Assistant category manager - food protection, greater china & korea

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Your role at Clorox:

This position will serve as the operational supporter for Food Protection category activities, consolidating market feedback, preparing category performance reports, and facilitating communication between the Category Lead and market activation teams to ensure alignment and efficient resource deployment.

• Support category strategy execution and analysis: Working closely with the Category Lead, this role will conduct market analysis, competitive intelligence, and consumer insights research to support strategic decision-making. Help to translate category strategies into actionable plans and track performance metrics to ensure delivery against business objectives.
• Execute innovation and renovation pipeline projects: This role will manage the day-to-day execution of innovation projects, coordinating with cross-functional teams (R&D, Supply Chain, Finance) to ensure timely delivery. The position will prepare business cases, maintain project timelines, and support the Category Lead in prioritizing the innovation pipeline.
• Operationalize brand engagement initiatives: Support the execution of brand campaigns and engagement activities, managing agency relationships, coordinating asset development, and ensuring brand consistency across markets. This role will track campaign effectiveness and provide recommendations for optimization.

In this role, you will:

• Support Category Strategy Execution, Analysis & Performance Tracking (~30%)
• Execute Innovation, Renovation & Commercialization Projects (~45%)
• Operationalize Brand Engagement & Market Activation Support (25%)

What we look for:

Years and Type of Experience: Minimum 3–5 years of relevant experience in brand management, category management, commercial marketing, innovation project management, market activation, or consumer goods/F.MCG marketing. Experience supporting cross-functional projects, business analysis, and campaign or launch execution is preferred.

Bachelor’s degree required, preferably in Marketing, Business Administration, Commerce, Economics, Communications, or a related discipline; an MBA or equivalent postgraduate qualification is an advantage.

Experience supporting category, brand, or commercial planning by synthesizing consumer, shopper, customer, competitor, and market insights into clear recommendations.

Hands-on experience coordinating innovation, renovation, product launch, packaging, or activation projects with cross-functional teams.

Experience preparing business cases, performance updates, project trackers, campaign materials, and commercial selling stories.

Experience working in a regional or matrix environment is preferred; direct people-management experience is not required.

Technical Skills: Solid understanding of category and brand fundamentals, including consumer and shopper insight, competitive analysis, positioning, innovation development, pricing, and demand creation support.

Capability to support development and adaptation of brand and commercial assets across physical and digital touchpoints, including claims, visual assets, product content, selling materials, and e-commerce content.

Strong analytical skills, with the ability to interpret category, sales, market share, brand health, customer, margin, and ROI data and convert findings into concise updates and recommendations.

Strong project coordination skills, including milestone tracking, meeting follow-up, business-case support, risk identification, launch readiness tracking, and post-launch learning documentation.

Managerial Skills and Abilities: Structured and analytical, with the ability to connect category, consumer, commercial, financial, and operational inputs into clear working recommendations.

Able to collaborate effectively, influence without direct authority, follow through on commitments, and keep stakeholders aligned on timelines, decisions, and next steps.

Strong execution discipline, attention to detail, and ability to manage multiple workstreams, project trackers, and market requests in a fast-paced environment.

Clear communication and presentation skills, with the ability to summarize data, simplify issues, and prepare concise updates for the Category Lead and cross-functional partners.

Proactive problem solver with sound judgment, openness to feedback, and willingness to escalate risks or trade-offs when support or decisions are needed.

Consumer- and customer-oriented, curious, practical, and motivated to learn category and brand-building fundamentals.

Collaborative and dependable, with the ability to build trust and work effectively across functions, cultures, and levels.

Learning-agile and comfortable working with ambiguity, able to absorb inputs, identify patterns, and turn direction into practical action.

Demonstrates integrity, accountability, resilience, and strong alignment with company values.

Other Requirements: Willingness to travel approximately 10–20% across Greater China and Korea for market visits, project meetings, launch support, and selected customer or agency engagement.

Fluent business English is required; Mandarin Chinese is strongly preferred, and Cantonese language capability is an advantage.

Comfortable operating in a fast-paced regional matrix with multiple markets, cross-functional stakeholders, and external partners.

Workplace type: Hybrid - 3 Days On-site, 2 Days WFH

Our values-based culture connects to our purpose and empowers people to be their best, professionally and personally. We serve a diverse consumer base which is why we believe teams that reflect our consumers bring fresh perspectives, drive innovation, and help us stay attuned to the world around us. That’s why we foster an inclusive culture where every person can feel respected, valued, and fully able to participate, and ultimately able to thrive. Learn more.

Benefits we offer to help you be well and thrive:

• Competitive compensation
• Generous 401(k) program in the US and similar programs in international
• Health benefits and programs that support both your physical and mental well-being
• Flexible work environment, depending on your role
• Meaningful opportunities to keep learning and growing
• Half-day Fridays, depending on your location

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