Category Manager

Brand: Post Consumer Brands

Categories: Marketing

Locations: Lakeville, Minnesota

Position Type: Regular Full-Time

Remote Eligible: Yes

Req ID: 24837

Job Description

Business Unit Overview

Headquartered in Lakeville, Minn., Post Consumer Brands, a business unit of Post Holdings, Inc., is dedicated to providing people and their pets with delicious food choices for every taste and budget. The company’s portfolio includes beloved brands such as Honey Bunches of Oats®, PEBBLES®, Grape-Nuts® and Malt-O-Meal® cereal, and Peter Pan® peanut butter, as well as Rachael Ray® Nutrish®, Kibbles ‘n Bits® and 9Lives® dog and cat food. As a company committed to high standards of quality and to our values, we are driven by one idea: To make lives better by making delicious food accessible for all. For more information about our brands, visit www.postconsumerbrands.com and follow us on LinkedIn for the latest news. Brand Post Consumer Brands recently acquired several iconic pet food brands, venturing into a new market while remaining true to our purpose to provide delicious and accessible food that our consumers love. We’re always searching the center store for the next exciting product to add to our portfolio, and right now, we’re growing and need passionate, driven individuals with diverse perspectives to help us reach greater heights. That’s where you come in. Join a team where your voice is not only heard but valued. Make a real impact on brands enjoyed by millions of people and their pets. At Post Consumer Brands, we take pride in our longstanding legacy of making one of every five breakfast cereals families eat daily. Today, we’re just as focused on our future as we expand our grocery business with different shelf-stable foods, including snacks and peanut butter. We are committed to providing accessible and delicious food for families, and we’re always searching the center store for the next exciting product to add to our portfolio. As we soar to new heights, we need creative, determined individuals from all walks of life to join our team, where your unique perspective and ideas are acknowledged and valued. Be a part of a company that empowers you to make a difference that’s evident on grocery store shelves and families’ tables across North America. Location Description Post Consumer Brands corporate headquarters in Lakeville, Minn. is about 20 miles south of Minneapolis and St. Paul, Lakeville has all the benefits of smaller town living with access to everything a large metropolitan area has to offer. Join more than 400 team members collaborating on the two-building campus to help put breakfast on the tables of millions of consumers in North America. Responsibilities The primary objective of the Category Manager is to lead the execution of category strategy with specific retailers to deliver solutions that drive retailer category growth ahead of the market as well as drive Post growth and profit. A key measure of success is the development of a long term category partnership with the retailer leveraging deep consumer, category, and customer understanding, while gaining cooperation with all relevant stakeholders at the customer. This position is directly responsible for the customization and execution of all aspects of category management strategy with our valued customers. Qualifications Develop a relationship with customers as the trusted adviser in the RTE cereal category. Securing or maintaining Post’s position as the category captain or validator. Customer recognizes the Post Category Management Team as the cereal experts. Provide category management insights and actionable recommendations that will drive category growth at the customer. Provide detailed category analysis and recommendations in the areas of product assortment, placement, pricing and promotion that will drive category sales. Key contributor and participant in customer Joint Business Planning meetings. Develop customized customer fact-based selling tools and selling stories that support Post growth initiatives. Provide insights on how Post initiatives drive overall category growth. Manage the customer category review process. Expert at presenting shelf recommendations and developing POG’s that drive category growth. Align with Post Sales Team to close biggest opportunities for customer growth. Participate with Post Sales Team presenting recommendations for category growth. Set customer performance targets and proactively identify opportunities based on in-depth understanding of the customer`s capability, position in the market and willingness to execute. Ability to challenge the status quo to implement positive change. Requirements Education 4-year college degree. Experience 5-years’ experience in Consumer Package Goods industry. 3-years’ experience in Category Management. Other Characteristics Proven track record of influencing within cross-functional relationships with key decision makers. Ability to develop strong long-term client/customer relationships. Analytical skills & ability to successfully integrate different streams of information into sound propositions. Strong project management skills. Mod Building – Highly proficient using Space Planning tools (JDA). Strong working knowledge of Syndicated Data (Nielsen/IRI, Spectra, Panel Data). Strong oral and written communication, and presentation skills. Highly proactive with strong time-management & organizational skills. CPG selling experience preferred. 20-30% travel.

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