Iris Hougardy

Category Development Manager (retail & pharma) at Colgate-Palmolive

Brussels Metropolitan Area

About

Experience

  • Category development manager + e-com at Colgate-Palmolive
    Jan 2026 - Present · 6 mos

  • Travel at Career Break
    Jul 2025 - Dec 2025 · 6 mos

    5-month travel & Spanish immersion *July & August: Lived in Andalusia for 2 months and completed an intensive Spanish program during 8 weeks (B2.1 level reached - Clic International House Malaga) *September to November: Backpacked across Brazil, Ecuador and Mexico for 3 months.

  • Beiersdorf (5 yrs)
    • Category Manager
      Jan 2024 - Jun 2025 · 1 yr 6 mos

      Category Manager for NIVEA Personal care, Sun & Men categories. *Built insight-driven category plans using Nielsen, GfK & retailer data *Optimized assortment & distribution to boost shelf presence *Partnered with sales & marketing teams on innovation launches *Led key retailer business reviews to drive growth *Managed an intern & coached a VIE contract

    • Brand Manager Personal Care
      May 2023 - Jan 2024 · 9 mos

      Brand Manager on NIVEA Deodorant, Hair (Haircare + Styling) & NIVEA Baby Supervision of 1 intern

    • Junior Brand Manager Skin Care
      Feb 2021 - Apr 2023 · 2 yrs 3 mos

      2+year working for NIVEA SKIN CARE: 1,5y on NIVEA FACE CARE / 7 months on NIVEA BODY & Hand

  • Project Management Intern at Total
    Jan 2019 - May 2019 · 5 mos

    Internship inside the "fuel cards department" of Total Belgium. Participation in the development of new offer through the creation and conduct of market research among consumers (creation of the survey, data collection, results analysis).

  • Student Job at Chateau des Thermes de Chaudfontaine
    Nov 2018 - May 2019 · 7 mos