Director, Category Excellence Food Drug Club (Fdc)

Kenvue is currently recruiting for:
Director, Category Excellence Food Drug Club (FDC)
This position reports into the Senior Director Category Excellence and is based out of Skillman, NJ.
Who we are
At Kenvue, we realize the extraordinary power of everyday care. Built on over a century of heritage and rooted in science, we're the house of iconic brands - including NEUTROGENA®, AVEENO®, TYLENOL®, LISTERINE®, JOHNSON'S® and BAND-AID® that you already know and love. Science is our passion; care is our talent. Our global team is made up with 22,000 diverse and brilliant people, passionate about insights, innovation and committed to deliver the best products to our customers. With expertise and empathy, being a Kenvuer means to have the power to impact life of millions of people every day. We put people first, care fiercely, earn trust with science and solve with courage - and have brilliant opportunities waiting for you! Join us in shaping our future-and yours. For more information click here.
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What will you do
The Director, Category Excellence FDC is a customer facing role responsible for building and leading a fit-for-future data-based Category & Shopper Organization. This individual will develop and deploy an efficient, advanced analytics-strategy, will lead and develop our Category Excellence talent and will shape and deploy strategic insight-based recommendations to drive business results.
This individual will lead the FDC Category Insights & Analytics roadmap with focus on optimizing national & customer data management, shopper insight delivery and identifying retailer & shopper journey solutions. The Director will ensure the solutions are scalable and designed in an iterative, agile manner executing on a vision that will drive strategic growth for the organization and our retail partners. This talent will also deliver strategic project leadership and develop and deploy talent training agenda to further upskill the organization.
Key Responsibilities
• Lead the FDC Category Excellence team to maximize value for our omni-partners
• Collaborate with counterparts at our omni-partners to co-create a Category JBP across strategically aligned categories
• Deliver strong ROI and business results tied to category analytics, shopper insights and category strategies
• Advance analytics & insights capabilities to provide best practices and thought leadership across the FDC teams as well as the broader Category Excellence and Kenvue Organization
• Leverage customer specific insights and data sources to identify business building opportunities with cross functional partners and internal stakeholders.
• Oversee category execution strategy across FCD team leveraging data and insights to optimize the shopper journey and omni-retail executions
• Effectively manage all data reporting & strategic support for FCD businesses with integrity; optimize ways of working for key internal and external stakeholders
• Prepare, maintain, and monitor respective budget(s) ensuring a strong return for investment
• Acquire and attract diverse talent to upskill the organization.
• Lead Category Excellence upskilling training strategy & deployment
What we are looking for
Required Qualifications:
• A minimum of a Bachelor's Degree
• 10+ years of Consumer Products industry experience in Sales/Sales Analytics, Category Insights & Analytics, and/or Shopper Insights & analytics
• 5+ years of people management experience
• Strategic and Analytical Mindset
• Excellent communication and presentation skills; ability to create simplicity from complexity, expert narrative development/storytelling
• Proven ability to collaborate successfully across all levels of the organization
• Ability to inspire and mobilize, cross-functional team members to support and execute against strategic initiatives
• Proven ability to lead and train colleagues on how to use & interpret data insights to build compelling strategy, drive action, influence stakeholders
• Deep analytical expertise and experience working with syndicated data, panel data, shopper-card data, and other research processes
• Budgeting and forecasting, commercial and financial acumen.
• Strong digital literacy, including advanced knowledge of MS Office Suite applications
• 25% domestic travel
Desired Qualifications:
• Direct customer sales experience in CPG is preferred
• Extensive knowledge of omni retail customer store operations, structure, strategy, and retail execution tactics preferred
What's In It For You

• Competitive Benefit Package
• Paid Company Holidays, Paid Vacation, Volunteer Time, Summer Fridays & More!
• Learning & Development Opportunities
• Employee Resource Groups

The anticipated base pay range for this position is $137,000 - $235,750
Kenvue is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.
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