Team Leader, Category Management
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 Team Leader,
Category Management is responsible leading a team of Category
Managers and 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 Management team will demonstrate industry thought
leadership and creativity by developing category-specific stories
and strategies that enable share growth. The Team Leader, Category
Management will work collaboratively with our customers and other
Russell Stover internal departments. This role reports to the
Director of Strategic Customer Planning. 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 team 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 experience Experience leading teams and
peopleDo 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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