Category Manager

JOB OBJECTIVE

A Category Manager plays an integral role in leveraging analytical data and converting it into insights and recommendations for key stakeholders that will achieve business objectives. This role will support the sales team with category analytics, customer presentations, assortment recommendations, digital recommendations and much more.

JOB SUMMARY

• Utilize data to identify business trends, competitive market activity, shopper trends, product performance, and provide actionable recommendations to partner retailers.
• Provide pricing, placement, product and promotion recommendations for key retailer partners. 
• Collaborate with multiple stakeholders to track performance of business objectives (shelf performance, product effectiveness, retailer initiatives)
• Lead key retailer initiatives working closely with broker partner Category Managers
• Build, update, and refresh weekly and monthly dashboards (weekly POS + monthly category recaps)
• Provide ad hoc support as needed.
• Participate in the development of category presentations incorporating syndicated data and other sources of data that address business issues.
• Keep abreast of customer(s) KPIs, strategies, and other important information

• Bachelor’s Degree
• 2+ years in sales or category analytics or management
• 1-2 years of consumer-packaged goods analytical experience
• Ability to solve problems and tell stories utilizing multiple data sources.
• Ability to effectively communicate and work within a team environment
• Highly skilled in Excel and PowerPoint
• Experience working with Nielsen or IRI or equivalent data sources.
• Preferred by not required: experience working with JDA Planogram software.
• Travel as needed