What are the responsibilities and job description for the Director, Category Management position at Post Consumer Brands?
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
Overview
This role leads the team that delivers the key category narrative, insights and plans, that support our Sales organizations in all customer facing initiatives and meetings
Responsibilities and Accountabilities
- Developer of customer and brand facing category management initiatives
- Translate PCB & brand level strategies accurately into customized Category Story for Customer & Channel Playbooks (inc. emerging)
- Owner of all retailer specific assortment and shelf efforts, working with CSE and Sales teams on alignment and implementation
- Coordinate inputs from CSE teams to support CatMan outputs, inc. JDA management
- Prioritize time and resourcing across CatMan sub-teams working with broader organization to match team time and budget to PCB strategic priorities
- Help determine/recommend appropriate partnership roles with key customers based on customer segmentation (Captain, Validator etc)
- Develop the Customer Category Management team and coach 'what good looks like'
- Represent Customer Category Management throughout the broader org (with Marketing, Sales, Finance, etc.) and with key customers
- Oversee longer term (3-5 year) strategic planning
Qualifications
Education
Bachelors Degree Required; MBA preferred
Experience
Minimum of 10 years of related experience
Previous Sales Account Experience strongly preferred
Previous CPG Industry experience
Other Characteristics
- Ability to manage process across multiple sub-teams
- Ability to balance customer and brand viewpoints
- Knowledge of key CatMan outputs (e.g., Customer Story) and ability to coach team on "what good looks like"
- Consultative selling approach to drive value in customer discussions
- Executive presence to represent CatMan in discussions with Marketing, Sales, and Customers
Post Holdings and Post Consumer Brands provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, status as a covered veteran and any other category protected under applicable federal, state, provincial and local laws.
