Global Category ComEx Director - Wellness

Welcome to Haleon. We’re a purpose-driven, world-class consumer company putting everyday health in the hands of millions. In just three years since our launch, we’ve grown, evolved and are now entering an exciting new chapter – one filled with bold ambitions and enormous opportunity.Our trusted portfolio of brands – including Sensodyne, Panadol, Advil, Voltaren, Theraflu, Otrivin, and Centrum – lead in resilient and growing categories. What sets us apart is our unique blend of deep human understanding and trusted science.Now it’s time to fully realise the full potential of our business and our people. We do this through our Win as One strategy. It puts our purpose – to deliver better everyday health with humanity – at the heart of everything we do. It unites us, inspires us, and challenges us to be better every day, driven by our agile, performance-focused culture.The Global Category ComEx Director (Wellness) drives the integration of commercial excellence into Wellness category strategies, ensuring strong customer and shopper centricity, best-in-class omnichannel execution (including digital commerce), and scalable commercial capabilities to deliver sustainable category growth.Role Responsibilities Category & Commercial LeadershipChampion the ‘Voice of the Customer and Shopper’, embedding insights into category strategies, innovation, and go-to-market approaches to drive sustainable growth.Provide and approve commercial inputs and customer insights into Category-led forums (e.g., CGLT) and enterprise-wide planning cadences (e.g., IGP).Translate category growth strategies into customer category story, ensuring alignment with global commercial excellence blueprints and frameworks.Partner closely with Global Category, within Commercial Excellence global function, and OU teams to shape commercially viable category growth strategies across channels and markets.Omnichannel ExcellenceAct as a key interface with Marketing Excellence and Commercial teams to ensure category strategies are fully optimized for Digital Commerce and omnichannel execution (including retails and pharmacy channels).Identify and scale digital commerce growth opportunities, leveraging data, analytics, and emerging trends to inform category strategies.Partner with dComm and Media teams to ensure consistent deployment of global standards, tools, and capabilities across markets.Work closely with NRM and Brand team to identify PPA opportunities to support the omnichannel ambition.Commercial Planning & Capability BuildingCoordinate with other Global Category ComEx Directors to define and align on global commercial planning frameworks, KPIs, and governance, ensuring integration with IGP and category strategiesDrive adoption of standardized commercial excellence frameworks and tools across OUs and markets, ensuring consistency and scalability.Enable capability building across markets, fostering best practice sharing and continuous improvement in commercial execution.Cross-functional Collaboration & ExecutionCollaborate with OUs, Markets, and Global teams to ensure effective implementation of commercial strategies and frameworks in-market.Foster strong partnerships with Category, Marketing, Sales, dComm, and CBIA (analytics and insight) teams to ensure end-to-end alignment from strategy to execution.Act as a thought leader on commercial excellence influencing senior stakeholders and driving enterprise-wide alignment. *The position is based in Warren, NJ, and follows a hybrid model, requiring an in-office presence of 3 days per week. Why you?Basic Qualifications:We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals: Proven experience in Commercial Excellence, Category Management, Sales Strategy, or Digital Commerce within a large consumer health or FMCG organization.Direct experience in managing customer.Demonstrated ability to embed customer and shopper-centric insights into commercial and category strategies.Experience delivering commercial inputs into enterprise planning cycles (e.g., IGP) and category governance forums.Strong understanding of digital commerce ecosystems, including omnichannel strategy, eRetail fundamentals, and performance metrics.Experience working across multiple market archetypes and channels (e.g., distributor-led, customer-led, eCommerce, pharmacy, modern trade). [[Reviewed]...ector - JD | Word]Proven ability to lead cross-functional collaboration and influence stakeholders across global and local teams.Preferred QualificationsExperience within the Wellness category or related consumer health segments.Strong exposure to Digital Commerce capability building, tools, and best practice deployment at scale.Analytical mindset with the ability to leverage data, insights, and emerging trends (e.g., AI, digital analytics) to drive decision-making.Experience building and scaling global frameworks and capabilities in an omnichannel environment.The salary range for this role is $ 192,733 - $265,000 USD annually + bonusBenefitsHaleon offers a robust Total Reward package that consists of competitive pay and a comprehensive benefits program. This includes a generous 401(k) plan, tuition reimbursement and time off programs including 6 months paid parental leave. On day one, you are eligible for benefits, including our healthcare programs where the company pays for the majority of your medical coverage for you and your family. We also offer the opportunity to receive a discretionary bonus based on the achievement of key business performance and other incentive/recognition programs as part of the offering.Job Posting End Date2026-08-25Equal OpportunitiesHaleon are committed to mobilising our purpose in a way that represents the diverse consumers and communities who rely on our brands every day. It guides us in creating an inclusive culture, where different backgrounds and views are valued and respected – all in support of understanding and best serving the needs of our consumers and unleashing the full potential of our people. It’s important to us that Haleon is a place where all our employees feel they truly belong. During the application process, we may ask you to share some personal information, which is entirely voluntary. This information ensures we meet certain regulatory and reporting obligations and supports the development, refinement, and execution of our inclusion and belonging programmes that are open to all Haleon employees. The personal information you provide will be kept confidential, used only for legitimate business purposes, and will never be used in making any employment decisions, including hiring decisions.Please note that if you are a US Licensed Healthcare Professional or Healthcare Professional as defined by the laws of the state issuing your license, Haleon may be required to capture and report expenses Haleon incurs, on your behalf, in the event you are afforded an interview for employment. This capture of applicable transfers of value is necessary to ensure Haleon’s compliance to all federal and state US Transparency requirements.Accommodation RequestsIf you require a reasonable accommodation or other assistance to apply for a job at Haleon at any stage of the application process, please contact us by sending an email to View email address on click.appcast.io. Please include the following in your email:  Use subject line: ‘Haleon Careers: Job Accommodation Request’  Your Name and contact information  Requisition ID and Job Title you are interested in  Location of Requisition (city/state or province/country)  Description of specific accommodation you are requesting  Please note: Resumes, CVs, or other requests outside of accommodation support submitted to this email box will not be accepted.Note to candidatesThe Haleon recruitment team will contact you using a Haleon email account (@haleon.com). If you are not sure whether the email you received is from Haleon, please get in touch.SummaryLocation: Warren NJType: Full time