Now Hiring - National Category Insights Manager in Plymouth, MA

Location Plymouth, Wisconsin, United States Category Sales Job Id 528 1ST Are you insightful and analytical with syndicated data to enhance customer planning, sales execution and financial results to drive sales? Join our dynamic sales team supporting our West and Central customers as a National Category Insights Manager Your Story. You are a talented member of a Sales team, a story teller utilizing strategic insights, solutions and analytics required to execute sound category management. You have demonstrated skills as a Category Insights Manager to enhances customer planning, sales execution and financial results of your sales team. You have a passion for ownership and development of Category/Business Reviews, Top to Top and New Item Presentations. You are a key member of a team and provide insightful and prescriptive analysis of available resources including Nielsen syndicated data, internal data, category and shopper insights and industry studies. Your Passion. Our Culture. At Sargento, you work for a company you believe in, with a family of people who believe in you. Our culture stems from a simple premise: Hire good people and treat them like family. At Sargento, you can make decisions based on how they affect people as well as the long-term health of our company. You will be encouraged to make a meaningful difference in the community, in the company and in your career. With diverse experiences and tools to learn and develop, you can transform your aspirations into reality. If youre ready for the right place to belong and grow your career, you can find it here. What You Do. Leverage your story-telling abilities along with data, insights, and shopper intelligence to influence long-term category management plans to accomplish the retailers objectives, align category strategies, and drive sales Responsible for analyzing customer-specific information, including Nielsen or IRI syndicated data, internal Sargento data, and retailer data (POS, loyalty, etc.) to measure category and brand effectiveness and subsequently provide recommendations for improving customer category and brand growth and profitability. Your essential duties and responsibilities will be partnering with our West and Central customer teams to deliver and present strategic insights and solutions to execute sound category management through: On-going sales trend tracking and evaluation Customer business planning in partnership with key stakeholders Category reviews Influence buyers and internal partners around optimal assortment and space management initiatives Evaluating pricing and promotion effectiveness New distribution and space management initiatives Monitoring competitive activity Demand planning Special projects and information requests as they arise Develops and maintains category management tools and information while working with the category management team and leveraging cross-functional teams. Cultivates multiple internal and external relationships across customers and within Sargento and our agency resources to elevate category management Works closely with Advantage Ai2 category management resources to ensure broad portfolio support and linkage with broker partners Works with manager and sales teams to identify analytical support needs by initiating processes and disciplines to ensure agency analytical services are proactive and maintained. Trains and develops skill sets of agency sales team and analytical services to meet Sargento demands for best in class category management practices. Supports trade management efforts for improved accuracy by providing category analyses that facilitate pricing and promotional efficiency. Develops sound customer relationships that provide an opportunity for Sargento to participate in or lead category management reviews including assortment optimization for all assigned customers. Your Education and Experience. Bachelors Degree from four-year College or university and four years food industry experience required. Proficiency in Nielsen and/or IRI databases is required. Experience with Shopper card data and insights are strongly preferred. Your Qualifications. Demonstrated sound syndicated data knowledge and ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry. Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations. Demonstrated strong written and verbal communication skills. Strong computer skills are necessary for this position including word processing, spreadsheet, Internet, e-mail and presentation software. Demonstrated relationship builder with internal team members and external resources and customers. Demonstrated success in driving brand growth and profitability utilizing category management tools. Your Needs. Our Values. People-First Culture - Our people-first culture is founded on a simplepremise: Hire good people and treat them like family. Your team really is your extended family and friends. Our Sargento Family rallies around those experiencing challenging situations and are the first ones to celebrate milestones. Live Well, Work Well - You are encouraged and enabled to balance your career with interests and activities outside of work. We value Humor and Fun because we can laugh at ourselves and you cant smile without saying cheese. Our CEO always says, if youre not having fun at work or spending time with your family, then youre doing it wrong. Career Advancement - We support your career aspirations with individual development plans, career paths, coaching and mentoring through our promote from within philosophy. It is not uncommon for employees to start their career in an entry-level manufacturing position and with dedication, hard work, and our tuition reimbursement program they have the potential to advance into leadership roles. Caring for Community - When you work here, you can make a difference in the company and in the lives of people in our communities, including supporting the United Way, Habitat for Humanity and feeding those in need. We partner with the Green Bay Packers through our Touchdowns for Hunger program which has resulted in donating $1.3 million to date for hunger relief. We support our employees who serve their communities year-round including providing paid time off to contribute to causes that are meaningful to them. Brand Innovation & Leadership - Were a national brand, owned by a real family. Because we are privately-held every employee is considered part of the Sargento Family and can make a meaningful impact. We seek people who will challenge assumptions and introduce new ideas to help achieve our corporate goals. We are an industry leader because of our quest to find the next breakthrough and have been a Nielsen Award Winner thanks to our game-changing products. Our Story. With 2,000 employees and net sales of $1.4 billion, Sargento Foods is a family-owned company that has been a leader in cheese for more than 60 years. We created the worlds first, successful pre-packaged sliced and shredded natural cheeses. Sargento is based in Plymouth, Wisconsin, where we manufacture and market shredded, sliced and snack natural cheese products, as well as ingredients and sauces. Sargento is known for the exceptional quality of our products and for product design, packaging and merchandising innovations that have transformed our industry. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status. Get tailored job recommendations based on your interests.