Category Manager

Advantage Solutions; Richmond (VA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full-Time Benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision, Life)

401(k) with company match

Training and Career Development

Generous Paid Time-Off

Job summary

Advantage Solutions is seeking a Category Manager in Richmond, Virginia. This role requires a strong understanding of retailer processes and data-driven storytelling.

The successful candidate will analyze large datasets, engage with clients, and develop actionable presentations. Qualifications include a Bachelor’s Degree and 2–4 years of experience in a relevant field. The company offers full-time benefits including a 401(k) plan, health insurance, and considerable paid time off.

Qualifications

• 2–4 years of experience in sales and marketing agency, CPG industry, or retail.
• Ability to work with large datasets and a strong appetite for analytics.
• Experience with shopper panel and geodemographic data preferred.

Responsibilities

• Leverage data to optimize product introductions and promotional strategies.
• Engage with clients to comprehend their strategies and deliver insights.
• Create insight-driven presentations with actionable strategies.

Skills

Data analysis

Presentation development

Client engagement

Strategic thinking

Category management

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Marketing, Math, Statistics, or Economics

Tools

IRI

Nielsen

Data analytics tools

Job description

Summary

Category Manager

Atour Company grows People, Brands, and Businesses. This role requires understanding of retailer processes, available data, and client objectives, marrying them into data‑driven storytelling. The candidate is smart, creative, organized, curious, and confident presenting ideas to sales associates, clients, and customers. The work varies weekly, but filtering data sets into actionable solutions remains constant.

What we offer

• Full‑Time Benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision, Life)
• 401(k) with company match
• Training and Career Development
• Generous Paid Time‑Off

Responsibilities

• Utilize a broad range of data metrics, tools, and analytics to identify opportunities and deliver insights to customers and clients.
• Prioritize tasks focusing on strategic versus tactical activities that deliver stronger ROI.
• Engage with customers and clients to understand strategies and objectives.
• Leverage experience to create mutually beneficial solutions for all parties involved.
• Create insight‑driven presentations with actionable tactics and strategies.
• Develop creative presentations with an eye toward storytelling, focusing on flow, visualizations, headlines, and using company Branding Guidelines.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree required or equivalent job‑related experience in Marketing, Math, Statistics, or Economic fields.
• 2–4 years of experience in the applicable field (sales and marketing agency or CPG industry solution provider, retailer, or manufacturer).
• Demonstrated ability to work with large data sets; appetite for numbers and analytics.
• Syndicated Data experience: Experience with IRI, Nielsen, and other relevant platforms preferred.
• Experience with application of shopper panel data and geodemographic data sets preferred.
• Understanding and application of principles and practices of Category Management (analysis of assortment, pricing, promotion, shelving, shopper) required.

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities

Data Collection & Analysis

• Leverage syndicated scan data and basic panel and geodemographic data to optimize new product introductions, distribution, shelving, pricing, and promotional strategies across a group of customers and clients.
• Utilize a broad range of data metrics, tools, and analytics to identify opportunities and deliver insights to customers and clients.
• Prioritize tasks with a focus on strategic versus tactical activities that deliver stronger ROI.

Client/Customer Engagement

• Engage with customers and clients to understand strategies and objectives.
• Leverage experience to create mutually beneficial solutions for all parties involved.
• Contribute to RAVE process, focusing efforts on measurable value creation with customers and clients.

Presentation Development/Delivery

• Create insight‑driven presentations with actionable tactics and strategies.
• Develop creative presentations with an eye toward storytelling, focusing on flow, visualizations, headlines, and using company Branding Guidelines.

Travel

Travel is an essential duty and function of this job. Driving is not an essential duty or function of this job. Travel up to 15%.

Environmental & Physical Requirements

Office / Sedentary requirements: Incumbent must be able to perform the essential functions of the job. Work is performed primarily in an office environment. Typically requires the ability to sit for extended periods of time (66%+ each day), ability to hear the telephone, ability to enter data on a computer, and may also require the ability to lift up to 10 pounds.

Equal Opportunity Employer

The Company is committed to providing equal opportunity in all employment practices without regard to age, race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, religion, physical or mental disability, or any other category protected by law. As part of this commitment, the Company shall provide reasonable accommodations of known disabilities to enable an applicant or employee to apply for employment, perform the essential functions of the job, or enjoy the benefits and privileges of employment as required by the law.