Top Category Management Executive jobs in New Jersey

Top Category Management Executive plans and directs all aspects of an organization's merchandising category management. Oversees the implementation of category management to achieve company's strategies and financial goals. Being a Top Category Management Executive requires a bachelor's degree in area of specialty. Typically reports to top management. The Top Category Management Executive manages a departmental sub-function within a broader departmental function. Creates functional strategies and specific objectives for the sub-function and develops budgets/policies/procedures to support the functional infrastructure. Deep knowledge of the managed sub-function and solid knowledge of the overall departmental function. To be a Top Category Management Executive typically requires 5+ years of managerial experience. (Copyright 2024 Salary.com)

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Category Management Manager
  • Upfield
  • Hackensack, NJ FULL_TIME
  • Hackensack NJ Preferred (Remote Within East Key Market)

    At Upfield our purpose is clear: we make people healthier and happier with nutritious and delicious, natural, plant-based products that are good for you, our planet; and with packaging that’s free from plastic. We’ve got iconic brands like Country Crock, I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter, Imperial, and Violife that people all over the world know and love. We’ve been a trusted category leader since 1871 and yet we feel like we’re only just getting started.

    Performance, Passion, and Care define who we are as a company, how we work every day, and the responsibility we feel toward our associates, consumers, business partners and our world.

    We have big ambitions to grow this business and we want to attract the right people – those that love what they do, thrive on responsibility and are looking for career defining opportunities.

    About The Role

    The role of the Category Leadership Manager is to turn insights into action and to positively impact category and Upfield growth. We are hiring a Category Leadership Manager to support the Eastern US Grocery business. This position is a critical link between our headquarter marketing and insights teams and the sales team you will support. You will support and engage with our direct customer (Kroger, Publix, Ahold Delhaize, Wakefern), and work with sale agency partners to support regional grocery customers in the East.

    The core responsibility of the role is turning data and insights into selling stories.

    Collaborating with others both internally and externally, while prioritizing a busy agenda are keys to success.

    This position reports to the Vice President of Grocery Sales.

    The candidate must be strong analytically and must also possess the ability to build great relationships. You are a storyteller with a growth mindset.

    Main Responsibilities

    • Utilize and develop all available resources (insights and data) to build winning sales stories for
      • Key Focus: Influence item assortment and placement decisions
    • Manage and prioritize customer category review events to ensure nothing is missed.
    • Analyze sales data to identify trends and develop solutions to drive growth.
    • Manage, develop and maximize impact of sales agency partners in category management space.
    • Work with internal teams to translate national strategies and insights into specific customer stories.
    • Collaborate and contribute to national strategies and stories with customer insights and knowledge.
    • Build value-enhancing relationships with key customers.
    Minimum Requirements

    • Bachelor’s degree required.
    • CPG Category Management experience required with Kroger, Publix, Ahold Delhaize, Wakefern
    • Strong experience with syndicated data and customer data required.
    • Strong Analytical skills
    • Ability to work on multiple projects and prioritize key deliverables.
    • Strong experience in story building and storytelling.
    • Strong collaboration and negotiation skills.
    • Strong communication skills including verbal and written.
    • Strong Microsoft Office skills (Excel, PowerPoint, Word).
    • Ability to travel - customer visits and team meetings.

    You’ll have to enjoy working in a fast-paced environment and it will take hard work and determination; we will give you the ownership you need to make an impact.

    You’ll have to deliver on the commitments you make. And we’ll give you the freedom and flexibility to do your job and build your own career.

    At Upfield we want you to bring your ideas, your motivation and desire to succeed! This part of the role is up to you to complete.

    About Upfield

    We are the largest plant-based company in the world, and we believe in doing what’s right for our people, our customers, and the planet.

    We are a highly entrepreneurial fast-paced team running a multi-billion Euro business across 60 countries with the mind-set of a start-up! We are agile, creative, fast-to-market and obsessed with customers and consumers.

    If you want to make an impact where it matters apply now!

    What’s Next

    We understand your resume might not be up to date and recommend that you apply with what you have or your LinkedIn Profile. Upfield is dedicated to building an inclusive and diverse workplace, we understand that you might not meet all the requirements stated in the description, but we encourage you to apply anyway. You might be the right candidate for this role or other roles. 

