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EVA GONZALEZ OZAETA

EVA GONZALEZ OZAETA

HEAD CATEGORY MANAGER

Summary

International experienced as Category Manager with the aims to maximize profit in a retail category providing the correct product assortment at the right time. With 17 year in the the FMCG sector, from managing locally international brands like Kinder Surprise to being bridge between the market and the R&D team for creating the best solutions to our customer helping the Sales team to achieve our client objectives in a WIN-WIN-WIN mode

Overview

17
17
years of professional experience
3
3
Languages

Work History

Head of Category Management

Natra
09.2023 - Current

Leading a 4 team people of Category managers looking for offering the best solutions to our international customer. Total business value 450M€ GS

To build & execute a Category strategic Plan for the coming 3 years in line with the Corporate strategic goals, understanding the market trends& opportunities.

Customer Category Plan definition and execution to leverage our customer performances in more than 90 countries.

Portfolio management elevating the market needs for updating our offer with collaboration of the R&D team.

Leading consumer / shopper researches to help the category plans and conversations with retailers regarding loss of consumer type / how to win specific consumers with specific strategies

CATEGORY MANAGER

NATRA
01.2017 - 08.2023

Chocolate tablets and pralines manager in a B2B model. Acting as consultant to the key WW retailers offering innovation and improving the efficiency of their current assortments.

Managing a large product portfolio looking for the best balance between key concepts and innovation transferring the market insights to the R&D team and briefing the technical departments to ensuring that Natra is able to offer the correct product to the market.

Main support of the Sales team for creating intimacy to the buyer building together category plans for our customers.

SENIOR BRAND MANAGER KINDER SORPRESA

Ferrero Iberia
02.2014 - 12.2016

Key projects:
• Relaunch the brand Kinder Sorpresa focusing on increasing the appealing of the
brand to the core target and internally expanding the target base to fight against
the low birth rate
• Launch of a new brand Kinder Xmas in Spain and Portugal

BRAND MANAGER KINDER BUENO

Ferrero Iberia
01.2010 - 01.2014

Key Project: Strategic developing for Kinder Bueno brand to Spain and Protugal
redifining consumer target & insights and market of reference to create the new
strategy
and marketing mix for the brand.

PRODUCT MANAGER KINDER

Ferrero Iberica
11.2007 - 12.2009

Key Project: Leading the design and development of the first digital campaign of
Kinder
Bueno in Spain with collaboration of a media and creative agencies.

Education

Bachelor of Business Administration And MBA

ESADE
Barcelona
09.2002 - 2007.08

Skills

    Category development

Product development

Market Analysis

Brand development

B to B sales

Sales presentations

Additional Information

Woman in Leadership - IESE Sept '21

Timeline

Head of Category Management

Natra
09.2023 - Current

CATEGORY MANAGER

NATRA
01.2017 - 08.2023

SENIOR BRAND MANAGER KINDER SORPRESA

Ferrero Iberia
02.2014 - 12.2016

BRAND MANAGER KINDER BUENO

Ferrero Iberia
01.2010 - 01.2014

PRODUCT MANAGER KINDER

Ferrero Iberica
11.2007 - 12.2009

Bachelor of Business Administration And MBA

ESADE
09.2002 - 2007.08
EVA GONZALEZ OZAETAHEAD CATEGORY MANAGER