What are the responsibilities and job description for the Manager Category Management position at Bimbo Bakeries?
Manager Category Management
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Employment Type : Regular
Location : BENTONVILLE,AR
Have you ever enjoyed Arnold®, Brownberry® or Oroweat®bread? A Thomas'® English muffin or bagel? Or perhaps snacked on a Sara Lee®,Entenmann's® or Marinela® cake or donut? If the answer is yes, then you knowBimbo Bakeries USA!
More than 20,000 associates in bakeries, sales centers,offices and on sales routes work to ensure our consumers have the freshestproducts at every meal. In addition to competitive pay and benefits, we providea safe and inclusive work environment that appreciates diversity, promotesdevelopment and allows our associates to be their authentic selves.
Description :
Salary Range : $84,300 - $109,600
Annual Bonus Eligibility
Comprehensive Benefits Package
Paid Time Off
401k & Company Match
Job purpose :
The Manager of Category Management is a category management professional who is the subject matter expert on shelving / assortment management and analytics and in understanding consumer and category trends. This role is grounded in insights and acts in the best interest of the category. The Manager of Category Management is part of a dynamic and diverse functional team working to increase the utility of various category management tools through training, establishing processes, and sharing of best practices. This job plays a critical role in BBU's broader Account Sales Team and will proactively influence how BBU Wins at the Shelf. Ultimately, this role exists to create short- and long-term value to its assigned retailers and BBU.
Duties & Responsibilities :
- Proactively identify and lead category management initiatives that drive category growth while increasing BBU's sales, share, and profits. This should include interpreting shopper and category insights, optimizing product assortment, evaluating product placement, and proposing solutions to improve overall category performance.
- Serve as the Category Management expert and advisor to leadership. Influence decisions makers by reviewing and analyzing shelf space opportunities, as well as current business trends and category performance within the market and industry.
- Responsible for leading and delivering space management projects for all assigned customers.
- Proactively communicating and working with Account Sales Team, Brands, Business Units, and RGM on assortment opportunities, including void closures, at risk items, innovation, and core assortment
- Build and maintain long-term relationships with assigned retailers. Leverage insights and recommend action plans for assigned retailers by developing persuasive fact-based sales presentations that leverage customer, industry, market and competitive information
- Maintain frequent and fluid communication with internal and external stake holders regarding projects, insights, and / or opportunities, for self and for the team.
- Build and maintain reporting, as well as communicate findings gleaned from them.
- Other duties as assigned.
Key Behavioral Competencies :
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Position Requirements :
Requirements :
Bachelor's Degree in Sales, Marketing or Business related field. Advanced degree preferred. A combination of education, training and experience that results in demonstrated competency to perform the work may be substituted.
Ideal candidate will possess :
Travel up to 20%
The physical and mental demands described in each job posting are representative of those that must be met by an associate to successfully perform the essential functions of each job. Reasonable accommodations may be requested to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of each job.
Bimbo Bakeries USA is an equal opportunity employer with apolicy that provides equal employment opportunity for applicants and employeesregardless of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexualorientation, or gender identity), national origin, age, disability, geneticinformation, marital status, veteran status, any other classification protectedby law.
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Salary : $84,300 - $109,600
