Senior Category Manager

Are you a passionate Category Manager?

Hybrid 

About Upfield:

We are Upfield, the largest plant-based consumer products company in the world. We are the global expert in plant-based cheese, butters, creams and spreads. We believe in great tasting plant-based alternatives to all things dairy.  Around the world, consumers know and love our products, including our iconic brands Country Crock, Flora, Rama, Blue Band, ProActiv, Becel, I Can't Believe It's Not Butter and Violife!

Our vision for a "Better Plant-Based Future" drives positive change in people's health, their daily lives and our planet's sustainability. We are the future of food. We are Generation Plant.

About the Role!

Our Category Management Leader turns insights into action and positively impacts retailer and category growth.

We are hiring a National Category Manager to lead category strategy for our Spreads, Creams and Cheese business and develop best in class category solutions.  This role will be a pivotal role for the brand teams as well as the field teams providing compelling stories for the field to deliver to our customers. Building relationships with brokers, internal & external sales teams as well as brand teams will also be part of your duties with the ultimate goal of increasing sales and profitability of the business to drive sustainable growth.

 Main Responsibilities

• Develop National Customer Facing Category Strategy for Spreads, Creams and Cheese categories.
• Provide guidance on field execution (POGs) by creating localized shelving recommendations for the field to digest and cater to individual retailers and buyers highlighting adds and deletes.
• Collect and report on POG schedules, share of shelf changes, and placement pre-& post resets.
• Build Customer Selling Story with Sales partners for the retailer innovation and planning meetings.
• Ensure Brokers understand the strategy and localize national strategy to execute plans accordingly.
• Maintain templates for easier storytelling and ensure broker has tools needed.
• Ad Hoc Analysis for accounts.

About you!

You're a Self-Starter: Self-motivated, resourceful and don't need your "handheld" to get things accomplished.

You're a Category Management guru: You have experience in developing and executing Category Strategies Nationally

You're a storyteller: You're energized by analyzing the data, uncovering opportunities and turning them into winning selling stories.

You love to win in the marketplace: You're the trusted partner that provides total category solutions that the customer goes to first - it's the fuel that drives you!

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree required, MBA preferred.
• 5+ years' experience in Natural Channels required, distributor/broker experience a plus.
• Experience with Spins, Nielsen AOD Scan, Panel, IRI Unify. Power BI, JDA a plus.
• Minimal Travel expected dependent on retailer/customer team need.  (less than 15%)
• Strong collaboration and negotiation skills.
• Strong Planning and Analytical Skills.
• Strong communication skills including verbal and written. 
• Excellent Microsoft Office skills (Excel, PowerPoint, Word).
• Need to travel as needed

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.

What's next 

If this position sounds interesting, please hit the apply button now! If you have additional questions, you can send me, a WhatsApp message on +2013700850. The deadline to apply is March 12th. 

 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 based only on values, qualifications, performance, skills, behaviours, experience, and knowledge. We ensure job advertisements are free from unintentional bias.  

No personal characteristics should be a barrier to joining Upfield. We prohibit discrimination and harassment based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or other personal characteristics. 

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