Category Manager - Ahold Delhaize

Your Job We are seeking a Category Manager supporting Ahold Delhaize. The Category Manager is a thought leader and an integral part of the sales team as they develop shopper and retailer centric strategies/tactics to achieve increased market share, sales, and profitability. They will also support the development of Georgia-Pacific brands through proactive mining of data (Circana, Kantar, Shopper Research etc.) with the purpose of turning it into actionable recommendations and high-quality business plans that grow the paper categories and create long term value for the retailer and Georgia-Pacific. Finally, the Category Manager will support annual account planning and lead the preparation and execution of key customer engagements. This role reports to the Director of Category Management - Grocery Channel. What You Will Do

• Enhance Georgia-Pacific's relationship with the retailer and be viewed as an objective category-first thought leader
• Objectively evaluate category and shopper data from multiple sources to draw insights that lead to conclusions and compelling presentation of stories with actionable recommendations that promote overall category growth
• Drive improvements in the business through assortment, shelving, pricing, and promotion analyses
• Build comprehensive knowledge of the products, attributes, strategies, tactics, and competitive trends in the marketplace for assigned categories
• Build and deliver compelling presentations to a variety of stakeholders to influence key outcomes
• Work back with HQ teams by providing data and input to help develop and implement best in class strategies for Georgia-Pacific brands within the category
• Utilize all relevant reporting tools and customize detailed reports as needed to provide the organization with an informed foundation and strong POV to manage the business

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Bachelor's Degree
• 1 year of Consumer Products Goods or related field sales/marketing experience
• 1 year category management experience
• Customer-facing sales, analytics, or sales-support experience
• Experience with data mining and ability to assess, interpret and translate from multiple data sources into actionable customer/shopper insights and story telling
• Must be willing to travel 20%

What Will Put You Ahead

• Experience with Circana (IRI), Nielsen, or shopper card data preferred

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