Senior Category Manager

Since 1869 we've connected people through food they love. Our history was created by remarkable people, ideas, and innovations. It serves as inspiration and foundation for our future success.We're proud to be stewards of amazing brands that people trust. Our portfolio includes the iconic Campbell's brand, as well as Michael Angelo's, noosa, Pace, Pacific Foods, Prego, Rao's Homemade, Swanson, and V8. In our Snacks division, we have brands like Cape Cod, Goldfish, Kettle Brand, Lance, Late July, Pepperidge Farm, Snack Factory, and Snyder's of Hanover.General Summary:As a member of the Campbell Snacks Category Management Team, the Senior Category Manager, South will be responsible for accelerating strategic and tactical thought leadership for our most strategic Customers. This person will be responsible for leading and executing against team growth objectives, partner on category reviews, monthly performance tracking, and be the trusted advisor for retailers. This person will partner with key retailer decision makers aligning on priorities, insight needs and whitespace identification to drive Campbell Snacks strategic retailer partnerships forward. This person will use point-of-sale, loyalty and shopper data to create clear actionable category recommendations. This role will focus across all Campbell Snacks products and categories.Primary Responsibilities:Proactively develop collaborative relationships with our retail partners to be viewed as a trusted resource for category insights and objective growth opportunities.Actively advise Retailers partners on category and shopper centric opportunities to grow market share.Leads the development of category strategy and assists customer with integrated category strategy development.Leads strategic and tactical recommendations on the Distribution, Shelving, Merchandising and Pricing (DSMP) goals to improve overall category performance.Responsible for developing customer specific presentation of relevant consumer insights, competitive responses, and new item/category selling strategies.Actively lead and participate in preparation of line reviews and recurring customer category reviews, JBP plans, and Top to Top meetings.Lead comprehensive understanding of plan-o-gram insights and assortment to help identify and drive strategic sales opportunities and customer growth objectives.Develops strong working relationships with category leadership, buyers, and cross functional departments.Provides distribution forecast on managed accounts as input into Campbell Snacks IBP cycle.Minimum Requirements:Bachelor's Degree required.5+ years' experience in Category Management or data analytics role in the CPG industry.5+ years IRI or Nielson syndicated data experience.Excellent analytical skills and attention to details.Robust communication and interpersonal skills.Ability to think strategically.Problem Solving & Analytical Ability.Strong technical skills (ProSpace, Excel, Access, etc.).POG software (Blue Yonder) and significant experience with loyalty models.Working Conditions:This position will work remote.Approximately 15% travel is required to the customer & team meetings.This role reports directly into the Director, Category Management Regional Grocery.Compensation and Benefits:The target base salary range for this full-time, salaried position is between $85,900-$140,800. Individual base pay depends on work location and additional factors such as experience, job-related skills, and relevant education or training. Total pay may include other forms of compensation. In addition, we offer competitive health, dental, 401k and wellness benefits beginning on the first day of employment. Please ask your Talent Acquisition Partner for more information about our total rewards package.The Company is committed to providing equal opportunity for employees and applicants in all aspects of the employment relationship, without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, marital status, veteran status, disability, age, religion or any other classification protected by law.

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