Category Finance Manager

About the role

Category finance teams work as finance business partners for Category leadership. We support development and delivery of Dyson's financial plans by providing financial decision support throughout the product lifecycle: design-development-launch-sale-end of life. This entails comprehensive commercial financial planning and analysis, effective management of business cases for Research, Design & Development (RDD) projects, as well as meticulous planning and control of Category RDD & Operations budgets. We are an adaptable team that provides key financial insights to the wider business, reacting to the needs and requirements as they evolve. The team translates often complex commercial objectives and engineering challenges into a business case format, accounting for all relevant information. The magic begins when we communicate these often-complex models back to the relevant business stakeholders in an easily understandable language. This role will cover financial planning and reporting of New Categories performance and driving category performance by analysing product profitability data to influence future and in life ranges. The CategoryFinance Manager - Beauty is responsible for partnering with the Category Beauty team to provide robust financial leadership and support to ensure the delivery of category objectives. This role involves managing the global Category P&L, delivering financial insights, and driving informed decision-making across product development, commercialization, and operational planning. The position works collaboratively with cross-functional teams, including RDD (Research, Design &Development), operations, and commercial teams, to optimize financialperformance and ensure alignment with long-term strategic goals. This role will report into the Finance Director, Beauty andNew Categories.

Responsibilities

• Financial Strategy & Performance Management
• Lead financial assessment and decision support for new product launches by partnering with RDD, Design Managers, Group Marketing, and Product Costing teams to evaluate business cases and guide commercial decisions.
• Manage and optimize the global Category Beauty P&L performance, working closely with the Category Leader to ensure delivery of financial targets and alignment with business objectives.
• Deliver actionable financial insights to strengthen category and market intelligence, enabling data‑driven decision‑making across senior stakeholders.
• Establish and monitor financial and non-financial performance measures, providing consistency across reporting frameworks.
• Benchmark performance against other categories and markets, providing actionable insights and ensuring best practices.
• Collaborate with Brand Building Investment (BBI) teams to evaluate and maximize ROI for marketing and promotional activities.
• Support the preparation of monthly Product Delivery meetings, Executive Category reviews and Board reviews as required
• Business & Strategic planning
• Enable creation of the Category 5-year plan - forecasting future volumes and P&L based on latest product range plans & business case development
• Enable the team to define markets portfolio roles within the category and resource allocation to deliver mid- and long-term company objectives
• Support resource allocation, ensure efficient investment in product development, infrastructure and operations
• SSPs / Pricing Governance/
• Support decision-making for pricing, ranging, promotional strategy, and product line optimization by applying a financial lens to all recommendations.
• Ensure SSPs are approved in line with company policies and properly documented
• Product Lifecycle Management
• Provide financial leadership across product lifecycle phases, including investment appraisals, SKU proliferation, range transitions, and product end-of-life strategies.
• Conduct post-investment reviews and milestone governance to ensure accountability and value delivery from product development projects.
• Reporting & Analytics
• Leverage global reporting tools to deliver accurate data, KPIs, and analysis for category performance across financial and non-financial metrics.
• Deliver clear, actionable insights on market performance benchmarking and category health to support senior leadership decisions
• Stakeholder Management & Collaboration
• Partner with RDD, operati

Additional Information

Dyson is a global company with market leading products inFloorcare, Haircare and Environmental product categories. We have ambition andplan to enter new areas and continue our rapid growth. The Group Finance teamprovides Dyson with overall financial planning, reporting & analysiscapabilities, owns the systems that support these activities across the DysonGroup and provides finance business partnering to Group Functions like GlobalIT and Estates. The team acts as a business partner to Dyson's executiveleadership, enabling them to plan and take action to support Dyson's DoubleDyson 2026 strategic target.

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