Category Manager jobs in Arkansas

Category Manager develops the overall strategy for a product category and researches new product options in the category to drive sales and achieve targets. Leads a team that provides category insights and proposals by analyzing marketing and customer data and monitoring relevant market conditions. Being a Category Manager works closely with sales team to determine optimal pricing through analysis of sales trends, competitors, buying habits and planograms of products to promote sales opportunities. Provides effective promotional materials. Additionally, Category Manager may develop special arrangements with vendors to enhance product promotions. Requires a bachelor's degree of marketing. Typically reports to a head of a unit/department. The Category Manager typically manages through subordinate managers and professionals in larger groups of moderate complexity. Provides input to strategic decisions that affect the functional area of responsibility. May give input into developing the budget. Capable of resolving escalated issues arising from operations and requiring coordination with other departments. To be a Category Manager typically requires 3+ years of managerial experience. (Copyright 2024 Salary.com)

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Category manager
  • Shearers
  • Bentonville, AR FULL_TIME
  • Shearer's is a leading contract manufacturer and private label supplier in the snack industry in North America. Headquartered in Massillon, Ohio, Shearer's has 17 state-of-the-art, geographically diverse manufacturing facilities in Ohio, Texas, Arkansas, Arizona, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Iowa, Ontario and Alberta, Canada, including one of the industry's first Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design platinum LEED certified facilities in Massillon, Ohio.

    The Company is known for producing the highest quality snacks in assorted flavors and sizes, including kettle cooked potato chips, traditional potato chips, tortilla chips, cheese curls and other extruded snacks, and corn chips, as well as cookies, crackers, and wafers.

    Senior Category Manager

    Job Summary

    The Senior Category Manager is responsible for building a strong partnership with all Shearer’s customers by leveraging data and insights to develop powerful selling stories that drive Shearer’s portfolio expansion and increase share of retailer items / shelf.

    As a senior manager in the organization, this individual must assist in driving strong cross-functional collaboration to build best practices in insights and category leadership.

    This role reports to our Sales SVP and will assist in strategy development, assortment recommendations, new item presentation, category business reviews, and all aspects of shelving and organizing products in a category friendly way online and offline.

    Utilizing consumer and shopper insights, you will develop innovative solutions to deliver mutually beneficial business growth.

    Your seat at the table

    • Serve as the category expert internally, creating compelling, actionable & measurable category plans and working collaboratively with cross-functional teams including sales, strategy, shopper marketing, and insights
    • Develop and present comprehensive, concise, and objective category reviews incorporating shopper, consumer, retailer, syndicated and loyalty data
    • Maintain tracking and reporting of company and customer assortments to monitor progress against goals, identify incremental opportunities to drive the business
    • Present insights and provide strategic point of view in customer, internal, and board meetings as well as ad hoc discussions as applicable
    • Develop long-term partnership with customers through tactical and strategic customer relationships, including senior level
    • Collaborate with customer team to expand category leadership in omnichannel and digital solutions
    • Bring intellectual curiosity and a forward-thinking mentality to maintain awareness of market trends and competitor strategies and adjust Shearer’s strategy accordingly
    • Participates in the development of best practices in Category Management, and pursues the knowledge needed to improve departmental capabilities and professional agility

    What you bring to the table

    • Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, Management, Finance, Accounting, Data Analytics, or related field, MBA preferred
    • A minimum of 4-6 years of progressive sales, category management, trade marketing, analytics, consumer or shopper insights experience
    • Proven experience leading customer engagements in both space and assortment, pricing strategy, trade promotion strategy, and omnichannel solutions, building indispensable, collaborative partnerships with retail customers
    • Ability to develop and deliver a strategic plan, measuring and monitoring results, and make recommendations to achieve growth targets through category leadership
    • Ability to present and calibrate critical challenges at the executive level
    • Expertise in the Category Management process and proficient in syndicated and panel data as well as familiarity with pricing, promotion and assortment optimization software knowledge and experience working with customer POS data systems (experience with data sources such as Nielsen, IRI, NPD, Numerator, dunnhumby, Spectra / demographics)
    • Advanced Microsoft Office Suite skills (Excel, Word and PowerPoint)
    • Exceptional communication skills verbal, written & presentation
    • Strong planning / organizing skills; the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and create structure and process where it does not currently exist
    • Strong understanding of industry and national category management and shopper insight trends, frameworks and best practices
    • Extensive knowledge of retail merchandising and in store execution tactics

    We Offer a Feast of Benefits

    Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Flexible Spending Account, Retirement Savings Plan with Match, Short Term Disability, Long Term Disability, Group Critical Accident Insurance, Group Critical Illness Insurance, Employee Assistance Plan and numerous opportunities to volunteer in the communities in which we operate.

