Manager, Category Solutions

The Manager, Category Solutions diagnoses and solves business challenges, creating strategic solutions through subject matter expertise, trend application, and syndicated tools through a Private Brand lens for categories at retail. This role requires the ability to become a subject matter expert in a particular area of retail where the associate understands what data is available to build a compelling, data driven story.

Responsibilities

• Creates insight driven presentations with actionable tactics and strategies; develops creative presentations with an eye toward story-telling, focused on flow, visualizations and headlines

• Utilizes a broad range of data sources, metrics, tools, and analytics to identify trends and present insights to customers and clients

• Demonstrates a student of the business mindset to develop and maintain expertise around categories, private brands, retailers, and the retail industry; develops unique perspectives on retail, consumer, and private brands through the creation of leading and predictive insights through a private brand industry and category lens

• Demonstrates a sense of urgency and executes projects on time, effectively managing multiple projects simultaneously, and understanding priorities of working on the right projects at the right time

Qualifications

• Education Requirements: Bachelor’s degree (Graduate degree preferred)

• Experience Requirements: 4–6 years experience in relevant field (Food or CPG industry experience preferred)

• Travel requirement: No travel requirements

Supervisor Responsibility

Direct Reports: This position does not have supervisory responsibilities for direct reports

Indirect Reports: Does not have direct reports, but may delegate work of others and provide guidance, direction and mentoring to indirect reports

Required Knowledge and Skills

• Expertise in retail, CPG, private brands, and consumer trends

• Exposure to category planning, category strategy, product development, and/or innovation

• Ability to balance the big picture and attention to detail

• Ability to deliver projects with excellence while flexing to changing business needs

• Team player who can balance working autonomously while engaging the right stakeholders at the right time throughout project development

• Confident communicator with solid oral, written, and presentation skills with capability to develop a compelling story

Job Will Remain Open Until Filled

The Company is one of North America’s leading sales and marketing agencies specializing in outsourced sales, merchandising, category management, and marketing services to manufacturers, suppliers, and producers of food products and consumer packaged goods. The Company services a variety of trade channels including grocery, mass merchandise, specialty, convenience, drug, dollar, club, hardware, consumer electronics, and home centers. We bridge the gap between manufacturers and retailers, providing consumers access to the best products available in the marketplace today.

Responsibilities

• Creates insight driven presentations with actionable tactics and strategies; develops creative presentations with an eye toward story-telling, focused on flow, visualizations and headlines

• Utilizes a broad range of data sources, metrics, tools, and analytics to identify trends and present insights to customers and clients

• Demonstrates a student of the business mindset to develop and maintain expertise around categories, private brands, retailers, and the retail industry; develops unique perspectives on retail, consumer, and private brands through the creation of leading and predictive insights through a private brand industry and category lens

• Demonstrates a sense of urgency and executes projects on time, effectively managing multiple projects simultaneously, and understanding priorities of working on the right projects at the right time

Qualifications

• Education Requirements: Bachelor’s degree (Graduate degree preferred)

• Experience Requirements: 4–6 years experience in relevant field (Food or CPG industry experience preferred)

• Travel requirement: No travel requirements

Supervisor Responsibility

Direct Reports: This position does not have supervisory responsibilities for direct reports

Indirect Reports: Does not have direct reports, but may delegate work of others and provide guidance, direction and mentoring to indirect reports

Required Knowledge and Skills

• Expertise in retail, CPG, private brands, and consumer trends

• Exposure to category planning, category strategy, product development, and/or innovation

• Ability to balance the big picture and attention to detail

• Ability to deliver projects with excellence while flexing to changing business needs

• Team player who can balance working autonomously while engaging the right stakeholders at the right time throughout project development

• Confident communicator with solid oral, written, and presentation skills with capability to develop a compelling story

Environmental & Physical RequirementsOffice / Sedentary Requirements: Incumbent must be able to perform the essential functions of the job. Work is performed primarily in an office environment. Typically, requires the ability to sit for extended periods of time (66%+ each day), ability to hear telephone, ability to enter data on a computer and may require the ability to lift up to 10lbs.

Additional Information Regarding Job DutiesJob duties include additional responsibilities as assigned by one’s supervisor or other manager related to the position/department. This job description is meant to describe the general nature and level of work being performed; it is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required for the position. The Company reserves the right at any time with or without notice to alter or change job responsibilities, reassign or transfer job positions, or assign additional job responsibilities, subject to applicable law. The Company shall provide reasonable accommodations of known disabilities to enable a qualified applicant or employee to apply for employment, perform the essential functions of the job, or enjoy the benefits and privileges of employment as required by law.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this position. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of associates so classified. The Company is committed to providing equal opportunity in all employment practices without regard to age, race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, religion, physical or mental disability, or any other category protected by law. As part of this commitment, the Company shall provide reasonable accommodations of known disabilities to enable an applicant or employee to apply for employment, perform the essential functions of the job, or enjoy the benefits and privileges of employment as required by law.