Category Development Manager

4 weeks ago

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States FGF Brands Full time
Job Description:

As a Category Development Manager at FGF Brands, you will be responsible for creating unbiased insights and recommendations to optimize total Bakery Category performance.

You will work closely with the Kroger Category Team to establish yourself as a critical resource in supporting key decisions around Assortment, Promotion, and Merchandising.

Using numerous data sources, you will provide expert category knowledge on performance, innovation, market insights, and trends.

You will create ongoing reporting to track and interpret performance, drawing insights that lead to actionable category development recommendations.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Provides expert category knowledge on performance, innovation, market insights, trends, and shopper and consumer insights.
  • Creates on-going reporting to track and interpret performance while drawing insights that lead to actionable category development recommendations.
  • Works closely and builds a trusted partnership with Kroger Category Team Members to provide objective recommendations and become a category expert.
  • Supports the analytics and development of Kroger Planogram recommendations based on the Kroger Planogram Schedule, while adhering to tight timelines.
  • Identifies Regional Development opportunities to strengthen Kroger's performance in key markets.
  • Presents recommendations to Kroger that optimize category performance.
  • Identifies assortment opportunities, shelf (or table) allocations, and adjacency recommendations of planograms.
  • Provides postmortems and tracking of programs or merchandising tests, including seasonal programs that lead to future recommendations.
  • Works closely with the 84.51 Team to identify analytical best practices, while maximizing utility and advanced analytic reporting capabilities.
  • Respects the confidentiality of Kroger Vendor Advisor-ship and competitive data.
Requirements:

  • Demonstrated ability in sales analytics, category management to formulate recommendations.
  • Minimum 5 years CPG experience.
  • Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities.
  • Significant Experience in Using the 84.51 Platform (Stratum) to support Kroger growth strategies.
  • A high-level expert in all Microsoft Office Suite tools, particularly Excel and PowerPoint.
  • Strong proficiency to pull data within Market 6, Circana(IRI), and Numerator.
  • Proven expertise in building user-friendly tools and reports that help bring data to life.
  • Ability to distill vast amounts of data into critical business insights.
  • Superb communication skills across all levels of the organizations.
  • An incredible attention to detail, especially as it relates to data accuracy.
  • Previous experience in presenting complex analytics to a senior level audience.
  • Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment with flexibility and tolerance of change.
  • Education - Bachelor's Degree Required.
  • Up to 15% Travel within USA.

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