Category Development Manager

Pilgrim's • Greeley, CO

4d • Onsite

About The Position

Pilgrim’s is seeking a strategic, collaborative Manager of Category Development to translate market insights into actionable commercial opportunities. This role leads short-term category development for assigned categories, channels, or workstreams while supporting long-term category, business, and channel strategy. The Category Development team partners with Category Management, Marketing, R&D, Revenue Management, Sales, and Channel Teams to align on market opportunities, priorities, selling stories, and growth initiatives. This role owns defined workstreams end-to-end, including routines, insights, business cases, commercial recommendations, and execution against agreed objectives.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 3–5 years of experience in category development, consumer insights, category management, revenue growth management, brand strategy, commercial strategy, or a related field; experience in consumer-packaged goods, food, or retail preferred.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, presentation, and storytelling skills, with experience using syndicated data and business intelligence tools.
• Ability to manage projects, influence cross-functional teams, and balance multiple priorities.
• Ability to perform the functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation and travel as business needs dictate, including to other facilities, company events, or other company-related activities.

Responsibilities

• Identify and evaluate category, customer, and channel growth opportunities.
• Monitor performance, trends, competition, and market changes to recommend actions that support volume, revenue, and margin growth.
• Analyze syndicated, customer, and internal data to develop actionable insights.
• Build category narratives, business cases, and commercialization recommendations.
• Partner with Category, Brand, R&D, and Revenue Management to evaluate portfolio opportunities.
• Support assortment, pack architecture, pricing, promotion, and innovation recommendations grounded in market and financial insights.
• Develop customer-facing category stories, presentations, and opportunity assessments.
• Support Joint Business Planning and partner with Sales to improve customer performance.
• Monitor performance against objectives and identify gaps or corrective actions.
• Facilitate cross-functional alignment to keep initiatives on track and deliver expected outcomes.
• Support long-term category, business, and channel strategy through market intelligence, opportunity sizing, and growth framework development.
• Identify emerging trends and unmet needs to support innovation platforms and align short-term recommendations with long-term priorities.

Benefits

• Vision, Medical, and Dental coverage begin after 60 days of employment
• Paid Time Off: sick leave, vacation, and 6 company observed holidays
• 401(k): company match begins after the first year of service and follows the company vesting schedule
• Incentive Pay: This position is eligible to participate in the Company’s annual bonus plan, the amount of bonus varies and is subject to the standard terms and conditions of the incentive program
• Career Development: Our company is dedicated to supporting professional growth by offering continuous learning opportunities and a focus on career growth through various learning and development programs.

What This Job Offers

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