Associate Category Manager

Reynolds Consumer Products

21h • $95,000 - $110,000 • Remote

About The Position

Join Reynolds Consumer Products…and Drive Your Career across a world of opportunities! We provide amazing job opportunities for growth with competitive salaries and benefits in an exciting, dynamic, fast-paced, and high-performance organization. If you are looking to build a strong career, we have an opportunity for you! We are searching for an Associate Category Manager , this position will be fully remote in a home office.
Responsibilities
Your Role:
The Associate Category Manager is responsible for driving category management principles through application of strong analytics to develop value-added category solution initiatives and profitable business building strategies for key retailers focusing in the Grocery channel. This position will develop and employ category best practices and deliver consumer and shopper insights in support of our category strategies. The Associate Category Manager will identify market & category trends, competitive threats, brand strategies, customer strategies and take insights into action to drive business results and grow market share.
You will have the opportunity to Make Great Things Happen!
Category Management responsibility for multiple categories across multiple retail partners in an omni-channel market landscape focusing on Grocery channel developmental accounts
Analyze category trends and shopper insights as well as brand level performance, utilizing POS data (syndicated and custom), panel data, loyalty card data, and retailer gateways
Acts as the category and competition subject matter expert for interfacing with internal headquarters business groups and provides fact based selling support for sales management
Establish strong working relationships with retailer category managers, providing objective, “category focused” analytical support as needed
Provide retailer category management and internal customers with weekly, monthly, quarterly, and yearly reporting according to their needs, along with any ad hoc business questions
Responsible for understanding Shopper Insights and applying those shopper insights to category/brand sales presentations.
Train sales partners on all levels of category management topics including consumer dynamic data, syndicated data, market structure data, shopper insights, opportunity gaps, competitive landscapes, and measurements to optimize shelf space
Assortment and planogram recommendations, including reset timing, accuracy, and improvement opportunities (knowledge planogram software a plus)
Some travel is required (20 – 30%) as needed for customer and internal meetings
You will love it here if…
You put safety first, always.
You listen, learn, and evolve.
You are passionate about collaboration, teamwork, and achieving shared goals.
You treat all people with respect, operating ethically, and embrace inclusivity.
You are committed to improving our impact on local communities.

Requirements

• BA/BS degree in Sales, Marketing, Finance or related field.
• +3 years of related professional category management and shopper insights experience within the broader CPG industry
• Experience with category management processes, systems, internal protocols, data analysis, and shopper insights
• Proven ability to build strong relationships with customers and retailers – experience in retailer relations preferred
• Proficient in MS Office
• Detail oriented, proficient in gathering, compiling, and analyzing data which results in the output and presentation of actionable insights by creating a fact-based presentations in the form of “storytelling”
• Proficient in leveraging Category Management principles, Circana, Nielsen, Shopper/Consumer insights, retailer loyalty data, Richmix, Numerator insights
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including presentation skills and the ability to communicate and influence at all levels within the organization
• Self-directed, critical thinker with the ability to work in a fast-paced environment with multiple accountabilities and multiple internal customers with the ability to manage multiple tasks, adapt to changing priorities, respond with urgency to requests and remain focused on strategic imperatives
• Advanced collaboration skills with a team-player and growth mindset
• Strong analytical, problem solving, and storytelling capabilities with ability to prioritize
• Project management capabilities with the ability to organize and manage multiple projects simultaneously from origin through execution
• Ability to work a flexible schedule during key business deadlines and customer requests, both internal and external
• Ability for overnight travel on a periodic basis (20-30%) as needed for in person for customer appoint
• Must be team-oriented with the ability to work in high performance & collaboration environment

Nice To Haves

• MBA or other advanced degree a plus
• Intellectual Curiosity: Do you have an inquisitive nature?
• Problem Solving: Do you have a knack for tackling issues head-on?
• Entrepreneurship: Do you enjoy taking ownership of your work?
• Customer Centricity: Do you always act in the best interests of the customer, putting their needs first?
• Growth Mindset: Do you focus on progress rather than perfection?
• Continuous Improvement: Are you never satisfied with the status quo?

Responsibilities

• Category Management responsibility for multiple categories across multiple retail partners in an omni-channel market landscape focusing on Grocery channel developmental accounts
• Analyze category trends and shopper insights as well as brand level performance, utilizing POS data (syndicated and custom), panel data, loyalty card data, and retailer gateways
• Acts as the category and competition subject matter expert for interfacing with internal headquarters business groups and provides fact based selling support for sales management
• Establish strong working relationships with retailer category managers, providing objective, “category focused” analytical support as needed
• Provide retailer category management and internal customers with weekly, monthly, quarterly, and yearly reporting according to their needs, along with any ad hoc business questions
• Responsible for understanding Shopper Insights and applying those shopper insights to category/brand sales presentations.
• Train sales partners on all levels of category management topics including consumer dynamic data, syndicated data, market structure data, shopper insights, opportunity gaps, competitive landscapes, and measurements to optimize shelf space
• Assortment and planogram recommendations, including reset timing, accuracy, and improvement opportunities (knowledge planogram software a plus)
• Some travel is required (20 – 30%) as needed for customer and internal meetings

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level