Category Leader - Food Protection, Greater China & Korea
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LocationHong Kong, Hong Kong
Typefull-time
SeniorityLead
Experience8–10 yrs
Company size10,000+ people
PostedOct 27, 2026 · 1w ago
Verified live3d ago
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Minimum 8–10 years of progressive experience in category leadership, brand management, innovation, portfolio strategy, or commercial marketing within FMCG or consumer goods
Proven track record setting category or brand growth strategies and translating insights into portfolio, channel, pricing, and investment choices
Demonstrated success leading innovation and renovation from opportunity identification 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
Bachelor's degree required, preferably in Marketing, Business Administration, Commerce, Economics, Communications, or a related discipline
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
Strong commercial and financial acumen with ability to interpret 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
Strategic and enterprise-minded, with ability to connect 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 ability to simplify complexity and build compelling narratives
High ownership, sound judgment, and execution discipline, with ability to manage ambiguity and deliver results across competing priorities
Direct people-management experience
MBA or equivalent postgraduate qualification
About the company
Clorox is the place that’s committed to growth – for our people and our brands. Guided by our purpose and values, and with people at the center of everything we do, we believe every one of us can make a positive impact on consumers, communities, and teammates. Join our team. #CloroxIsThePlace
Your role at Clorox:
The Category Leader – Food Protection, GCK is accountable for setting and leading the category growth agenda across Greater China and Korea. The role integrates category strategy, portfolio choices, innovation, brand building, to unlock sustainable, profitable growth, strengthen consumer relevance, and build long-term category and brand competitiveness.
• Set and lead the category growth strategy: Translate consumer, shopper, customer, and market insights into a clear GCK category vision, strategic priorities, portfolio choices, and market growth plans aligned with business and financial objectives.
• Shape the portfolio and innovation pipeline: Identify priority growth spaces, define category-led innovation and renovation roadmaps, and lead cross-functional commercialization to deliver differentiated propositions on time, on strategy, and against agreed value-creation targets.
• Strengthen brand equity and consumer demand: Build distinctive, insight-led brand engagement and content strategies that sharpen the Food Protection value proposition, create consistent experiences across touchpoints, and increase consumer preference, conversion, and loyalty.
• Drive integrated execution and category leadership: Serve as the central category integrator across markets and functions, aligning resources and investment, enabling timely decisions, building category capability, and tracking performance to accelerate execution and maximize profitable growth across GCK.
In this role, you will:
Lead Category Strategy & Deliver Business Growth (~30%)
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Translate consumer, shopper, customer, competitor, and market insights into a clear GCK Food Protection category vision, strategic priorities, and annual growth plans.
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Define portfolio, pricing, channel, and investment choices by market to deliver net sales, market share, margin, and brand health objectives.
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Align local markets and cross-functional partners behind the category agenda, resource priorities, and critical decisions required for execution.
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Track category and business performance, identify risks and opportunities, and recommend corrective actions to accelerate profitable growth.
Shape Portfolio, lead Innovation development & Commercialization (~45%)
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Identify priority growth spaces and build an insight-led innovation and renovation roadmap that strengthens category and brand competitiveness.
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Lead cross-functional teams across R&D, Sales, Supply Chain, Finance, Regulatory, Legal to deliver the project from concept to final commercialization.
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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%)
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Develop differentiated propositions grounded in consumer tension, category opportunity, product superiority, and a compelling value equation.
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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
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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:
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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.
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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.-
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Demonstrated success leading innovation and renovation from opportunity identification and proposition development through commercialization and post-launch evaluation.
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Experience developing differentiated brand and commercial assets, including claims, messaging frameworks, visual systems, product content, and selling stories.
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Experience leading cross-functional teams and influencing senior stakeholders in a regional, multi-market, or highly matrixed organization; direct people-management experience is preferred.
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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:
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Strong command of category and brand strategy, portfolio architecture, consumer and shopper insight, innovation development, positioning, value proposition, pricing, and integrated demand creation.
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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.
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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.
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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:
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Strategic and enterprise-minded, with the ability to connect consumer, category, commercial, financial, and operational inputs into focused growth choices.
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Proven ability to lead through influence, align diverse stakeholders, constructively challenge decisions, and create accountability across functions and markets.
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Strong people leadership, including objective setting, coaching, feedback, capability building, performance management, and talent development.
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Excellent communication and storytelling skills, with the ability to simplify complexity and build compelling senior-management, customer, and cross-functional narratives.
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High ownership, sound judgment, and execution discipline, with the ability to manage ambiguity, make timely trade-offs, and deliver results across competing priorities.