Salary
💰 $95,000 - $110,000 per year
About the role
- The Category Development Manager is a motivated self-starter and creative storyteller who thrives in a dynamic and fast-paced environment. They are a strategic thinker with the hustle to effectively solve problems. They are a collaborative and flexible team player with a strong desire to make an impact. They have exceptional communication skills, keen attention to detail, and a high level of personal accountability.\n
- Synthesize scanning, panel, and custom data sources to craft compelling, fact-based selling stories\n
- Proactively analyze own and competitive performance to drive assortment, shelving, pricing, and merchandising initiatives\n
- Collaborate with sales counterparts to enhance retailer relationships and secure poppi’s position as a best-in-class partner\n
- Present findings and recommendations to retailers, distributors, and cross-functional team members\n
- Lead space planning activities, fair share analysis, and leakage trees for key customers\n
- Remain current on industry and business issues and trends that affect our sales efforts and trends at retail
Requirements
- Always acting with integrity through a “what’s right and best” mindset\n
- Detail-oriented and focused on doing it right vs. getting it done\n
- Solution-oriented and resourceful\n
- Extremely organized, dependable, and self-motivated\n
- Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills\n
- Demonstrated ability to excel in hands-on, fast-paced environment\n
- A strong work ethic, ability to plan and execute a highly productive schedule, desire to succeed, a passion for building a brand\n
- 3+ years of category experience for a CPG company; beverage preferred\n
- 1+ years of category experience with the Walmart account\n
- Significant experience with Scintilla and a syndicated data provider (SPINS, Nielsen, and/or Circana) required\n
- Experience with JDA or other space planning software\n
- Experience with panel data sources, such as Numerator or Circana Complete Consumer\n
- Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint); Power BI a plus\n
- MBA or BS/BA degree in business or related field\n
- Up to 10% travel domestically for business related meetings\n
- Willingness and the ability to work outside of standard business hours, including evenings and weekends, based on business demands.