    You will be considered for employment in our inclusive workplace

    Because at Shearer’s, we are committed to providing equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

    This is your invitation to apply now!

    To all recruitment agencies : Shearer’s Snacks does not accept agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias, employees or any other company location.

    Shearer’s is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.

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    HLMG

    PandoLogic. Keywords : Category Manager, Location : Bentonville, AR - 72716 , PL : 591246070

    Last updated : 2024-03-03

  • 23 Days Ago

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Category manager
  • Shearers Careers
  • Bentonville, AR FULL_TIME
  • Shearer's is a leading contract manufacturer and private label supplier in the snack industry in North America. Headquartered in Massillon, Ohio, Shearer's has 17 state-of-the-art, geographically dive...
  • 23 Days Ago

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Category Manager
  • Advantage Solutions
  • Rogers, AR FULL_TIME
  • Summary Category Manager At our Company, we grow People, Brands, and Businesses! We are seeking a dedicated Category Manager whose role requires the ability to understand our retailer’s processes, und...
  • 16 Days Ago

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Category manager
  • Bumper To Bumper
  • Little Rock, AR FULL_TIME
  • is a drug-free workplace. This is a Safety Sensitive position due to the use of heavy equipment, moving conveyors and hazardous material. Last updated : 2024-02-24
  • 1 Month Ago

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Category Management Manager
  • Nestlé USA
  • Rogers, AR FULL_TIME
  • Foods people love. Brands people trust. And a career that nourishes your future like no other. If you're driven by the passion to do something meaningful that changes lives, Nestlé is the place for yo...
  • 21 Days Ago

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Food Sales Category Manager
  • Shearers
  • Bentonville, AR FULL_TIME
  • Job Description Job Description Shearer's is a leading contract manufacturer and private label supplier in the snack industry in North America. Headquartered in Massillon, Ohio, Shearer's has 17 state...
  • 23 Days Ago

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Category Manager
  • White
  • Hopkinsville, KY
  • We empower employees to create a better future by upholding safety standards, solving complex problems, continuous impro...
  • 3/28/2024 12:00:00 AM

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Category Manager
  • Keurig Dr Pepper
  • Frisco, TX
  • Job Overview: Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP) is looking for a highly motivated, analytically-minded professional to join its imp...
  • 3/28/2024 12:00:00 AM

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Category Manager
  • The Judge Group
  • Phoenix, AZ
  • The Category Manager drives category performance through detailed analysis of product assortment, pricing change analysi...
  • 3/28/2024 12:00:00 AM

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Category Manager
  • The Judge Group
  • Naperville, IL
  • Why Work for KeHE?Full-time Pay Range: $86,305.00/Yr. - $115,000.00/Yr. Shift Days: , Shift Time: Benefits on Day 1 Heal...
  • 3/28/2024 12:00:00 AM

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Category Manager
  • Grundns
  • Poulsbo, WA
  • Our story started at the beginning of the 20th century, when Carl Grundn, the son of a fisherman, grew tired of the unfo...
  • 3/27/2024 12:00:00 AM

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Category Manager
  • Johnson Controls International
  • Milwaukee, WI
  • What you will do As a Global Category Manager you will be working closely with cross-functional teams to develop and lea...
  • 3/26/2024 12:00:00 AM

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Category Manager
  • Johnson Controls International
  • San Pedro Garza García, Nuevo León
  • What you will do Johnson Controls is currently hiring a Procurement Category Manager. In this role, the person is respon...
  • 3/25/2024 12:00:00 AM

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Category Manager
  • House of Spices
  • Chicago, IL
  • Job Description Job Description House of Spices (HOS) is a deeply rooted brand within the food industry, leading the spe...
  • 3/24/2024 12:00:00 AM

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Income Estimation for Category Manager jobs
$105,875 to $138,584

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