Director, Category Growth & Insights

Jack Link's Inc.; Minneapolis (MN); Sur place; USD 175 000 - 190 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Medical benefits

Dental & Vision

Life & Disability Insurance

401k

Paid holidays

Paid time off

Résumé du poste

Jack Link's Inc. in the United States seeks a Director of Category Management to transform category insights into growth. You will build a high-performing team of Category Managers and Analysts, elevating data-driven decisions across key accounts.

The role requires strategic leadership, deep experience with Nielsen/IRI data, and the ability to influence cross-functionally. You will partner with Sales, Marketing, and Insights to drive sustainable category growth and planogram excellence.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Marketing, or related field.
• 10+ years of experience in CPG analytics, category management, shopper insights, or sales.
• 5+ years leading and developing high-performing teams.
• Proven experience serving as a Category Captain, Advisor, or Validator with key customers.
• Deep expertise in syndicated data (Nielsen/IRI), space management tools (e.g., ProSpace), and customer data platforms (e.g., Scintilla, 84.51).
• Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills with the ability to translate data into insights and actions.
• Demonstrated ability to influence cross-functionally and externally without direct authority.
• Master’s degree (MBA or related field) preferred.
• Experience in snacks, meat snacks, beverages, or other high-velocity CPG categories preferred.

Responsabilités

• Own and expand Category Captain, Advisor, and Validator roles across priority customers.
• Develop customer-specific category strategies grounded in shopper, consumer, and market insights.
• Lead joint business planning inputs through category perspectives that shape assortment, shelving, pricing, and promotion decisions.
• Establish governance and best practices for engagement, ensuring consistent, high-quality delivery across all customer interactions.
• Partner with Sales to proactively identify opportunities to deepen influence and unlock incremental category growth.
• Define and institutionalize 'Gold Standard' planogram principles balancing shopper needs with growth.
• Lead development and deployment of data-driven shelving solutions using space management tools.
• Ensure planograms are insight-led, customer-relevant, and aligned with growth priorities.
• Drive continuous improvement through test-and-learn approaches and post-implementation performance tracking.
• Partner with Sales and customers to ensure execution compliance and maximize in-store impact.
• Lead synthesis of syndicated, shopper, and customer data into clear insights.
• Collaborate with Sales, Marketing, RGM, and Insights to align on category priorities.
• Build scalable reporting and analytics frameworks to improve speed, consistency, and impact.
• Ensure insights translate into measurable actions driving category and business performance.
• Develop team capabilities in advanced analytics, storytelling, and business acumen.

Connaissances

Category Management

Data storytelling

Cross-functional leadership

Influence without authority

Syndicated data analysis

Formation

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Marketing, or related field

Master’s degree (MBA or related field) preferred

Outils

Syndicated data (Nielsen/IRI)

Space management tools (ProSpace)

Customer data platforms (Scintilla, 84.51)

Excel

PowerPoint

Description du poste

Jack Link's Inc. in the United States seeks a Director of Category Management to transform category insights into growth. You will build a high-performing team of Category Managers and Analysts, elevating data-driven decisions across key accounts.

The role requires strategic leadership, deep experience with Nielsen/IRI data, and the ability to influence cross-functionally. You will partner with Sales, Marketing, and Insights to drive sustainable category growth and planogram excellence.