Category Management Manager

PepsiCo • Montgomery, OH

23h • Onsite

About The Position

PepsiCo is a global company that invites thinkers, doers, and changemakers to champion innovation and take calculated risks. The North America Insights & Intelligence (NAI&I) team drives a human-centric and integrated Power of One (PO1) approach to insights and intelligence across North America Commercial and Consumer organizations to drive market-leading growth. This role specifically supports the PepsiCo Beverages Category Leadership team for Kroger, focusing on strategy and business intelligence to accelerate growth, market share gains, and elevate customer partnerships through shopper and customer insights. Key accountabilities include leading shopper and consumer insights support for Kroger and PepsiCo Joint Business Planning, Internal PepsiCo Initiatives, and for discovering new opportunities to drive future business growth.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree required
• Proficiency in shopper data and analytics
• Thorough understanding of Circana and/or Nielsen syndicated POS and Panel data
• Well versed in Microsoft suite of products such as Excel, PowerPoint and PowerBI
• Comfortable and desiring to present at the Senior Executive Level
• Highly motivated self-starter with the ability to multi-task
• Strong project management skills, ability to thrive in a matrix environment
• Creativity and strategy skills
• Persuasive leadership and influencing skills
• Business relationship management
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Strong analytical, data analysis, problem-solving, and storytelling experience

Nice To Haves

• 3 - 5 years’ experience across CPG and Category Management preferred
• Preferred experience with Kroger’s OnDemand (Market 6) data, 84.51 Stratum and the KOMPASS process

Responsibilities

• Work across PepsiCo and Kroger teams to lead transformational big bets initiatives on the selected PepsiCo Beverage businesses.
• Help lead insights partnership for the development, implementation and tracking of the Joint Business Plan with Kroger and the PepsiCo Beverages Annual Operating Plan.
• Ensure insights and plans drive category growth, market share expansion and financial plan success.
• Develop impactful content to convey growth opportunities to internal and external partners across the main levers of our business with focus on assortment, space, promotions, pricing and displays.
• Utilize information from multiple sources such as 84.51 Stratum, OnDemand, Circana POS, Circana Panel, Numerator and internal research to identify opportunities and develop growth strategies.
• Develop into a subject matter expert in using 84.51 Stratum to understand the Kroger shopper and how strategies impact their shopper behaviors.
• Develop strong working relationships with Kroger, 84.51, PLM, Internal PepsiCo teams and all relevant business partners.

Benefits

• Bonus based on performance and eligibility target payout is 15% of annual salary paid out annually.
• Paid time off subject to eligibility, including paid parental leave, vacation, sick, and bereavement.
• Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability, Health, and Dependent Care Reimbursement Accounts, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Insurance (Accident, Group Legal, Life), Defined Contribution Retirement Plan.

What This Job Offers

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