What are the responsibilities and job description for the Category Specialist position at Attindas - US?
Attindas Hygiene Partners designs, manufactures, and markets absorbent hygiene products. The company sells adult incontinence and infant diapers, among other products, into the healthcare, retail, and direct-to-consumer channels under brands including Attends, Indas, and Comfees as well as a wide range of private label brands for retailers.
Mission: We champion health, dignity and comfort.
Vision: To be a global leader in absorbent hygiene by meeting consumers’ diverse needs through effective, affordable and widely available personal care solutions.
Our Values: Personal, Agile, Innovative, and Integrity
Job Summary:
The Category Specialist supports the Category team by delivering strong reporting, insightful analysis, and effective project execution. This role enables data‑driven category decisions by translating performance, consumer, and market data into clear insights and actionable recommendations. In addition, the Category Specialist plays a key role in leading or supporting global category projects, supporting local initiatives, and ensuring alignment across cross‑functional teams. The position works closely with the global category management, product design, and business support functions to support category strategy, project delivery, and day‑to‑day business needs.
Data & Insights
- Build and maintain clear, reliable analytics and reporting for the category, including KPI tracking and performance dashboards that link category performance with quality, manufacturing, and financial KPIs to provide a complete category view
- Analyze category, market, supplier, and operational data to identify trends, risks, and opportunities that impact category performance
- Support the integration of insights into senior-level business reviews, executive presentations, and category strategy updates
Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Drive gathering of inputs from Procurement, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Finance, Product Design, and other functions to align assumptions and ensure connectivity across all parts of the category during development of strategy
- Serve as a liaison between Category, global manufacturing teams, and commercial business units to align on raw material trends, operational impacts, and innovation needs
- Support the integration of insights into senior-level business reviews, executive presentations, and category strategy updates
Projects & Business Case Development
- Surface and leverage data-based insights to help determine prioritization and investment decisions of category projects
- Translate analytical insights into clear business case elements to support the planning, coordination, and tracking of projects across the category
- Oversee the category project portfolio by ensuring project tools, documentation, and governance processes are completed accurately and on time
- Maintain a high-level view of resource needs, timelines, and business implications across category priority projects, proactively highlighting issues that may impact delivery or outcomes.
- Lead global, cross-functional category roadmap projects, ensuring stakeholder success criteria, financial impacts, and strategic objectives remain aligned throughout the project life cycle
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in business, business analytics, data analytics, marketing, or a related field.
- 2-4 years of professional experience in analytics, supply chain, procurement, finance, or related discipline
- Exceptional analytical aptitude and problem-solving skills with proficiency in data analysis and reporting tools
- Strong attention to detail, organizational skills, and work ethics
- Ability to synthesize complex data into clear, actionable insights
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
- Self-motivated, able to work independently and collaboratively as part of a team
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint