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SalaryGeorgia-Pacific is seeking a Category Development Manager / Senior Manager supporting the Dixie brand, located in Atlanta, GA. The Category Development Manager / Senior Manager is a thought leader and an integral part of the Dixie brand team as they develop consumer and retailer centric strategies, priorities, and tactics to achieve increased Dixie brand market share, sales, and profitability. The person in this role will help develop the Dixie brand through understanding the needs of both the consumer & retailer, mining data for business and analytical insights, and presenting actionable recommendations to the Georgia-Pacific Brand & Sales organizations through effective storytelling. The Category Development Manager / Senior Manager will have active participation and leadership in key business planning meetings.
The Category Development Manager / Senior Manager will be responsible for creating selling stories and partnering on key strategic initiatives that grow the Dixie brand, help introduce new products or strategies, and creates long term value and partnership across our customer base and Georgia-Pacific. This role reports to the Director of Commercial Strategy.
What You Will Do
- Construct compelling narratives that explain key Dixie initiatives and strategies to key internal stakeholders and the broader Georgia-Pacific Sales organization
- Evaluate category and consumer data from multiple sources to draw insights that lead to conclusions with actionable recommendations that promote overall Dixie growth and profitability
- Leverage your intellectual curiosity and strategic problem-solving skills to identify new opportunities
- Build comprehensive knowledge of the products, attributes, strategies, tactics, and competitive trends in the marketplace for all Dixie product categories
- Create tools & presentations for key internal stakeholders that inform decisions and make them more effective & efficient by distilling complex data and information down to key drivers
- Collaborate with multifunctional teams across Brand, Sales, R&D, Consumer Knowledge to drive engagement with new strategies and support new product launches
- Drive widespread organizational development of foundational knowledge by deploying capabilities in POV development, Data mining, and effective story telling
Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)
- Bachelor's Degree
- 3 years of work experience in a Consumer Products Goods company
- 2 years of work experience in a Category Development or other analytical role
- Experience in creating and presenting business stories, rooted in data, that address growth opportunities and solve consumer, brand & retailer problems
What Will Put You Ahead
- MBA
- Experience working with Circana and/or Nielsen syndicated databases
- Experience in the disposable tabletop goods industry (e.g., paper plates, plastic cups)
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For this role we anticipate paying $90,000 - $150,000/year.
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