Category Manager - Target

Job Description
Are You Ready to Make It Happen at Mondelēz International?
Join our Mission to Lead the Future of Snacking. Make It With Pride.
*Hybrid Role
The Category Manager - Target, will support the Mondelez Category Captain team by providing insights into category trends, consumer behavior, and merchandising strategies. You'll be responsible for planogram development by analyzing market, shopper, and consumer data to identify performance, trends, and growth opportunities. The role requires strong data analysis, business acumen, excellent communication, and problem-solving skills. Mondelez is seeking a critical thinker with strong influencing and relationship-building abilities, who excels in a fast-paced environment.
How you will contribute
You will:

• Collaborate with buyer and category manager to develop best in class planogram strategies based on qualitative and quantitative analysis

• Provide strong guidance to customer on the principles and uses of consumer segmentation to unearth actionable, growth-oriented insights at a retail level

• Manage planogram build process ensuring all customer timeline expectations are met

• Analyze planogram leveraging JDA tables, formulas, highlights, charts, and labels

• Track performance using internal and syndicated reporting

• Maintain store and product attribution databases

• Provide support to Category Captain, Buyer, and Space Planning Team

• Assist and participate in all category captain meetings, including category reviews

• Continuously optimize business through data, tracking, learning

• Support Omnichannel objectives to drive sustainable category growth

What you will bring
A desire to drive your future and accelerate your career with experience and knowledge in:

• Bachelor's degree preferred or equivalent work experience required
• 4+ years of experience within insights, customer growth, Target experience preferred

• Experience in planogram development, space planning (JDA/Blue Yonder), and execution, with the ability to translate category strategies into effective shelf layouts that drive sales and enhance guest experience

• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret complex data and turn insights into actionable business strategies

• Experience in using retailer data, panel/POS syndicated data (Circana, Nielsen, Numerator, etc.), consumer insights and analytics to develop compelling retail customer plans ideally in the FMCG/CPG industry

• High proficiency in base business tools (Excel/PowerPoint), with in-depth knowledge in analyzing and creating visualizations of large amounts of data

• Strong knowledge and usage of market segmentation models

• Proven track record in persuasively influencing and aligning key customers and business stakeholders in a highly matrixed organization

• Understanding of how to use Target's systems, including POL, VIQ, CKS, and DOMO

The anticipated base salary range for this position is $92,800 to $127,600; the exact salary depends on several factors such as experience, skills, education, and budget. The salary range may vary based on geographic location. In addition to base salary, this position is eligible for participation in a highly competitive bonus program with possibility for overachievement based on performance and company results.
In addition, Mondelez Company offers a variety of benefits to eligible employees, including health insurance coverage, wellness and family support programs, life and disability insurance, retirement savings plans, paid leave programs, education related programs, paid holidays and vacation time, and many others. This position is also car eligible. Many of these benefits are subsidized or fully paid for by the company.
No Relocation support available
Business Unit Summary
The United States is the largest market in the Mondelēz International family with a significant employee and manufacturing footprint. Here, weproduce our well-loved household favorites to provide our consumers with the right snack, at the right moment, made the right way. We have corporate offices, sales, manufacturing and distribution locations throughout the U.S. to ensure our iconic brands-including Oreo and Chips Ahoy! cookies, Ritz, Wheat Thins and Triscuit crackers, and Swedish Fish and Sour Patch Kids confectionery products -are close at hand for our consumers across the country.
Mondelēz Global LLC is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. Applicants who require accommodation to participate in the job application process may contact 847-943-5460 for assistance.
Job Type
Regular
Shopper Insights
Insights