    Upfield is an employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace and equal opportunities for all. We recruit and hire based on values, qualifications, performance, skills, behaviors, experience and knowledge. It is the policy of Upfield not to discriminate against any applicant for employment or any employee because of age, color, sex or sexual orientation, gender, disability, national origin, race, religion, veteran status or other protected class.

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Category Management Specialist
  • Kramer Beverage
  • Hammonton, NJ FULL_TIME
  • Job title: Category Management Specialist The Space Management Specialist is responsible for implementing cooler sets to maximize KBC representation in accounts and increase profitability, as well as ...
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Product Management Category Manager
  • Roljobs Technology Services Pvt Ltd
  • Saddle River, NJ FULL_TIME
  • Company DescriptionJunior Category ManagerLocation : Upper Saddle River, NJCompensation: Excellent Base Salary 20% Bonus Full BenefitsTravel : Up to 20% of the timeWHO WE AREWe are looking for passion...
  • 20 Days Ago

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Category Management Director - Commericial
  • Beacon Sales Acquisition, Inc.
  • East Rutherford, NJ FULL_TIME
  • Overview (EN): Joining Beacon Building Products as a Category Management Director means becoming part of a values-driven organization. Our core principles guide everything we do: putting people first,...
  • 2 Months Ago

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IT Category Management/ Software
  • Steneral Consulting
  • Morristown, NJ FULL_TIME
  • Assistant Director, Category Management, Software ( We need someone with Procurement and Software sourcing experience, title Doesn't matter) Hartford,CT and Morristown, NJ - Must be Hybrid to either s...
  • 2 Months Ago

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Assistant Director, Software Category Management
  • Strivector Corp
  • Morristown, NJ FULL_TIME
  • BE THE CHOICE, NOT THE OPTIONStrivector specializes in catering to your specific desired company culture and purpose-filled job needs.We help our clients meet their fast-growing business, new and exis...
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Manager, Executive Compensation
  • FTI Consulting, Inc.
  • Dallas, TX
  • Who We Are FTI Consulting is the world's leading expert-driven consulting firm. Over the last 40 years, FTI Consulting e...
  • 6/1/2024 12:00:00 AM

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Property Management Executive
  • Spherion
  • Sioux Falls, SD
  • Spherion Staffing has a Property Management Executive position available in Sioux Falls. The Property Management Executi...
  • 5/31/2024 12:00:00 AM

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Manager, Executive Compensation
  • FTI Consulting, Inc.
  • New York, NY
  • Who We Are FTI Consulting is the world's leading expert-driven consulting firm. Over the last 40 years, FTI Consulting e...
  • 5/30/2024 12:00:00 AM

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Manager, Executive Operations
  • GCSAA
  • Lawrence, KS
  • GCSAA is seeking an individual with a proven track record of providing high-level, professional support to executive lea...
  • 5/29/2024 12:00:00 AM

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Manager, Executive Compensation
  • Saia
  • Duluth, GA
  • Ready To Go Further? Saia is a different kind of logistics and transportation company. We do things the right way. You'l...
  • 5/29/2024 12:00:00 AM

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Manager, Executive Compensation
  • FTI Consulting, Inc.
  • Mc Lean, VA
  • Who We Are FTI Consulting is the world's leading expert-driven consulting firm. Over the last 40 years, FTI Consulting e...
  • 5/29/2024 12:00:00 AM

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Manager, Executive Compensation
  • FTI Consulting, Inc.
  • Miami, FL
  • Who We Are FTI Consulting is the world's leading expert-driven consulting firm. Over the last 40 years, FTI Consulting e...
  • 5/29/2024 12:00:00 AM

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Deputy Program Manager - Execution
  • Leidos
  • Huntsville, AL
  • Description The Hypersonics Systems Division of Leidos, is seeking a talented Deputy Program Manager – Execution to join...
  • 5/23/2024 12:00:00 AM

New Jersey is bordered on the north and northeast by New York (parts of which are across the Hudson River, Upper New York Bay, the Kill Van Kull, Newark Bay, and the Arthur Kill); on the east by the Atlantic Ocean; on the southwest by Delaware across Delaware Bay; and on the west by Pennsylvania across the Delaware River. New Jersey is often broadly divided into three geographic regions: North Jersey, Central Jersey, and South Jersey. Some New Jersey residents do not consider Central Jersey a region in its own right, but others believe it is a separate geographic and cultural area from the Nor...
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Income Estimation for Top Category Management Executive jobs
$282,355 to $444,742