & Supplements (VMS) category, where Qunol is recognized as the #3 VMS player. This role drives enterprise level insights, leads customer-facing thought leadership, and influences both internal and retailer strategies to unlock sustainable category and brand growth.

As the organization’s senior category strategist, you serve as the proactive trend‑finder and expert on emerging consumer, category, and competitive dynamics particularly within Qunol’s core growth spaces. You will partner closely with Sales, Sales Strategy, and Marketing to integrate category thinking into commercial planning, while also engaging directly with senior retail partners to shape their category strategies.

This role blends strategic vision, analytical leadership, and hands‑on execution developing category frameworks, uncovering growth opportunities, and driving retailer-ready recommendations that position Qunol as a best‑in‑class insights partner.

Main Responsibilities:

• Own and refine the long‑term VMS category vision, translating market trends, consumer shifts, and competitive activity into strategic direction that informs Qunol’s enterprise priorities.
• Build and deliver omni-channel category strategies that drive sales, share, and retailer collaboration across both brick-and-mortar and digital channels with the ability to align senior stakeholders.
• Serve as Qunol’s senior subject matter expert on the VMS landscape.
• Define the enterprise insights learning agenda, guiding the use of syndicated data, shopper research, and advanced analytics to uncover growth opportunities and inform strategic recommendations for assortment, pricing, shelving, promotion, and whitespace expansion leverage industry best practices
• Lead shopper insights development in partnership with internal teams and external research agencies.
• Influence senior retail partners through category narratives, strategy frameworks, reviews, and Joint Business Planning inputs.
• Establish enterprise‑wide category merchandising principles and Best‑in‑Class shelving standards inclusive of planogram guidance, assortment optimization, adjacencies, and digital shelf strategy.
• Shape promotional strategy with Trade Marketing and Sales to evaluate market dynamics and promotional ROI.
• Lead cross-functional alignment to embed category strategy into customer planning and enterprise decision-making.
• Contribute to a high‑performance, collaborative culture through thought leadership and partnership.

About You:

• 10+ years of CPG industry experience (VMS, OTC, consumer health, or wellness strongly preferred) with a track record of category strategy leadership.
• Proven ability to translate complex datasets into strategic direction and influence senior stakeholders.
• Expert in syndicated data (Nielsen, IRI, NIQ), shopper panel insights, and advanced analytics.
• Exhibit the ability to lead the strategic direction of the Category Management function while operating independently, influencing direction, priorities, and best practice development across the organization.
• Strong retailer influence experience, including leading category reviews and guiding strategic direction with buyers and senior leadership.
• Experience developing and deploying enterprise-wide shelving or planogram standards.
• Exceptional communication skills and advanced data storytelling capability.
• Strong collaboration skills with Sales, Marketing, Trade, Insights, and Finance.
• Experience with retailer specific shelving research
• Exceptional communication and customer-facing presentation skills, with proven ability to build fact-based, visually compelling decks.
• Experience evaluating trade and promotional effectiveness preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree preferred.

Why us?

At Opella, you will enjoy doing challenging, purposeful work, empowered to develop consumer brands with passion and creativity. This is your chance to grow new skills and be part of a bold, collaborative, and inclusive culture where people can thrive and be at their best every day.

We Are Challengers.

We are dedicated to making self-care as simple as it should be. That starts with our culture. We are challengers by nature, and this is how we do things:

All In Together: We keep each other honest and have each other's backs.

Courageous: We break boundaries and take thoughtful risks with creativity.

Outcome-Obsessed: We are personally accountable, driving sustainable impact and results with integrity.

Radically Simple: We strive to make things simple for us and simple for consumers, as it should be.

Join us on our mission. Health. In your hands.

www.opella.com/en/careers

Opella Inc. and its U.S. affiliates are Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employers committed to a culturally diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race; color; creed; religion; national origin; age; ancestry; nationality; marital, domestic partnership or civil union status; sex, gender, gender identity or expression; affectional or sexual orientation; disability; veteran or military status or liability for military status; domestic violence victim status; atypical cellular or blood trait; genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing) or any other characteristic protected by law.

North America Applicants Only

The salary range for this position is: $150,000.00 - $210,000.00

All Compensation will be determined commensurate with demonstrated experience. Employees may be eligible to participate in Company employee benefit programs. Additional benefits information can be found through the Link

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