Food Category Growth Strategist

Unilever; Hoboken (NJ); On-site; USD 71,000 - 107,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus eligible

LTI eligible

Health benefits

Job summary

Unilever is hiring an Assistant Category Strategy Manager for Foods to unlock growth across the Foods portfolio post the McCormick agreement. You will translate insights into opportunities and shape shelf, assortment, and innovation decisions with cross-functional partners.

You will develop compelling, data-led materials for internal and retail audiences, while steering category strategy workstreams and maintaining tools and processes to drive business priorities.

Qualifications

• BA/BS degree required, MBA a plus
• 2–4 years in Category Management, Sales, Shopper/Consumer Insights, Retail, or related analytical field
• Strong analytical skills translating data into insights, implications, and actions
• Experience developing presentations or customer-facing recommendations
• Strong written, verbal, storytelling, and presentation skills
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment
• Retail or Foods experience preferred

Responsibilities

• Translate insights into growth opportunities and actions.
• Support development of category growth strategies, shelving recommendations, assortment decisions, and selling stories.
• Develop data-driven materials influencing internal stakeholders and retail customers.
• Collaborate with Field Category Management and Sales to implement national strategies.
• Incorporate customer voice into innovation, portfolio, and planning discussions.
• Independently manage defined Category Strategy workstreams from analysis to delivery.
• Maintain and improve Category Management tools and processes.

Skills

Category Management

Sales Analytics

Storytelling

Presentation Skills

Collaboration

Ownership

Education

BA/BS degree

MBA a plus

Tools

Circana/IRI data tools

Numerator

JDA Space Planning

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Unilever is hiring an Assistant Category Strategy Manager for Foods to unlock growth across the Foods portfolio post the McCormick agreement. You will translate insights into opportunities and shape shelf, assortment, and innovation decisions with cross-functional partners.

You will develop compelling, data-led materials for internal and retail audiences, while steering category strategy workstreams and maintaining tools and processes to drive business priorities.