Director, Category Strategy & Insights

Job Description

Are You Ready to Make It Happen at Mondelēz International?

Join our Mission to Lead the Future of Snacking. Make It With Pride.

• In this Category Management Director role, you will show your leadership by setting the growth agenda and leading a team to deliver actionable business analysis, strategy development for Walmart and Mondelēz through best-in-class use of shopper insights and category management principles. In partnership with the Customer and Sales Teams, you will play a pivotal role in identifying multi-year shopper-based growth opportunities to realize superior growth and build customer value. This position has the responsibility to drive business results in direct partnership with the Walmart and our Sales partners.
  
  
  

How You Will Contribute

You will:

• Shape and drive category and shopper strategy
• Produce deep analysis that expands our understanding of the Walmart’s business and our categories.
• Provide Omni Channel support: audit digital shelf and co-create omni strategies for Customer
• Deliver excellence in execution: create picture of success for displays, assortment, and shelf (POGs)
• Provide shelving strategy (beyond most-common planogram) and drive share of shelf: adjacencies, days of supply, pack-out (JDA experience required)
• Customer specific assortment recommendations (must carry list, sku rationalizations, flow back analysis, etc), POS trends (versed on Nielsen and/or IRI), and loyalty card data (Luminate data is a plus) to shape and drive pricing (e.g. elasticities, cliff/ thresholds, etc) and promo analysis and strategies
• Persue captaincies and drive the end-to-end (strategic and tactical) conversations with the Customer
• Provide share forecast
• Own reporting for the Customer and Sales Team
• Create thought leadership that inspires shopper-focused growth and enables Mondelēz to be Walmart's preferred partner of choice in snacking.
  
  
  

What extra ingredients you will bring:

• What you will bring
• Strong quantitative & analytical skills (able to create data-based selling stories and develop share forecast)
• Persuasive: Ability to craft a compelling story and gain internal and external alignment
• Proficient with syndicated data, Excel, Power BI, Data Visualization
• Equipped to coach and develop category managers
• Solid understanding of the Retail marketplace
  

Leadership Skills

• Demonstrate a growth mindset with creative and proactive approaches to work
• Strong agility
• Effective collaborator who can create strong relationships with cross functional partners and retailers
• Approach interactions with an open mind, flexible style
• Lead, influence and negotiate to build relationships
• Inspire and motivate self as well as others
• Self-starter
• Bachelor’s degree required

• Minimum of 10 years experience in consumer products industry
• Minimum of 3 years people management experience
  
  
  

The base salary range for this position is $141,000 to $246,750; the exact salary depends on several factors such as experience, skills, education, and budget. In addition to base salary, this position is eligible for participation in a highly competitive bonus program with possibility for overachievement based on performance and company results and eligibility to participate in our long-term incentive program.

 

In addition, Mondelez International offers the following benefits: health insurance, wellness and family support programs, life and disability insurance, retirement savings plans, paid leave programs, education related programs, paid holidays and vacation time. Some of these benefits have eligibility requirements. Many of these benefits are subsidized or fully paid for by the company.

No Relocation support available

Business Unit Summary

The United States is the largest market in the Mondelēz International family with a significant employee and manufacturing footprint. Here, we produce our well-loved household favorites to provide our consumers with the right snack, at the right moment, made the right way. We have corporate offices, sales, manufacturing and distribution locations throughout the U.S. to ensure our iconic brands—including Oreo and Chips Ahoy! cookies, Ritz, Wheat Thins and Triscuit crackers, and Swedish Fish and Sour Patch Kids confectionery products —are close at hand for our consumers across the country.

Mondelēz Global LLC is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. Applicants who require accommodation to participate in the job application process may contact 847-943-5460 for assistance.

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Job Type

Regular

Shopper Insights

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