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Associate Category Manager

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💎 Seniority level: Manager, 5+ years

📍 Location: United States

💸 Salary: 100000.0 - 125000.0 USD per year

🔍 Industry: Consumer Packaged Goods/Food & Beverage

🏢 Company: Vital Farms👥 251-500💰 $151,250,000 Post-IPO Equity about 4 years agoFarmingFood and BeverageAgricultureOrganic Food

🗣️ Languages: English

⏳ Experience: 5+ years

🪄 Skills: Data AnalysisAnalytical SkillsCollaborationReportingSales experienceData visualization

Requirements:
  • Passion for ethically-sourced, nutritious food, and purpose-driven brands.
  • Bachelor's Degree in Business or a related field of study.
  • 5+ years of professional experience in Category Management/Sales within Consumer Packaged Goods/Food & Beverage industry.
  • Ability for 30% travel for customer appointments and meetings.
  • Experience with Syndicated Data, retailer data, and Shopper Panel Data.
  • Strong customer collaboration, selling, thought leadership, and influencing skills.
  • Demonstrated analytical and critical thinking skills.
  • Ability to create concise selling materials based on findings.
  • Knowledge of identifying category opportunity gaps with retailers.
  • Understanding of the planogram creation process.
Responsibilities:
  • Work with your manager to influence and drive category strategy in the Grocery Channel.
  • Lead category management insights for key customers and analyze business issues, providing insights and recommendations.
  • Identify opportunities for growth, improvement, and optimization; transform ideas into actionable recommendations.
  • Act as the go-to for category and strategic insights.
  • Leverage consumer and category insights to maximize growth opportunities.
  • Provide insights to drive superior category results.
  • Collaborate with team to provide category management leadership including sales & category reporting.
  • Create and co-lead business reviews on various insights and trends.
  • Partner with Sales to develop insights and presentations for increased sales.
  • Influence annual planning through actionable category insights.
  • Lead insights related to understanding competitors in the industry.
  • Foster a productive team environment and share best practices.
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