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About the Role

The Associate Category Manager is responsible for understanding and analyzing the category, providing strategic insights and recommendations to retail partners. This role involves identifying opportunities through sales performance, promotional activities, item assortment, and shelving strategy.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain strong relationships with key retail partners.
• Monitor performance and address issues promptly to maintain high standards.
• Establish reputation as a category thought leader.
• Conduct ongoing analysis of the category and support in deriving insights from the analysis.
• Develop recommendations to support category growth.
• Leverage local and global insights and best practices to provide actionable strategies for retail partners.
• Conduct assortment analysis to provide recommendations on items not carried by the retailer that perform well in the marketplace.
• Draw planograms for various store formats and sizes to drive shelf quality and availability excellence, leveraging JDA.
• Participate in annual strategic planning with retail partners.
• Ensure compliance with retailer policies, industry regulations, and quality standards.

Requirements

• University degree in Business or a related field.
• Minimum 1-3 years CPG industry experience with knowledge of grocery/drug/mass channels.
• Excellent analytical skills and the ability to interpret data from a mix of data sources, translate insights into relevant strategies and tactics, and execute with retail partners.
• Ability to build effective relations and influence decisions, having the confidence to use data to reinforce your opinions.
• In-store and/or Customer experience and understanding of how to develop engaging and actionable category solutions.
• Advanced Excel skills and PowerPoint skills.

Skills

• Category Management experience
• Nielsen data analysis
• Numerator insights experience
• Shelf Management software (JDA ProSpace or similar) knowledge
• Retailer POS systems experience

Location

• Bolton

Work Type

• Hybrid
• In-office collaboration expected
• Remote work flexibility

Experience Level

• 1-3 years CPG industry experience

Education Level

• University degree in Business or a related field

Salary/Compensations

• CAD 86,444.00 - CAD 113,458.00

Benefits

• Company bonus
• Industry competitive salary and benefits package

About the Company

• Work with diverse 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.
• A strong focus on learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University.