Category Manager

Join Reynolds Consumer Products…and Drive Your Career across a world of opportunities! We provide amazing job opportunities for growth with competitive salaries and benefits in an exciting, dynamic, fast-paced, and high-performance organization.  If you are looking to build a strong career, we have an opportunity for you! We are searching for a Category Manager , this position will be fully remote in a home office. 

 

Your Role:

 

The Category Manager is responsible for driving category management principles through application of strong analytics to develop value-added category solution initiatives and profitable business building strategies for key retailers focusing in the Grocery channel. This position will develop and employ category best practices and deliver consumer and shopper insights in support of our category strategies. The Category Manager will identify market & category trends, competitive threats, brand strategies, customer strategies and take insights into action to drive business results and grow market share.  

 

You will have the opportunity to Make Great Things Happen!

• Advanced Category Management responsibility for multiple categories across multiple retail partners in an omni-channel market landscape
• Analyze category trends and shopper insights as well as brand level performance, utilizing POS data (syndicated and custom), panel data, loyalty card data, and retailer gateways
• Acts as the category and competition subject matter expert for interfacing with internal headquarters business groups and provides fact based selling support for sales management
• Establish strong working relationships with retailer category managers, providing objective, “category focused” analytical support as needed
• Provide retailer category management and internal customers with weekly, monthly, quarterly, and yearly reporting according to their needs, along with any ad hoc business questions
• Actively involved in utilization of space management technologies by working with retailer category managers to develop optimum assortments and planograms for our categories
• Responsible for understanding Shopper Insights and applying those shopper insights to category/brand sales presentations, providing thought leadership and a vision for overall category growth
• Coach and train sales partners on all levels of category management topics including consumer dynamic data, syndicated data, market structure data, shopper insights, opportunity gaps, competitive landscapes, and measurements to optimize shelf space
• Some travel is required (20 – 30%) as needed for customer and internal meetings. 

You will love it here if…

 

• You put safety first, always.
• You listen, learn, and evolve.
• You are passionate about collaboration, teamwork, and achieving shared goals.
• You treat all people with respect, operating ethically, and embrace inclusivity.
• You are committed to improving our impact on local communities.

We need you to have:

• BA/BS degree in Sales, Marketing, Finance or related field.
• 5+ years of related professional category management and shopper insights experience within the broader CPG industry
• Extensive experience with category management processes, systems, internal protocols, data analysis, and shopper insights
• Proven ability to build strong relationships with customers and retailers- experience in retailer relations preferred.
• Proficient in MS Office
• Proficient in gathering, compiling, and analyzing data which results in the output and presentation of actionable insights by creating fact-based presentations, in the form of “storytelling.”
• Proficient in leveraging Category Management principles, Circana, Nielsen, Shopper/Consumer insights, retailer loyalty data, Richmix, Numerator insights (Apollo, Prospace, or Spaceman a plus)
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including presentation skills and the ability to communicate and influence at all levels within the organization
• Self-directed with the ability to work in a fast-paced environment with multiple accountabilities and multiple internal customers
• Strong analytical, problem solving, and storytelling capabilities with ability to prioritize
• Solid project management capabilities with the ability to organize and manage multiple projects simultaneously from origin through execution
• Ability to work a flexible schedule during key business deadlines and with the ebb and flow of customer requests, both internal and external
• Ability for overnight travel on a periodic basis (20-30%) as needed for in person customer appoint
• Must be team-oriented with the ability to work on high collaboration and performance teams

Icing on the Cake:

• MBA or other advanced degree a plus

If you answer yes to the following…we want to meet you!

• Intellectual Curiosity: Do you have an inquisitive nature?
• Problem Solving: Do you have a knack for tackling issues head-on? 
• Entrepreneurship: Do you enjoy taking ownership of your work?
• Customer Centricity: Do you always act in the best interests of the customer, putting their needs first? 
• Growth Mindset: Do you focus on progress rather than perfection?
• Continuous Improvement: Are you never satisfied with the status quo? 

 

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Apply today to join a fast-growing innovative company!

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  Local candidates only, no relocation assistance available

 

Join Reynolds Consumer Products and Drive Your Career across a world of opportunities!

For applicants or employees who are disabled or require a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process, you may request assistance by emailing us at Recruitment@ReynoldsBrands.com.

No recruiter calls or emails please.

 

RCP affords equal employment opportunities to applicants without regard to race, color, religion, age, disability status, sex, marital status, protected veteran status, pregnancy, national origin, genetics, genetic information, parental status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. RCP conforms to the spirit as well as to the letter of all applicable laws and regulations.

USD $120,000.00 - USD $130,000.00 /A

Role is eligible for 14% annual incentive provided the business meets financial goals and the individual meets their performance goals, subject to plan administration guidelines.