Category Manager, Convenience

📋 Description

• Proactively cultivate collaborative relationships with our retail partners to establish trust as a valuable resource for category insights and growth opportunities.

• Actively counsel Retailer partners on category and shopper-focused opportunities to enhance market share.

• Spearhead the formulation of category strategy and assist customers in developing integrated category strategies.

• Direct strategic and tactical recommendations regarding Distribution, Shelving, Merchandising, and Pricing (DSMP) objectives to enhance overall category performance.

• Responsible for creating customer-specific presentations that include relevant consumer insights, competitive strategies, and new item/category selling approaches.

• Actively lead and engage in the preparation of line reviews, ongoing customer category assessments, JBP plans, and Top to Top meetings.

• Cultivate a comprehensive understanding of plan-o-gram insights and assortments to identify and drive strategic sales opportunities and customer growth goals.

• Build strong working relationships with category leadership, buyers, and cross-functional departments.

• Provide distribution forecasts for managed accounts as input into the Campbell Snacks IBP cycle.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree is required.

• 4+ years of experience in Category Management or a data analytics position within the CPG sector.

• 1-3+ years of experience with IRI or Nielsen syndicated data.

• Exceptional analytical skills with a keen attention to detail.

• Strong communication and interpersonal abilities.

• Capability to think strategically.

• Proficient technical skills (ProSpace, Excel, Power BI, etc.).

• Familiarity with POG software (Blue Yonder) and experience with loyalty models.

🏝️ Benefits

• Benefits commence on the first day of employment and include medical, dental, short and long-term disability, AD&D, and life insurance (for individuals, families, and domestic partners).

• Employees are eligible for our matching 401(k) plan and can enroll on their first day of work with immediate vesting.

• Campbell’s provides unlimited sick leave along with paid time off and holiday pay.

• If based in WHQ – complimentary access to the fitness center.

• On-site daycare services (operated by Bright Horizons) and access to the company store.

• Campbell’s hosts a variety of Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) to support employees.