Director Category Leadership

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Summary :

This position leads a diverse and multi-layered team of Customer Facing Category Leadership team members who are responsible for delivering Best-In-Class Category Leadership to West Grocery and Specialty teams (4 direct reports for a total team responsibility of 20). The team is highly involved with our retail partners in all aspects of category-centric and shopper-centric insights required to drive growth. This role will lead setting strategy and learning agenda for West & Specialty Customer & Sales teams across all our categories. Acts as voice regarding required future Shopper Insights research; Communicates feedback regarding national shelving guidelines and is instrumental in providing input in Leadership Platforms.

Key responsibilities include:


Customer Facing Focus: Focus on delivering thought leadership and solution-oriented recommendations to our retail partners through coaching and leading team members; Also provides support on Advanced Category & Shopper Insights Projects that span the Total Store

Strategy & Planning: Assists VP of Category & Shopper Leadership in developing long term strategy for function. Negotiates 3rd party vendors with Procurement; Implements Test and Learn capabilities; Manages and implements account category priorities existing and new; Develops and publishes top-down measures and targets

Team Development &Training: Develops comprehensive training plan for the function; Builds tool training; Conducts ongoing skills assessment for goal setting and continuous improvement; Determines frequency and method of ongoing training live, web etc.

Requirements:



Education: Bachelor’s degree required.

Experience: 10 plus years of experience managing Category Management Sales and/or Consumer Insights group at a CPG Company. Food industry, E-Commerce and/or Broker experience a plus.

Computer Skills: Advanced skills in PowerPoint Excel. Familiarity with RichMix, JDA, Space Planning Capabilities; Also possessing highly macro and strategic focus with strong background knowledge of advanced industry analytics, syndicated data and shopper research.

Communication Skills: Excellent storytelling through verbal and written communication skills. Effective at delivering presentations to Sr. levels of internal & external leadership.

Special Skills: Strong experience managing a diverse and multi-layered team preferably within a large organization. Effective project management skills


Work Shift:

1ST SHIFT (United States of America)

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