Category Manager jobs in Idaho
Category Manager develops the overall strategy for a product category and researches new product options in the category to drive sales and achieve targets. Leads a team that provides category insights and proposals by analyzing marketing and customer data and monitoring relevant market conditions. Being a Category Manager works closely with sales team to determine optimal pricing through analysis of sales trends, competitors, buying habits and planograms of products to promote sales opportunities. Provides effective promotional materials. Additionally, Category Manager may develop special arrangements with vendors to enhance product promotions. Requires a bachelor's degree of marketing. Typically reports to a head of a unit/department. The Category Manager typically manages through subordinate managers and professionals in larger groups of moderate complexity. Provides input to strategic decisions that affect the functional area of responsibility. May give input into developing the budget. Capable of resolving escalated issues arising from operations and requiring coordination with other departments. To be a Category Manager typically requires 3+ years of managerial experience. (Copyright 2024 Salary.com)
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Category Manager (Remote)
- Reynolds Consumer Products
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Boise, ID
FULL_TIME
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Job Description
Job Title: Category Manager (Remote)
City: Boise / State: Idaho
Job Description
Join Reynolds Consumer Products…and Drive Your Career across a world of opportunities! We provide amazing job opportunities for growth with competitive salaries and benefits in an exciting, dynamic, fast-paced, and fun workplace environment. If you are looking to build a strong career, we have an opportunity for you! We are searching for a Category Manager (Remote) to join our team; this position will be primarily remote with periodic travel and will be based near Boise, ID.
Your Role:
The Category Manager is responsible for Advanced Category Management for multiple categories, operating at the Category Advisor level in at least one category, including access to internal sales data for the total category. This role will analyze data/insights to determine industry and consumer trends. We embrace and accept individual experiences and backgrounds to achieve a diverse and inclusive workplace.
You will have the opportunity to:- Be responsible for Advanced Category Management for multiple categories across multiple retail partners in an omni-channel market landscape – this position, specifically, will be primarily assigned to the Albertsons business.
- Analyze category trends and shopper insights as well as brand level performance, utilizing POS data (syndicated and custom), panel data, loyalty card data, and retailer gateways.
- Act as the category and competition subject matter expert for interfacing with internal headquarters business groups and provides fact based selling support for sales management.
- Establish strong working relationships with retailer category managers, providing objective, “category focused” analytical support as needed.
- Provide retailer category management and internal customers with weekly, monthly, quarterly, and yearly reporting according to their needs, along with any ad hoc business questions.
- Actively involved in utilization of space management technologies by working with retailer category managers to develop optimum assortments and planograms for our categories.
- Responsible for understanding Shopper Insights and applying those shopper insights to category/brand sales presentations, providing thought leadership, and a vision for overall category growth.
- Coach and train sales partners on all levels of category management topics including consumer dynamic data, syndicated data, market structure data, shopper insights, opportunity gaps, competitive landscapes, and measurements to optimize shelf space.
- Some travel is required (20 – 30%).
- In locations where applicable, responsible to comply with the SQF and GMP practices and programs to ensure safe food packaging product and to report food safety problems to those with authority to take action.
You will love it here if…- You are highly self-motivated with the ability to work independently as well as with a team
- You are creative and are comfortable inventing and deriving new ways of doing business
- You are a confident and entrepreneurial self-starter
- You are an effective communicator
- BA/BS degree in Business, Marketing, or related field.
- 5 years of related professional category management and shopper insights experience within the broader CPG industry.
- Extensive experience with category management processes, systems, internal protocols, data analysis, and shopper insights.
- Proficient in MS Office.
- Proficient in gathering, compiling, and analyzing data which results in the output and presentation of actionable insights in the form of “storytelling.”
- Proficient in the use of system software such as planogram (Apollo, Prospace, or Spaceman); syndicated data supplier tools such as Circana, Nielsen, Numerator, Kantar, Richmix, etc.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including presentation skills and the ability to communicate and influence at all levels within the organization.
- Self-directed with the ability to work in a fast-paced environment with multiple accountabilities and multiple internal customers.
- Strong analytical and organizational skills; ability to prioritize.
- Solid project management capabilities with the ability to organize and manage multiple projects simultaneously from origin through execution.
- Ability to work a flexible schedule during key business deadlines and with the ebb and flow of customer requests, both internal and external.
- Ability for overnight travel on a periodic basis (20-30%).
- Must be team-oriented with the ability to work on high collaboration and performance teams.
- MBA or other advanced degree.
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Drive Your Career across a world of opportunities!
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- Acosta Group
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Boise, ID
FULL_TIME
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- Micron Technology
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Boise, ID
FULL_TIME
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FULL_TIME
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- Simplot
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Pocatello, ID
FULL_TIME
- The J.R. Simplot Company is a diverse, privately held organization, with roots firmly planted in agriculture and agriculture-related businesses. The J.R. Simplot Company is a true farm-to-table compan...
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- J.R. Simplot Company
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Pocatello, ID
FULL_TIME
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About Idaho
Idaho (/ˈaɪdəhoʊ/ (listen)) is a state in the northwestern region of the United States. It borders the state of Montana to the east and northeast, Wyoming to the east, Nevada and Utah to the south, and Washington and Oregon to the west. To the north, it shares a small portion of the Canadian border with the province of British Columbia. With a population of approximately 1.7 million and an area of 83,569 square miles (216,440 km2), Idaho is the 14th largest, the 12th least populous and the 7th least densely populated of the 50 U.S. states. The state's capital and largest city is Boise.
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Income Estimation for Category Manager jobs
$109,177 to $142,915
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