Category Manager

About the Team

Responsible for defining and executing the regional category strategy and portfolio roadmap to drive profitable growth, market share, and customer satisfaction across the assigned product category. Owns portfolio performance including sales, margin, pricing, mix, and go-to-market effectiveness, while acting as the voice of the customer and market. Leads portfolio expansion, product positioning, pricing strategy, and new product introductions, ensuring alignment between regional business needs and global strategic objectives. Serves as the key link between Sales, Marketing, Engineering, Product Information, Supply Chain, and other cross-functional teams to maximize category performance and long-term business success.

What you can look forward to as Category Manager

• Develop and execute category strategies aligned with global-regional business objectives, customer needs, and market opportunities to drive sustainable growth and profitability.
• Conduct market, vehicle population (VIO), and competitive analysis, including product coverage, benchmarking, market share, pricing, and portfolio gap assessments, to identify growth opportunities and strengthen competitive positioning.
• Drive portfolio development and coverage expansion by prioritizing opportunities based on market potential, customer demand, and strategic business objectives.
• Monitor and evaluate category performance through sales, profitability, market share, product mix, and other key business indicators, translating insights into actionable improvement plans.
• Support pricing strategies, business case development, and commercial recommendations to enhance revenue growth, profitability, and market competitiveness.
• Lead and support portfolio initiatives, including new product introductions (NPI), portfolio optimization, product lifecycle management, and range extension opportunities.
• Collaborate with Sales, Engineering, Purchasing, Supply Chain, Marketing and other cross-functional teams to successfully execute category and portfolio strategies.
• Partner with Sales and Planning teams to support demand forecasting, portfolio planning, and the successful execution of both existing portfolio initiatives and new business opportunities.
• Serve as the voice of the market and category expert, translating customer, market, and performance insights into strategic recommendations that drive measurable business results.

Your Profile as Category Manager

• Bachelor's Degree
• 5+ years of experience in Category Management, Product Management, Portfolio Management, Marketing, or a related commercial role.
• Must have familiarity of the Aftermarket sector. Chassis experience is preferred. 
• Experience managing product portfolios, pricing strategies, and go-to-market initiatives.
• Strong commercial acumen with demonstrated success driving sales growth, profitability, and market share.
• Experience with new product introductions (NPI), portfolio expansion, and product lifecycle management.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to translate market and customer insights into actionable business strategies.
• Proven ability to effectively lead and influence cross-functional teams in a matrix organization.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and business analytics tools.
• Must be authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship now, and in the future. 

What We Offer

• A supportive collaborative team environment
• Annual Incentive Plan
• Paid Vacation 
• Personal Time
• 401k Plan
• Health Care Benefits
• Paid Holidays 
• A strong diversity culture
• Supportive Employee Groups and community outreach activities