Category Manager

Pregis•Chicago, IL

1d•$159,000 - $191,000

About The Position

Pregis is in the packaging business to protect what matters. We are committed to providing our customers and employees sustainable growth through purpose-driven innovation and customer-centric packaging solutions. If you are looking for a company that is thriving across various high growth industries and is innovative, customer focused, high integrity, believes in strong teamwork and collaboration, Pregis is the company for you. Check out the Pregis Purpose to learn how sustainability and social responsibility is at the very core of our company DNA. The Category Manager will have ownership for Air Systems, working collaboratively with Sales, Marketing, Manufacturing and Finance leaders to develop and implement strategies to set and successfully achieve financial targets. The individual in this role will be responsible for hitting the financial targets, setting and executing the category strategy, influencing operations management, and driving unique comment value to our customers. In addition, this individual will project manage in order to hot growth targets & achieve objectives.

Requirements

Extensive business experience, with functional expertise in:
Bachelor’s degree required
Six to eight years work-related experience in financial or business management fields

Nice To Haves

MBA or advanced degree preferred

Responsibilities

Responsible for the overall financial performance of Air Systems.
Delivering the operating plan, achieving growth objectives including market share, revenue, profit and return on investment for the business.
Develop and execute the product line strategy, informed by market and industry trends, competitive activity, and evolving customer needs.
Work with Sales, Marketing and Operations leaders to develop, implement and manage activities to achieve the operating plan.
Collaborate with Sales Leadership to develop and manage the forecasts for the given product lines and work with Supply Chain and Operations teams to drive Sales & Operations Planning process to balance supply and demand.
Prioritize New Product Development efforts with the NPD engineering team on present and future product lines based on data from market trends, competitive product offerings, and customer requirements.
Own prioritization of the new product development and feature enhancement backlog for Air product category.
Drive pricing strategy by utilizing market research data, anticipated volumes, reviewing production and sales costs for production and customized orders.
Manage installed asset base and allocation of future assets to ensure maximization of return on invested capital.
Establish usage targets by machine type and monitor utilization of asset base to ensure customer forecasts/commitments are being achieved.
Work with NPD and Operations to identify Capital investment opportunities and lead evaluation, justification, and approval, as well as implementation oversight of capital projects for the business line.
Manage product SKU strategy, working in close coordination with Supply Chain and Field Sales to maximize inventory turns, and devise and execute on plans to avoid or effectively monetize slow moving inventory.
Partner with Marketing to develop sales collateral and product training for Sales teams.
Collecting and analyzing market data specific to the product line in order to identify market trends, new opportunities and implementation of growth strategies.
Develop overall market strategy for product line and work collaboratively with Sales, Marketing and Operations leaders to develop functional strategies to support the achievement of short-term and long-term product line objectives.
Understand the dynamics and tactics surrounding product positioning, marketing, selling and producing products in order to maximize the financial return for the organization.
New Product Commercialization. Formal stage/gate NPC processes and the role of operations
Ability to identify and evaluate market opportunities for capital investment, as well as the financial modeling, risk analysis, and overall project management.