Team Lead, Category Leadership (National Grocery)

SC Johnson • Cincinnati, OH

19d • Onsite

About The Position

Lead the strategic growth agenda for Kroger and Albertsons as a Category Leadership Team Lead, driving high‑impact partnerships and next‑level category strategies. In this role, you will inspire and develop a team of associate managers while translating insights into actionable, growth‑focused solutions. You’ll champion customer needs across SCJ, collaborating closely with cross‑functional partners and building strong relationships with category buying teams, ideally influencing at least one level up to unlock new opportunities and elevate our joint business performance.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and 7+ years of commercial experience or advanced degree with a minimum of 5+ years of commercial experience
• Qualified candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without current or future sponsorship

Nice To Haves

• 2+ years of people management experience
• 5+ years of experience in Category Management or Shopper Insights
• 3+ years of business analytics experience
• Strong analytical background and understanding of Category Management and Shopper Insights to drive category and SCJ growth
• Supports and guides Kroger and Albertson’s in their go-to-market strategies that incorporate shopper insights and market trends
• Identify next generation Category tools to best understand the retailer shopper and unlock category growth
• Experience in CPG and/or retail, with Kroger/Albertson’s experience as a benefit
• Good communication skills, ability to influence internal and external customers and to produce impact on the business
• Experience working with syndicated data software (i.e., IRI or Nielsen), JDA and/or Apollo. Shelf IQ preferred
• Experience with advanced analytics around promotional / non promotional and pricing strategy
• Experience working with Microsoft Office programs specifically Excel and PowerPoint
• Experience with retailer specific data such as 84.51
• Full-time onsite role in SC Johnson Cincinnati office
• Ability to travel up to 30%
• Remote work is available once per week for eligible employees

Responsibilities

• Develop & execute growth agenda (& strategies to achieve growth) for Kroger & Albertson’s. This will be done through discovery sessions (identifying needs & priorities for each customer), setting the agenda for customer engagements throughout the year, identifying opportunities to drive growth & driving best in class category reviews & planogram resets
• Lead and develop a team of Category Leadership Associate Managers on Kroger and Albertson’s across all business units (HC, AC, PC, HS) and help them understand their role & responsibility within the customer growth agendas
• Coach the team on developing fact-based insights and recommendations via storytelling that will influence the retailer’s category strategies & decisions
• Lead and/or play an active role in customer presentations. Through a deep understanding of the consumer/shopper and retailer priorities, translate growth opportunities to the overall customer/category strategy
• Where appropriate, manage and deliver against the responsibilities of the Category Captaincy process in partnership with the customer
• Evaluate/ monitor all customer category growth solutions, turn analysis into recommended action and continually work to improve effectiveness of the category and efficiencies for the customers
• Be the voice of the customer/team’s support & research needs & opportunities (shopper, consumer, etc.) & champion these internally with: CIBA Shopper COE, Omni Marketing, Brand, etc.
• Work closely with SCJ account sales team on key external & internal engagements: JBP, Growth Summit Sessions, IGP/Grow, etc. Providing category/brand growth consulting & thought leadership. Look for synergies between Kroger/Albertson’s teams & workstreams. Share best practices, learnings & when possible, drive efficiency through using the same approaches
• Drive new CL capabilities within the team by ensuring the team gets training & understands use cases to apply capabilities. Share use cases with the broader CL team

Benefits

• SC Johnson’s total compensation packages are at or above industry levels. In addition to salary, total packages may include bonuses, long-term incentives, matching 401(k) contributions and profit sharing based on company profitability, job level and years of service.
• As a family company, we’re committed to providing benefits such as subsidized health care plans, maternity/paternity/adoption leave, flexible work arrangements, vacation purchase options, recreation and fitness centers, childcare, counseling services and more.

What This Job Offers

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