Senior Category Manager

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🕒 September 16

🌽 Illinois – Remote

🌽 Illinois – Remote

💵 $123.7k - $173.1k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🛒 Procurement

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Ferrara

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5001 - 10000 employees

Founded 1908

🏭 Manufacturing

🛒 Retail

🍽️ Food & Beverage

Manufacturing • Retail • Food & Beverage

Ferrara is a leading candy company known for its iconic brands such as NERDS®, Jelly Belly®, and SweeTARTS®. With over 115 years of experience, Ferrara focuses on creating diverse and innovative confections that bring joy to consumers around the world. The company is committed to sustainability and responsible marketing, aiming to enhance sweet snacking experiences while making a positive impact on communities.

📋 Description

• Develop critical insights, solutions, and strategic and tactical category action plans supporting Dollar General • Serve as the primary representative to Dollar General for category management activities • Prepare and present fact-based insights to internal and external partners to support selling initiatives and secure alignment of plans • Triangulate macro trends, shopper insights, and category fundamentals into succinct storytelling resulting in retailer activations • Develop category strategies using customer research, financial performance, market trends, and data insights • Cultivate and manage relationships with retailers • Collaborate with Finance, Marketing, Supply Chain, Pricing, Customer Service, and other cross-functional partners • Work directly with the Dollar General Buyer to create planograms supporting retailer needs and Ferrara category KPIs • Monitor category performance and financial metrics, adjusting plans as business conditions, customer needs, and market opportunities evolve

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree • Minimum 4-7 years of experience in consumer goods, preferably in food or other high velocity impulse categories (FMCG) • Must have experience working with Dollar General • Exceptional project management abilities, capable of prioritizing and handling multiple projects simultaneously under tight deadlines • Strong presentation and communication skills • High proficiency in syndicated data sources (Circana, Nielsen, DG 1010 data.), Excel & PowerPoint • Knowledge/experience with POG tools and retailer loyalty platforms such as Blue Yonder/JDA • High competency in JDA software to build/modify planograms and utilize the tables within to dissect the results • Up to 10% travel required

🏖️ Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits supporting health and financial wellness • Paid time off (PTO) • Eligible employees may receive an annual bonus based on company performance