Associate Category Manager
The Coca-Cola Company
Associate Category Manager – Grocery Retail
The Coca-Cola Company
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Whitestone • New York • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $86,300 - $113,000 per year
Job Level
JuniorMid-Level
About the role
- Serve as the primary category management contact for regional retailers including Winco, KVAT Food City, Giant Eagle, and Wegmans.
- Provide key support in driving growth and achieving objectives within these accounts.
- Lead strategic support for annual line reviews, including objective setting, meeting preparation, presentation development, and in-person participation.
- Deliver fact-based thought leadership to guide strategic and tactical decisions for customer planning and execution.
- Drive assortment optimization, inventory analysis, and regression modeling to create retailer-specific planogram recommendations.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree (BA/BS) required
- Minimum of 3 years of experience in sales, category management, shopper insights, or strategy. Field sales experience is a plus.
- Proven team player with strong leadership, communication, and organizational skills.
- Advanced technical proficiency in: Scan systems (e.g., Nielsen, Circana, Scintilla, Madrid, 1010)
- Panel systems (e.g., Nielsen, Circana, Numerator)
- Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Word
Benefits
- A full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the position is offered.
- Annual Incentive Reference Value Percentage: 7.5
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
category managementsalesshopper insightsstrategyassortment optimizationinventory analysisregression modelingpresentation developmentfact-based thought leadership
Soft skills
leadershipcommunicationorganizationalteam player