Your Opportunity as the Associate Manager, Category Strategy - JJP & ICT
In this role you will be the go-to category expert, responsible for providing in-depth category, consumer and shopper expertise to field category leadership, sales, insights, brand marketing and innovation teams. Key responsibilities include insight activation and strategy alignment (internal and external), identification of white space category opportunities, guidance on successful category strategies, development of materials to support strategic customer partnerships and internal cross-functional collaboration.
Location: Working Remote USA
In this role you will:
Develop Category Leadership 4P Guiding Principles and compelling category strategies that drive the category and the customer / retailer’s future growth potential
Leverage available data and insight resources to identify and create new insights and category opportunities
Translate category strategies into action plans by providing customizable guidance and recommendations for placement, product mix, pricing, and promotion for the category, aisle and total department as appropriate
Understands the competitive marketplace in which JMS and customers operate
Develop material for Top-to-Top meetings with key customers
Communicates insights and learnings both internally and externally to a wide variety of audiences
Collaborates and influences across various cross functional partners
What we are looking for:
Minimum Requirements:
Bachelor’s degree
4+ years of Consumer-Packaged Goods Industry experience
3+ years Shopper Insights or Category Management experience
Customer facing experience
Proficient in leveraging IRI, Nielsen and Panel Data
Strong analytical skills, problem solving, and storytelling experience
Experience building relationships within customers / retailers
Experience in analysis of shopper / consumer-based CPG information
Excellent organization and written / verbal communication skills
Ability to develop and translate insights into actions
Strategic mindset to help build and execute effective plans
Business & Financial Acumen
Ability to travel up to 10%
Additional skills and experience that we think would make someone successful in this role (not required):
Planogramming/Planogram software experience (Ex. JDA, EZPOG)
The Right Place for You
We are bold, kind, strive to do the right thing, we play to win, and we believe in a strong community that thrives together. Our culture is rooted in our Basic Beliefs, and we believe in supporting every employee by meeting their physical, emotional, and financial needs.
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We're an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, age, national origin, disability status or protected veteran status.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree
- 4+ years of Consumer-Packaged Goods Industry experience
- 3+ years Shopper Insights or Category Management experience
- Customer facing experience
- Proficient in leveraging IRI, Nielsen and Panel Data
- Strong analytical skills, problem solving, and storytelling experience
- Experience building relationships within customers / retailers
- Experience in analysis of shopper / consumer-based CPG information
- Excellent organization and written / verbal communication skills
- Ability to develop and translate insights into actions
- Strategic mindset to help build and execute effective plans
- Business & Financial Acumen
- Ability to travel up to 10%
- Planogramming/Planogram software experience (Ex. JDA, EZPOG)
The J.M. Smucker Co. Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs are described as strong, with a company 401(k) match, immediate vesting in some materials, and access to an Employee Stock Purchase Plan. These elements contribute to a favorable view of total compensation value.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave for all parents and on-site childcare at key locations signal a family-forward approach. Additional supports such as adoption assistance and pet-related leave reinforce this emphasis.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid time off, seasonal compressed schedules, and flexibility options are highlighted across materials. The ability to start with substantial PTO and buy additional time enhances perceived time-off breadth.
The J.M. Smucker Co. Insights
What We Do
Each generation of consumers leaves their mark on culture by establishing new expectations for food and the companies that make it. At The J.M. Smucker Co., it is our privilege to be at the heart of this dynamic with a portfolio that appeals to each generation of people and pets with products found in 90 percent of U.S. homes and countless restaurants. This includes a mix of iconic brands consumers have always loved such as Folgers®, Jif® and Milk-Bone® and new favorites like Café Bustelo®, Smucker’s® Uncrustables® and Rachael Ray® Nutrish®. By continuing to immerse ourselves in consumer and pet parent preferences for food, how it’s purchased and how the companies that make it should operate, we will maintain the important role we play in their lives. This will allow us to continue growing our business and the positive impact we have on all of those who count on us.
