Category Manager - Grocery Channel
at Mars Incorporated

Job Description

The Category Manager is accountable fordeveloping and imbedding robust category strategies for mutual customer and Mars Pet Nutrition benefit that are routed in Consumer/Customer and Shopper Insights. Leverage category knowledge and analysis with team to drive category growth with Mars Customers through partnership with the Customer sales team and other functions. Proactively identify strategic category opportunities for our customers at both business planning timing and on an on-going basis. As well as develop and disseminate category management best practices across the organization.

The Category Manager is focused on developing, implementing, and maintaining strategies to deliver results against (1) thought leadership (2) data & analytics (3) product launches (4) shelf management (5) industry awareness (6) developing a collaborative and influential working relationship with the customer.

What are we looking for?

• University degree or equivalence
• Significant experience in blue chip FMCG/consumer products
• Nielsen and/or other data & analytics experience
• Account Management experience an asset

What will be your key responsibilities?

• Develop and Implement Category Principles with retailers that will lead to category growth.
• Develop Strategic connections with key retailers across in-store and online divisions.
• Responsible for developing expertise in external market and consumer data sources (Nielsen and Shopper Insights) understanding the needs of the customer and what their drivers are for success.
• Provides category leadership for customer specific selling-stories in support of new product development, launches and other business building initiatives.

What can you expect from Mars?

• Work with over 130,000 like-minded and talented Associates, all guided by The Five Principles.
• Join a purpose driven company, where we're striving to build the world we want tomorrow, today.
• Best-in-class learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University.
• An industry competitive salary and benefits package, including company bonus.

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