Assistant Manager – Category Management Amazon & Away From Home (AFH)

Mondelēz International•Remote Worker - New Jersey, USA, NJ

1d•$109,000 - $149,875•Hybrid

About The Position

The Assistant Manager, Category Management Amazon & Away From Home (AFH) is responsible for leveraging consumer, customer, and market data to develop actionable insights and drive strategic marketing initiatives for the U.S. Foodservice business and key retail customers. This role converts in-depth insights into actionable strategies. This role partners closely with cross-functional teams, including brand equity, sales, marketing, and trade marketing, to create compelling, insight-driven customer presentations and strategies that drive trial and growth for key brands such as Oreo, Chips Ahoy!, Sour Patch Kids, and belVita. This role supports Category Management for Mondelez (Biscuit/Confectionary/Bars/Cough), leading top retailers such as Amazon and Away From Home channels. The ideal candidate is highly analytical, collaborative, and experienced in insights & analytics, preferably in eCommerce and/or Away From Home environments. This role will report to the Director, Category Management Growth Channels.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Business, Analytics, or related field
5-10 years of experience in category management, insights, marketing strategy, or analytics (CPG/FMCG, Amazon or Away from Home preferred)
Experience with syndicated data sources (e.g., Technomic, Circana, Nielsen, Data Essential)
Experience in using retailer/customer data, shopper insights, and analytics to develop compelling retail customer plans
Strong analytical and storytelling skills with the ability to translate data into actionable insights
High proficiency in base business tools (Excel/PowerPoint)
In-depth knowledge in analyzing and creating visualizations of large amounts of data
Experience developing customer-facing presentations with direct customer-facing experience is plus
Strategic thinking and business acumen
Data-driven decision-making
Strong communication and presentation skills
Cross-functional collaboration and stakeholder management
Proven track record in persuasively influencing and aligning key customers and business stakeholders in a highly matrixed organization
Project management and organizational skills; management of multiple projects at once
Ability to work independently and in a fast-paced environment

Nice To Haves

eCommerce/Omnichannel/Amazon experience is a plus
Away from Home experience is a plus
JDA/POG building experience a plus

Responsibilities

Pull and analyze data from platforms such as Technomic, Data Essential, Circana and Nielsen to support Away from Home and Amazon team initiatives
Develop consumer selling stories using the consumer segmentation framework as its data foundation
Generate actionable, behavior-changing insights and identify effective levers of engagement
Support the development of monthly insights reports and presentations
Conduct AFH competitive analysis and concept testing & report results and recommendations
Manage bespoke data requests for National and Regional Account Managers (NAM/RAM)
Monitor industry trends and competitive activity, sharing insights with account teams
Curate an advantaged level of social intelligence to uncover rich cultural trends, snacking moments, and brand opportunities
Continuously optimize business through data, tracking, and learning
Collaborate with category management to fully leverage all data sources across Growth Channels and to create performance dashboards
Support the development of customer-facing presentations for commercial and non-commercial national, regional, and key accounts
Support the development of internal presentations for leadership & brand equity teams
Influence and educate customers and internal teams on how to drive category growth through Digital
Generate best-in-class recommendations to drive sustainable category growth
Drive action-oriented insights on innovation, communication, and brand growth imperatives to shopper, customer, and net revenue planning teams
Identify and leverage growth opportunities in the retail environment for the area of geographic responsibility
Create best in class POGs across different AFH verticals
Build strong relationships across marketing, sales, growth channels, category management, and agency partners
Proactively communicate project timelines, presentation schedules, and strategic updates to leadership
Experience in presenting to retailer teams, and in negotiation planning/joint business planning