Future Opportunity Category Growth Manager

Hershey Company; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

The Hershey Company is seeking a Future Opportunity Manager in Category Management to partner with key customers and develop category initiatives that meet KPIs and drive market share. This role emphasizes insights-driven growth and cross-functional collaboration across sales, marketing, and supply teams.

Analysts, consultants, and strategists will synthesize trends and customer data to deliver actionable solutions, supported by tools like JDA, Tableau, and SOLVE.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; category management knowledge preferred.
• Experience in category management, analytics or related field.

Responsibilities

• Act as consultative partner to Hershey and customers to drive category initiatives.
• Identify growth opportunities for category and Hershey.
• Ensure execution of Strategic Business Plan using planning processes.
• Work with retailer and cross-functional teams to develop action plans.
• Use tools (JDA, Syndicated data, SOLVE, Tableau) to support decisions.

Skills

Impact on growth

Ambiguity handling

Problem solving

Sales storytelling

Education

Bachelor's Degree Required

Tools

JDA

Syndicated Data

SOLVE

Tableau

Executive Summaries

Fair Share Analysis

Job description

The Hershey Company is seeking a Future Opportunity Manager in Category Management to partner with key customers and develop category initiatives that meet KPIs and drive market share. This role emphasizes insights-driven growth and cross-functional collaboration across sales, marketing, and supply teams.

Analysts, consultants, and strategists will synthesize trends and customer data to deliver actionable solutions, supported by tools like JDA, Tableau, and SOLVE.