Director, Category Management
Company: Shearer's Foods
Location: Massillon
Posted on: April 22, 2024
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Job Description:
--Shearer's is a leading contract manufacturer and private label
supplier in the snack industry in North America. Headquartered in
Massillon, Ohio, Shearer's has 17 state-of-the-art, geographically
diverse manufacturing facilities in Ohio, Texas, Arkansas, Arizona,
Minnesota, Pennsylvania,--Virginia, Iowa, Ontario and Alberta,
Canada, including one of the industry's first Leadership in Energy
and Environmental Design platinum LEED certified facilities in
Massillon, Ohio. The Company is known for producing the highest
quality snacks in assorted flavors and sizes, including kettle
cooked potato chips, traditional potato chips, tortilla chips,
cheese curls and other extruded snacks, and corn chips, as well as
cookies, crackers, and wafers.--Director, Category
Management----Job SummaryThe Director, Category Management is
responsible for building a strong partnership with all Shearer s
customers by leveraging data and insights to develop powerful
selling stories that drive Shearer s portfolio expansion and
increase share of retailer items/shelf. As a senior manager in the
organization, this individual must assist in driving strong
cross-functional collaboration to build best practices in insights
and category leadership. This role reports to our Sales SVP and
will assist in strategy development, assortment recommendations,
new item presentation, category business reviews, and all aspects
of shelving and organizing products in a category friendly way
online and offline. Utilizing consumer and shopper insights, you
will develop innovative solutions to deliver mutually beneficial
business growth.--Your seat at the tableEstablish category
management defining strategies to provide the framework for
customer/account specific plans focused against merchandising,
product assortment, placement, pricing, and promotion online and
offlineServe as the category expert internally, creating
compelling, actionable & measurable category plans and working
collaboratively with cross-functional teams including sales,
strategy, shopper marketing, and insightsDevelop and present
comprehensive, concise, and objective category reviews
incorporating shopper, consumer, retailer, syndicated and loyalty
dataMaintain tracking and reporting of company and customer
assortments to monitor progress against goals, identify incremental
opportunities to drive the businessPresent insights and provide
strategic point of view in customer, internal, and board meetings
as well as ad hoc discussions as applicableDevelop long-term
partnership with customers through tactical and strategic customer
relationships, including senior levelCollaborate with customer team
to expand category leadership in omnichannel and digital
solutionsBring intellectual curiosity and a forward-thinking
mentality to maintain awareness of market trends and competitor
strategies and adjust Shearer s strategy accordinglyParticipates in
the development of best practices in Category Management, and
pursues the knowledge needed to improve departmental capabilities
and professional agilityWhat you bring to the table Bachelor s
degree in Business, Marketing, Management, Finance, Accounting,
Data Analytics, or related field, MBA preferredA minimum of 4-6
years of progressive sales, category management, trade marketing,
analytics, consumer or shopper insights experienceProven experience
leading customer engagements in both space and assortment, pricing
strategy, trade promotion strategy, and omnichannel solutions,
building indispensable, collaborative partnerships with retail
customersAbility to develop and deliver a strategic plan, measuring
and monitoring results, and make recommendations to achieve growth
targets through category leadershipAbility to present and calibrate
critical challenges at the executive levelPrevious sales experience
is preferredExpertise in the Category Management process and
proficient in syndicated and panel data as well as familiarity with
pricing, promotion and assortment optimization software knowledge
and experience working with customer POS data systems (experience
with data sources such as Nielsen, IRI, NPD, Numerator, dunnhumby,
Spectra/demographics)Advanced Microsoft Office Suite skills (Excel,
Word and PowerPoint)Exceptional communication skills
verbal, written & presentationStrong planning/organizing skills;
the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and create
structure and process where it does not currently existStrong
understanding of industry and national category management and
shopper insight trends, frameworks and best practicesExtensive
knowledge of retail merchandising and in store execution tacticsWe
Offer a Feast of BenefitsMedical, Dental, Vision, Life, Flexible
Spending Account, Retirement Savings Plan with Match, Short Term
Disability, Long Term Disability, Group Critical Accident
Insurance, Group Critical Illness Insurance, Employee Assistance
Plan and numerous opportunities to volunteer in the communities in
which we operate.--You will be considered for employment in our
inclusive workplaceBecause at Shearer s, we are committed to
providing equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and
applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion,
gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national
origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status,
amnesty, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic
protected by law.--This is your invitation to apply now!To all
recruitment agencies: Shearer s Snacks does not accept agency
resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias, employees
or any other company location. Shearer s is not responsible for any
fees related to unsolicited resumes. Commercial ------
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