Job Description:
Category Manager, Grocery – Mars Ice Cream
Burr Ridge, IL
The Category Manager is responsible for managing category leadership solutions Ice Cream, with a focus on Grocery Channel. The position will focus on the Frozen Novelty Mars Ice Cream portfolio. This role is expected to provide fact and insight-based solutions that drive growth for the category within the Ice Cream business. Utilizing shopper insight, opportunity identification and full understanding of products, assortment, pricing, placement, shelving, promotion, and merchandising, this role is the primary insight provider for our Ice Cream businesses across the marketplace. This role will work closely with internal and external partners.
What are we looking for?
Minimum Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree
3-5 years of experience in Sales or Category Management
Advanced data mining experience including shopper loyalty card data and household panel data, including Walmart Luminate, Kroger Stratum, Albertsons Shopper360 & Nielsen Homescan
Experience working with syndicated POS data, including Nielsen & IRI.
Experience with databases, reporting design, and data management and reporting platforms such as Power Bi
Experience working with Microsoft Office (Excel and PowerPoint)
Strong problem solving, communication, and collaboration skills
Solid written, verbal, and presentation skills
Ability to travel up to 30%
Preferred Qualifications:
5+ years of experience in Sales or Category Management
Digital Retail/Omni analytics
What would be your key responsibilities?
Create and plan category leadership solutions that deliver profitable sales growth within focus grocery customers for Mars Ice Cream. These solutions should include shopper and category insights across products/ assortment, placement, shelving, merchandising, pricing, and promotions.
Influence Annual Account Business Planning at grocery customers, through full partnering with sales team, by providing actionable category insights and solutions that support category leadership objectives for customer, company and category
Evaluate/ monitor all customer category leadership solutions, turn analysis into recommended action and continually improve to be more effective and efficient for category.
Leverage insights and resources through the utilization of a broad range of data sources, market research findings, tools, analyses, and technology to continually bring new shopper ideas to selected retailers and Mars Ice Cream; incorporate in all category solutions for selected retailers.
Lead and manage category reporting for Mars Ice Cream, including period updates, account reviews, Power Bi dashboarding.
What can you expect from Mars?
Work with over 140,000 diverse and talented Associates, all guided by The Five Principles.
Join a purpose driven company, where we are striving to build the world we want tomorrow, today.
Best-in-class learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University.
An industry competitive salary and benefits package, including company bonus.
This role is eligible for a company vehicle.
Mars does not sponsor visas for this role.
This position is not eligible for relocation benefits
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The base pay range for this position at commencement of employment is between the range listed below, however, base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including but not limited to job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The total compensation package for this position will include variable pay, medical and dental benefits, participation in 401k plan, and paid time off benefits. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an applicant receives an offer of employment.
The pay range shown is applicable to all locations listed within the job posting:USD 107,071.00 - USD 147,223.00