Associate Manager, Field Category Leadership

1 month ago

Rogers, United States Conagra Brands Full time

This job posting is an "Evergreen Requisition" designed to gather talent for current or future open positions. It Is a way for Conagra to expedite the hiring process when there is a need to fill that type of role. By applying to an Evergreen Requisition, you are expressing your interest in a particular job function within Conagra. Your application will be reviewed by a Talent Acquisition Specialist who may reach out to learn more about your career interests, and how that may best fit with Conagra. In addition to submitting your resume to an Evergreen Requisition, we encourage you to create a job search agent to be alerted when positions in your areas of interest become available.

As an Associate Manager on our Category Leadership team for Walmart, you will help lead category growth platform development by providing category programs and plans to field sales for a portfolio of our brands. You will report to the Vice President of Category Leadership.

Your Impact:



  • Provide category analysis and business impacts to the sales team, identifying opportunities to enhance customer/category goals and those of the company
  • Customize existing corporate category initiatives and plans to propel company and category sales at the customer
  • Help deliver category insights to develop collaborative solutions
  • Assist team to exceed established shelving and merchandising goals
  • Provide category and shopper insights to the account in your assigned categories.
  • Work with internal partners and retailer contacts to develop and help implement category growth plans
  • Propose planograms to support shelving standards across assigned categories
  • Collaborate with the sales team in developing modular objectives and strategies, develop proposals for distribution and shelving changes to the customer.
  • Ensure category objectives are delivered






    Your Experience:







    • Bachelor's Degree required; or Master's Degree
    • 1-2+ years of consumer-packaged goods (CPG) related experience in sales or analytical roles. Category leadership experience preferred.
    • Data integration and interpretation experience
    • Experience summarizing a holistic sales story from multiple sources of data, such as syndicated, loyalty, consumer and industry trends
    • An understanding of syndicated panel data fundamentals
    • Experience working directly with customers in growing category sales
    • Experience with Nielsen/IRI, Retail Link; experience with space management tools helpful but not required.
    • Experience in Excel to develop and maintain complex spreadsheets and automate processes




      Number of Days in Office: 3

      Relocation assistance is available for this position. Preference will be given to local candidates.

      At this time, we require applicants for this role to be legally authorized to work in the United States without requiring employer sponsorship either now or in the future.

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      Our Benefits:

      We care about your total well-being and will support you with the following, subject to your location and role:







      • Health: Comprehensive healthcare plans, wellness incentive program, mental wellbeing support and fitness reimbursement
      • Wealth: Great pay, bonus incentive opportunity, matching 401(k) and stock purchase plan
      • Growth: Career development opportunities, employee resource groups, on-demand learning and tuition reimbursement
      • Balance: Paid-time off, parental leave, flexible work-schedules (subject to your location and role) and volunteer opportunities




        Our Company:

        Conagra Brands is one of North America's leading branded food companies. We have a rich heritage of making great food, and a team that's passionate about innovation and growth. Conagra offers choices for every occasion through iconic brands, such as Birds Eye®, Marie Callender's®, Banquet®, Healthy Choice®, Slim Jim®, Reddi-wip®, and Vlasic®, and emerging brands, including Angie's® BOOMCHICKAPOP®, Duke's®, Earth Balance®, Gardein®, and Frontera®.

        We pride ourselves on having the most impactful, energized and inclusive culture in the food industry. For more information, visit www.conagrabrands.com.

        Conagra Brands is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, ethnic or national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, pregnancy, leave status, disability, veteran status, genetic information and/or any other characteristic or status protected by national, federal, state or local law.



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