Remote Category Growth Lead

Conagra Brands, Inc.; Idaho; Remote; USD 82,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Bonus incentive

401(k) matching

Stock purchase plan

Career development

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Conagra Brands is seeking a remote Category Growth Lead to drive category insights for major retailers and wholesalers across the US. You will lead development of category growth platforms, deliver data-driven analyses, and partner with sales to advance growth objectives.

Reporting to a Director of Category Leadership, you will synthesize syndicated data, loyalty information, and industry trends to shape category strategies, store execution, and shelving proposals.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 3+ years of CPG sales or analytics experience.
• Experience with data integration to generate actionable insights.
• Ability to build sales stories from multiple data sources.
• Understanding of syndicated panel data fundamentals.
• Experience with customers to grow category sales.
• Advanced Excel skills (lookup, pivot tables).
• Experience with Nielsen/Circana and Blue Yonder/JDA.
• Knowledge of customer loyalty card data.
• Understanding retail merchandising and in-store execution.

Responsibilities

• Deliver category analysis to the sales team with actionable insights.
• Customize category programs to guide growth at the customer level.
• Develop and deliver category insights with internal partners and customers.
• Achieve shelving and merchandising objectives with data-driven recommendations.
• Support category reviews and position as lead vendor in priority categories.
• Partner with internal teams and retailers to implement growth plans.
• Educate sales on new item programs and provide category rationale.
• Ensure consistent execution of category programs across channels.
• Lead monthly reporting.

Skills

CPG sales experience

Data integration

Multi-source data analysis

Syndicated panel data

Customer engagement

Advanced Excel

Nielsen/Circana tools

Loyalty data knowledge

In-store merchandising

Category strategy

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Nielsen/Circana

Blue Yonder/JDA

Job description

Conagra Brands is seeking a remote Category Growth Lead to drive category insights for major retailers and wholesalers across the US. You will lead development of category growth platforms, deliver data-driven analyses, and partner with sales to advance growth objectives.

Reporting to a Director of Category Leadership, you will synthesize syndicated data, loyalty information, and industry trends to shape category strategies, store execution, and shelving proposals.