Category Manager
Company: Russell Stover Chocolates
Location: Kansas City
Posted on: May 5, 2024
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Job Description:
At Russell Stover, not only do we love chocolate, but we love
our jobs! Every day we go to work exhibiting our values of
excellence, innovation, entrepreneurship, responsibility, and
collaboration. Working at Russell Stover you'll be part of the
leading manufacturer of boxed, seasonal, and sugar-free chocolates.
For over 100 years, our American-made brands - Russell Stover
Chocolates, Whitman's, and Pangburn's - have been crafted with the
finest ingredients to bring happiness to generations. Today, we
produce over 55 million pounds of chocolate annually, and our
legacy brands can be found in 13 company-owned stores and over
9,000 wholesale accounts. Join our team and let's continue making
chocolate lovers happy! A day in the life---The Category Manager is
responsible for providing category analysis, shopper insights, and
strategic category vision to deliver best-in-class assortment,
distribution, and shelving for Russell Stover and our customers.
The Category Manager will demonstrate industry thought leadership
and creativity by developing category-specific stories and
strategies that enable share growth. He/She will work
collaboratively with our customers and other Russell Stover
internal departments. This role reports to the Team Leader of
Category Management. What you will be doing--- Act as a category
consultant to our customers and company by providing unbiased
recommendations to drive overall category growth and the Russell
Stover business. Synthesize multiple data sources including POS,
Panel, Shopper Card and Insights to craft compelling, concise and
actionable selling stories. Contribute to or lead the creation of
seasonal and everyday line reviews. Play a leadership role in
conducting category management reviews, analyzing business issues,
and providing business insights and recommendations in the areas of
assortment, pricing, distribution, and shelving to enable share
growth. Embed yourself within our customers and attend customer
meetings to present analysis, trend information, and category
opportunities. Attendance may be in conjunction with Sales or
one-on-one with the Buyer. In collaboration with Marketing and
Sales Strategy, support the creation of seasonal and key initiative
selling presentations with contributions of insights and/or data
analysis. Influence the development of strategic sales and category
action plans through the sharing of knowledge gained from customer
specific data. Help to establish priorities that are consistent
with Russell Stover and key account goals and objectives, market
share and overall category profitability. Provide Sales with post
event analytics and YOY implementation opportunities to drive the
total confection category and Russell Stover. Serve as the category
expert by fully understanding shopper motivations and barriers
through available syndicated, shopper card, and panel data.Do you
have what it takes? (Basic Qualifications) Bachelors degree 3+
years of Category Management or analytical experienceDo you stand
above the rest?(Preferred Qualifications) Advanced degree, M.B.A. 5
years of business analytics experience in Sales and Category
Management Confectionery Industry experience Experience using
advanced functions within Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint
Experience using syndicated data (Circana, Nielsen, Kantar) and
loyalty data Strong analytical, technical, and interpretations
skills
Excellent written, communication and presentation skills Ability to
work under pressure and meet tight deadlines Ability to find unique
and creative ways to add value through data and insights Solution
drivenAt Russell Stover Chocolates, we don't just accept difference
- we celebrate it, we support it, and we thrive on it for the
benefit of our employees, our products, and our community. Russell
Stover Chocolates is proud to be an equal-opportunity workplace and
is an affirmative action employer.We provide equal employment
opportunities to all people without regard to race, color, national
origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, religion, gender, sex, sexual
orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status,
pregnancy, physical or mental disability, protected medical
condition, genetic information, military service, veteran status,
or any other status or characteristic protected by law.Employment
by Russell Stover Chocolates is contingent upon I-9 Employment
Eligibility Verification, passing the urinalysis drug screen,
education verification, and satisfactory reference and background
checks.Make Happy. Work Happy.
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