Associate Manager, Category Strategy

The J.M. Smucker Company • Orrville, OH • 1h ago

Your Opportunity as the Associate Manager, Category Strategy - JJP & ICT

In this role you will be the go-to category expert, responsible for providing in-depth category, consumer and shopper expertise to field category leadership, sales, insights, brand marketing and innovation teams. Key responsibilities include insight activation and strategy alignment (internal and external), identification of white space category opportunities, guidance on successful category strategies, development of materials to support strategic customer partnerships and internal cross-functional collaboration.

Location: Working Remote USA

In this role you will:

Develop Category Leadership 4P Guiding Principles and compelling category strategies that drive the category and the customer / retailer's future growth potential

Leverage available data and insight resources to identify and create new insights and category opportunities

Translate category strategies into action plans by providing customizable guidance and recommendations for placement, product mix, pricing, and promotion for the category, aisle and total department as appropriate

Understands the competitive marketplace in which JMS and customers operate

Develop material for Top-to-Top meetings with key customers

Communicates insights and learnings both internally and externally to a wide variety of audiences

Collaborates and influences across various cross functional partners

What we are looking for:

Minimum Requirements:

Bachelor's degree

4+ years of Consumer-Packaged Goods Industry experience

3+ years Shopper Insights or Category Management experience

Customer facing experience

Proficient in leveraging IRI, Nielsen and Panel Data

Strong analytical skills, problem solving, and storytelling experience

Experience building relationships within customers / retailers

Experience in analysis of shopper / consumer-based CPG information

Excellent organization and written / verbal communication skills

Ability to develop and translate insights into actions

Strategic mindset to help build and execute effective plans

Business & Financial Acumen

Ability to travel up to 10%

Additional skills and experience that we think would make someone successful in this role (not required):

Planogramming/Planogram software experience (Ex. JDA, EZPOG)

TheRight Placefor You

We are bold, kind, strive to do the right thing, we play to win, and we believe in a strong community that thrives together. Our culture is rooted in our

Basic Beliefs

, and we believe in supporting every employee by meeting their physical, emotional, and financial needs.

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We're an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, age, national origin, disability status or protected veteran status.

The J. M. Smucker Company (the "Company") is an Equal Opportunity Employer. No person will be discriminated against in hiring or in any other aspect of their employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, transgender status, marital status, familial status, disability, genetic information, protected veteran/military status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local law.

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