Category Insights Executive

Molson Coors Beverage; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 100,000 - 132,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading beverage company is seeking a Category Executive in Toronto to drive growth for their beer category through data analysis and strategic insights. This role offers a competitive salary, benefits, and a collaborative environment to influence key account strategies while engaging in a vibrant workplace culture.

Benefits

Flexible work programs

Paid time off including holidays

Wellness Program

Employee Assistance Program

On-site Pub

Access to brand clothing and swag

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in category management, data analysis, or sales in CPG.
• Proven proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.

Responsibilities

• Develop insights and solutions for assigned chain accounts.
• Conduct category reviews using data from various sources.
• Assist with planogram concepts and postmortem analyses.

Skills

Data analysis

Category management

Collaboration

Relationship building

Accountability

Consumer insights

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business administration

Tools

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Nielsen IQ

JDA/Blue Yonder Space Planning software

Job description

Requisition ID: 35285

Cheers to creating an incredible tomorrow!

At Molson Coors, we tackle big challenges and defy the status quo.With a proud legacy of excellence, an incredible portfolio of beer, seltzers, spirits, and non-alcohol brands, and a bold vision for our future...we’reon the path to transforming the beverage industry.That requires remarkable individuals who are curious, tenacious, and never afraid to fail forward.

Weseek, value and respect everyone’s unique perspectives and experiences knowing that we are stronger together.We collaborate as a team and celebrate each other’s successes.

Here’sto crafting careers and creating new legacies.

Crafted Highlights:

As aCategory Executive,you will play a keyrole as a contributor within the Marketing Activation and Customer Solutions team.

You will develop critical insights and solutions for their assigned chain account(s) to grow the size and the value of the customer's beer category, while capturing a disproportionate share of growth. Your main focus is to provide direction to deliver an optimal growth plan that fulfills the portfolio and brand strategies, customer objectives and volume/financial commitments.

This position reports to the Sr. Customer Solutions Manager and is based out of Toronto.

What You’ll Be Brewing:

• Identify insights and emerging business opportunities through the analysis of the perfect store pillars including category reviews, shelf space allocation, assortment strategy and adjacency recommendations of planograms.
• Develop comprehensive category reviews by integrating data from various sources (including Nielsen, Retailer POS, and others) to establish yourself as a reliable and valued category expert for the assigned retailers.
• Incorporate consumer/shopper insights and behavior into analysis and insights. Synthesizing all insights into selling story, category, and business reviews.
• Work collaboratively with account team(s) on sales call approach and plan. Enhance the utilization of analytics and insights within the Customer Sales team for the assigned retailers.
• Assist in developing planogram concepts for assigned retailers.
• Conduct postmortem analyses of programs to evaluate successes and provide recommendations for improvements.

Key Ingredients:

• You have3+ yearsof progressiveexperience across category management, data analysis,consumer research, statistics, or salesin CPG industry

• You have abachelor’s degree in business administration or other relevant field
• You have a proven proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint software
• Working knowledge of the following tools:
  • Nielsen IQ
  • JDA/ Blue Yonder Space Planning software
  • Retailer POS experience is an asset

• You love a challenge. You complete complex projects quickly and adeptly with your understanding of the business priorities

• You build relationships and collaborate to get to the desired outcome

• You take accountability for results – acting with integrity and honoring commitments

• You have a thirst for learning – you are always looking for ways to learn and help one another grow

• You exhibit our core values

Beverage Bonuses:

• Flexible work programs that support work life balance including a hybrid work model of 3 days in the office(deleteasappropriate)

• We care about our People and Planet and have challenged ourselves with stretch goals around our key priorities

• We care about our communities, and play our part to make a difference – from charitable donations to hitting the streets together to build parks, giving back to the community is part of our culture and who we are

• Engagement with a variety ofBusinessResource Groups,which canprovidevolunteer opportunities, leadership experience, and networking through the organization

• Ability to grow and develop your career centered around our First Choice Learning opportunities

• Participation in our Total Rewards program with a competitive base salary, incentive plans, parental leave, health, dental,vision,retirement plan optionswith incredible employer match, generous paid time off plans, an engaging Wellness Program, and an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with amazing resources

• On site Pub, access to cool brand clothing and swag, top events and, of course... free beer and beverages!

• Work within a fast paced and innovative company, meeting passionate colleagues and partners with diverse backgrounds and experiences

Molson Coors is an equal opportunity employer. We invite applications from candidates of all backgrounds, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or any other characteristic. If you have a disability and believe you need a reasonable accommodation during the application or recruitment processes, please e-mail [e-mail].

Pay and Benefits:

At Molson Coors, we’re committed to paying people fairly and equitably for the work they do.

Job Posting Total Rewards Offerings: $100,400.00 - $131,800.00 (posting salary range) + 13% target short term incentive + $11,000 on average spent on benefits per employee, including but not limited to health, dental, vision, retirement with above market employer match, wellness incentives and EAP + paid time off (including holidays, vacation days and sick days).

The posting range provided above for salary is what we, in good faith, believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. We ultimately pay based on a number of non-discriminatory factors that inform pay decisions including but not limited to the required work location, previous work experience, skill set and internal equity.