Category Leader - Food Protection, Greater China & Korea

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Your role at Clorox:

In this role, you will:

Lead Category Strategy & Deliver Business Growth (~30%)

• Translate consumer, shopper, customer, competitor, and market insights into a clear GCK Food Protection category vision, strategic priorities, and annual growth plans.

• Define portfolio, pricing, channel, and investment choices by market to deliver net sales, market share, margin, and brand health objectives.

• Align local markets and cross-functional partners behind the category agenda, resource priorities, and critical decisions required for execution.

• Track category and business performance, identify risks and opportunities, and recommend corrective actions to accelerate profitable growth.

Shape Portfolio, lead Innovation development & Commercialization (~45%)

• Identify priority growth spaces and build an insight-led innovation and renovation roadmap that strengthens category and brand competitiveness.

• Lead cross-functional teams across R&D, Sales, Supply Chain, Finance, Regulatory, Legal to deliver the project from concept to final commercialization.
• Be responsible for regular project development as a commercial leader, ensure launch readiness to deliver initiatives on time, on strategy, and against agreed value-creation targets.

Build Brand Demand & Enable Integrated Market Execution (~25%)

• Develop differentiated propositions grounded in consumer tension, category opportunity, product superiority, and a compelling value equation.

• Lead the development of category insight-led brand and commercial assets—including claims, messaging frameworks, visual systems, product content, and selling stories—that consistently bring the category proposition, product superiority, and value equation to life across markets and touchpoints

• Partner with market activation team, Sales, e-commerce, agencies, and SIP teams to translate strategy into customer- and channel-relevant execution plans that drive awareness, conversion, and loyalty.

Regional category leadership across Greater China and Korea, covering five markets, with one planned direct report and broad matrix accountability across Sales, R&D, Supply Chain, Finance, Regulatory, Legal, e-commerce, local market activation, agencies, and regional/global partners. The role aligns diverse market priorities, builds category and commercial capability, and engages senior leadership and key commercial partners to drive category and brand growth.

What we look for:

Years and Type of Experience:

• Minimum 8–10 years of progressive experience in category leadership, brand management, innovation, portfolio strategy, or commercial marketing within FMCG or consumer goods, including experience leading complex regional or multi-market agendas.
• Proven track record setting category or brand growth strategies and translating consumer, shopper, customer, competitor, and market insights into portfolio, channel, pricing, and investment choices.-       
• Demonstrated success leading innovation and renovation from opportunity identification and proposition development through commercialization and post-launch evaluation.
• Experience developing differentiated brand and commercial assets, including claims, messaging frameworks, visual systems, product content, and selling stories.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams and influencing senior stakeholders in a regional, multi-market, or highly matrixed organization; direct people-management experience 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.

Technical Skills:

• Strong command of category and brand strategy, portfolio architecture, consumer and shopper insight, innovation development, positioning, value proposition, pricing, and integrated demand creation.
• Strong capability in developing and governing brand and commercial assets across physical and digital touchpoints, including claims, visual identities, product content, selling materials, and e-commerce content.
• Strong commercial and financial acumen, with the ability to interpret category, sales, market share, brand health, customer, margin, and ROI data and convert findings into clear decisions.
• Strong program and project leadership, including governance, prioritization, business-case development, milestone management, risk resolution, stakeholder alignment, launch readiness, and post-launch learning.

Managerial Skills and Abilities:

• Strategic and enterprise-minded, with the ability to connect consumer, category, commercial, financial, and operational inputs into focused growth choices.
• Proven ability to lead through influence, align diverse stakeholders, constructively challenge decisions, and create accountability across functions and markets.
• Strong people leadership, including objective setting, coaching, feedback, capability building, performance management, and talent development.
• Excellent communication and storytelling skills, with the ability to simplify complexity and build compelling senior-management, customer, and cross-functional narratives.
• High ownership, sound judgment, and execution discipline, with the ability to manage ambiguity, make timely trade-offs, and deliver results across competing priorities.

Other Personal Characteristics:

• Consumer- and customer-obsessed, curious, creative, and passionate about building categories and brands through innovation.
• Collaborative and inclusive, with the maturity to build trust, motivate others, and work effectively across cultures, functions, and levels.
• Intellectually agile and learning-oriented, able to absorb diverse inputs, identify patterns, and turn complexity into practical action.
• Demonstrates integrity, accountability, resilience, and strong alignment with company values.

Other Requirements:

• Job located in Hong Kong or Guangzhou, ability and willingness to travel approximately 15–30% across Greater China and Korea for market visits, customer engagement, category planning, and critical project or launch milestones.
• Fluent business English is required; Mandarin Chinese is strongly preferred, and Cantonese language capability is an advantage.

• Comfortable operating across time zones and in a fast-paced regional matrix with multiple markets, global and regional stakeholders, and external partners.

Workplace type:

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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