Manager, Customer & Category Management

TreeHouse Foods

4d • Remote

About The Position

About the Role: We are seeking a Manager, Customer & Category Management to support our sales organization, serving as the primary point of contact for assigned customers across the West Coast. This role is responsible for driving customer performance, achieving revenue and margin targets, and delivering strong forecast accuracy while building and maintaining strategic customer relationships. In this role, you will partner closely with cross-functional teams including Customer Service, Supply Chain, Finance, and Business Units to deliver customer-specific strategies and drive business growth. This position offers the opportunity to influence customer outcomes, identify growth opportunities, and contribute to overall commercial success.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, or related field required
• Minimum of five (5) years of progressive experience in sales or related roles with increasing scope and responsibility
• Experience in the retail grocery channel required; Topco experience required
• Strong communication and relationship building skills with the ability to influence internal and external stakeholders
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to leverage data to drive pricing and product strategies
• Solid financial acumen with understanding of profit and loss and trade funding management
• Experience with Salesforce and Microsoft Office applications including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Teams required

Nice To Haves

• Club channel and private label experience preferred
• Experience with systems such as Circana, business intelligence tools, SAP, and SharePoint preferred
• Strong organizational and problem-solving skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities

Responsibilities

• Maintain strong customer relationships and serve as the primary TreeHouse point of contact
• Deliver communications to customers and manage expectations and responses
• Resolve customer issues in partnership with Customer Service and Customer Supply Chain teams
• Provide insights and recommendations to business units through customer feedback and performance analysis
• Execute division selling strategies and customer-specific pricing initiatives
• Represent the customer internally to identify and develop short and long term business opportunities
• Deliver forecast accuracy and support demand planning activities
• Lead special projects and initiatives as needed
• Develop customer annual operating plans in partnership with Commercial Finance
• Monitor customer performance and identify opportunities to address gaps and drive growth
• Analyze customer portfolios to identify white space opportunities and optimize product assortment
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to manage allocations and improve service levels

Benefits

• Competitive compensation and benefits program with no waiting period – you’re eligible from your first day!
• 401(k) program with 5% employer match and 100% vesting as soon as you enroll.
• Comprehensive paid time off opportunities, including immediate access to four weeks of vacation, five sick days, parental leave and 11 company holidays (including two floating holidays).
• Leaders who are invested in supporting your accelerated career growth, plus paid training, tuition reimbursement and a robust educational platform – DevelopU – with more than 10,000 free courses to support you along the way.
• An inclusive working environment where you can build meaningful work relationships with a diverse group of professionals.
• Take advantage of opportunities to build on our team-oriented culture, such as joining one of our Employee Resource Groups.
• Access to our wellness and employee assistance programs.

What This Job Offers

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