Sr. Manager, Category Strategy
22 hours ago
Join our Sales team at Helen of Troy and make an immediate impact on our trusted brands: OXO, Hydro Flask, Osprey, Honeywell, PUR, Braun, Vicks, Hot Tools, Drybar, Curlsmith, and Revlon. Together, we build innovative and useful products that elevate people's lives everywhere every day.
Position: Sr. Manager Category Strategy & Insights
Department: Sales
Work Location: Boston, MA, Hybrid (work 3 days onsite)
What you will be doing:
- Reporting to the Director of Category Strategy & Insights, the Sr Manager of Category Strategy & Insights will work closely with our marketing and sales organization to support the development of category strategies and sales tactics to drive growth within our customers and categories.
- The individual in this role will have strong analytical abilities, capable of developing insights through sophisticated analytics.
- They will possess the ability to develop category reviews, build standardized reporting, and synthesize findings into recommendations.
Responsibilities:
- Stewards the value of Helen of Troy’s Category Advisory Services with key customers.
- Owns the interaction with marketing & sales to evaluate the category, address key business questions, and assist in building strategies and tactics to drive category growth.
- Deliver fully coordinated consumer, category and market insights to guide customers’ strategic choices and tactical actions which provide market-leading growth.
- Proactively provide analytics using all Category Management capabilities, such as planogram software and data visualization tools to drive business opportunities and develop recommendations.
- Cultivates business relationships with customers’ key contacts that establish Helen of Troy as the top tier source for all relevant category insights & analytics.
- Presents analysis & insights to customers’ merchandising organization, helping to showcase growth opportunities within the category.
- Responsible for crafting and refreshing Category Management reporting, analysis, and special project work for our Marketing & Sales organizations.
Skills needed to be successful in this role:
- Ability to analyze, understand and interpret point of sale and syndicated data.
- Ability to simultaneously prioritize multiple projects.
- Ability to build a complete category management review including relevant data and recommendations.
- Strong analytical, verbal, written, and presentation skills.
- Capability to develop and influence strategy at both retailer and manufacturer, with management level positions.
- Extensive knowledge of syndicated data sources: Retail Link, Nielsen/IRI, Household Panel, & TraQline.
- Knowledge of JDA Space Planning software.
- Knowledge of Excel and PowerPoint.
- Flexible schedule to accommodate seasonal workload.
- Must be willing to travel 15-25%.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree, preferably in Marketing, Business, or Quantitative Field (Computer Science, Applied Math, Economics, Statistics, Analytics, etc.).
- Experience working with senior customer leadership at the Senior Buyer/Merchant or DMM level.
- 5+ years’ experience in Consumer Product Goods.
- 5+ years’ experience in a combination of Category Management, Analytics, or Sales.
- 2+ years’ experience in category management.
- Authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Master of Business Administration or Business Analytics.
- Knowledge and use of data visualization software: Power BI or Tableau.
- Knowledge and use of SQL Server and Access.
- Knowledge and use of programming languages (R, Python).
Benefits: Salary + Bonus, Healthcare, Dental, Vision, Paid Holidays, Paid Parental Leave, 401(k) with company match, Basic Life Insurance, Short Term Disability (STD), Long Term Disability (LTD), Paid Time Off (PTO), Paid Charitable (volunteer) Leave, and Educational Assistance.
Wondering if you should apply? Helen of Troy welcomes people as diverse as our brands Have the confidence to come as who you are because your point of view, skills, and experience will make us stronger.
Helen of Troy is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. We are committed to developing a diverse workforce and cultivating an inclusive environment. We value diversity and believe that we are strengthened by the differences in our experiences, thinking, culture, and background.
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