Category Leadership Manager

Mars • Cincinnati, OH

2d • Remote

About The Position

The Category Leadership Manager is responsible for driving category management principles through the application of strong data analytics to develop value-added category solution initiatives and profitable business building strategies. This position will develop and employ category and space management best practices and deliver superior consumer and shopper insights in support of our category strategies. This position is responsible for providing category trends and taking insights into action to drive business results and category growth.

Requirements

• Ability to travel up to 25% of the time
• Bachelor’s degree
• 5+ years of Category Management and Space Management experience, Category Advisor experience preferred
• Strong working knowledge of 84.51, Nielsen IQ Discover Retail Measurement & Panel On Demand
• Working knowledge of BlueYonder/JDA Space Planning; experience with Kantar Rich Mix is helpful
• Advanced skills in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Access, Powerpoint, Word)
• Strong planning, project and time management skills to ensure adherence to aggressive timelines
• Demonstrated ability to convey information using written and oral communication tools that compel merchant decision making and action
• Possession of a driver’s license and a clean driving record

Responsibilities

• Work closely with Mars category and sales associates on the Kroger, Harris Teeter, and Meijer to develop the strategies and tactics for the Rice & Beans category, and other categories as assigned. Studies and analyses may include, but are not limited to, the use of 84.51, Nielsen IQ Discover Retail Measurement and Panel On Demand, purchase and basket studies, new item evaluation, and pricing studies. Each approach requires detailed approach for organizing and completing such analysis specific to the account based on needs and opportunities. Gain and increase category advisorship responsibilities through customer collaboration and superior category insights.
• Become an expert in Rice category leadership principles and retailer category objectives to work closely with the customer to influence strategic execution and decision making on Mars categories.
• Lead category strategy plans, assortment analysis, planogram design, analytics and reporting on advised category.
• Drives analysis of shopper, category and customer information and data in order to develop compelling and profitable business building recommendations to our customers. Prepare and deliver category reviews and presentations, including market and industry trends, retailer performance, competitive insights, assortment recommendations, pricing and promotion effectiveness, and category reviews.
• Deliver accurate reporting to retailers highlighting actionable business analytics. Provide expert level knowledge of industry, channel, and category.
• Collaborate with Category and Consumer Market Insights teams and apply learnings to identify sales growth opportunities to deliver effective business solutions which incorporate consumer segmentation, relevant research, brand positioning and category trends and assist in leading efforts to improve the Team's fact-based selling and storytelling skills with an emphasis on the integration of data analysis.

Benefits

• Work with over 140,000 diverse and talented Associates, all guided by The Five Principles.
• Join a purpose driven company, where we are striving to build the world we want tomorrow, today.
• Best-in-class learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University.
• An industry competitive salary and benefits package, including company bonus.
• This role is eligible for a company vehicle.

What This Job Offers

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