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.
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.
This is an exciting time to join us and help shape the future. It's an opportunity to be part of something special.
About The Role
The
OU Category Head, Oral Health ISC is a senior leadership role with end‑to‑end category leadership of Haleon's largest and most strategically critical category in the India Subcontinent (ISC). Acting as a Category General Manager, the role leads the end‑to‑end Oral Health portfolio - including Sensodyne, Pronamel, Parodontax, implements and mouthwash - integrating brand, expert and digital teams within Haleon's category‑led operating model.
Oral Health represents the primary growth engine for the India business and is central to Haleon's long‑term ambitions in the market. The category is on a strong upward trajectory, expected to scale materially over the coming years and to become a significantly larger share of the overall India portfolio. India is also one of Haleon's most important Oral Health markets globally, with both scale and future growth potential positioning it as a critical contributor to the global category agenda.
The role reports to the ISC President, sits on the ISC OU Leadership Team, and represents ISC at the Global Category Table. It leads a team of approximately 50–80 across multiple brands and is accountable for category strategy, commercial performance delivery, innovation, brand activation, and long‑term category expansion.
Key Responsibilities
- Translate global Oral Health strategy into clear, ISC‑specific category choices and activation plans, grounded in consumer, shopper, expert and market insight.
- Lead category performance management, including target setting, forecasting, reviews and corrective actions, in close partnership with Commercial, Finance and Sales teams.
- Shape the long‑term category roadmap, spanning portfolio design, penetration expansion and consumer journey development across premium, mainstream and entry‑level segments.
- Govern investment prioritisation and guide resource allocation across brands, channels and markets to maximise effectiveness and return on investment.
- Lead integrated brand activation across pricing, promotions, media, retail execution and digital commerce, localising global campaigns while protecting core brand equity.
- Own and govern the ISC Oral Health innovation pipeline, partnering with Global Category, R&D and Supply Chain to accelerate delivery and ensure launch readiness.
- Represent ISC in global forums, contributing market‑grounded perspectives to influence future category and innovation strategy.
- Lead, develop and inspire senior brand leaders, building a high‑performing, agile and engaged organisation.
- Influence cross‑functional partners across Sales, CommEx, Finance, Medical, Regulatory and Supply Chain through strong matrix leadership.
Basic Qualifications:
We are looking for professionals with these required experiences to achieve our goals:
- 18–20+ years experience in FMCG or Consumer Healthcare, with strong strategic marketing, commercial and P&L accountability.
- Demonstrated experience leading large categories, multifunctional teams and complex matrix stakeholders.
- Proven capability in end‑to‑end brand building, portfolio management, commercial execution and innovation leadership.
- Experience working in highly dynamic, complex markets ideally within India or the broader ISC region.
- Strong people leadership experience managing sizeable, senior teams.
- Master's degree (MBA preferred) from a top‑tier business school (e.g. IIM Ahmedabad/ Bangalore/ Calcutta/ Lucknow, ISB or equivalent global institutions).
- Early‑career experience at a top‑tier strategy consultancy (e.g. McKinsey, BCG, Bain) is an advantage.
- Senior marketing, category, commercial or GM experience at leading global FMCG companies is highly desirable.
- International or global experience welcomed, provided there is strong understanding of - or ability to adapt quickly to - the Indian and ISC operating context.
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Why Haleon
Our Win as One Framework is a simple, stretching definition of our future direction. It includes our purpose, ambitions, strategic drivers, and behaviours that will enable us to Win as One. This framework guides our decision-making, strategy, and culture. The successful candidate will demonstrate the following capabilities:
- Consumer first, always: Engage key business counterparts and operational stakeholders to deliver operational execution of Haleon strategies related to eCommerce activities, always putting the consumer first.
- Collaborate for impact: Establish and maintain relationships with critical groups to ensure customer knowledge is utilized to inform and deliver on the eCommerce roadmap, collaborating for impact.
- Unlock value, at pace: Drive business process improvement throughout the commercial and operational support teams, unlocking value at pace.
Grow myself and others: Continuously look for opportunities to learn, build skills, and share learning, growing myself and others.
Job Posting End Date
2026-04-30
Equal Opportunities
Haleon 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.
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Note to candidates
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