Sr. Associate Manager – Category Management Drug & Natural Channel
Mondelēz International
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Mondelēz International seeks a Shopper Insights professional to transform in-depth shopping and omni-retail data into actionable category and customer strategies. You will partner with CVS, Walgreens, and other retailers to drive profitable category growth and deliver data-driven recommendations.
The ideal candidate has a bachelor’s degree in Marketing/Business/Analytics and 3–5 years in category management or analytics, with strong Excel/PowerPoint skills and experience with Nielsen/Circana
Qualifications
- Strong analytical and storytelling skills with ability to translate data into actionable insights.
- Experience with retailer data sources (e.g., Nielsen, Circana).
- Proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint; ability to create data visualizations.
Responsibilities
- Build lasting relationships with key retailer partners.
- Provide deep, action-oriented analyses on drivers and performance.
- Develop category reviews, item analyses, and seasonal reviews.
- Translate insights into recommendations to influence strategy.
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You will support our growth and the delivery of excellent business results. You will be responsible for converting in-depth shopping and omni retail environment data into insights and category, retail and customer strategies and recommendations. Strive every day to be the indispensable partner with our Drug retailers CVS, Natural and Walgreens, encompassing both tactical and strategic guidance, leading to profitable category growth. The ideal candidate for this role must demonstrate learning agility, have a strong customer centricity, hungry for knowledge, possess a strong analytical skill set and have a passion for customer insights and telling compelling stories with data.
You will support our growth and the delivery of excellent business results. You will be responsible for converting in-depth shopping and omni retail environment data into insights and category, retail and customer strategies and recommendations. Strive every day to be the indispensable partner with our Drug retailers CVS, Natural and Walgreens, encompassing both tactical and strategic guidance, leading to profitable category growth. The ideal candidate for this role must demonstrate learning agility, have a strong customer centricity, hungry for knowledge, possess a strong analytical skill set and have a passion for customer insights and telling compelling stories with data.
We are a high-performing, collaborative team driven by a competitive spirit. We bring proactive solutions to our retailer partners that are based on deep category and shopper insights. We foster a supportive team atmosphere to amplify individual strengths and curiosity. We value a diversity of talent, experiences, and backgrounds to expand our team culture.
- Build lasting business relationships based on trust and confidence
- Create recurring business reviews providing deep, action-oriented analysis on drivers
- Create compelling, insights-led category reviews, new item analyses, and seasonal reviews
- Provide proactive insight into the impact of category drivers and promotional strategies to the customer and sales teams
- Support ad hoc analytics and reporting requests from Customer Partner cross-functionally to provide share forecast for key accounts
- Learn and drive digital commerce analysis and recommendations with our retailer partners
- Strong learning agility, intellectual curiosity and analytical horsepower
- Ability to synthesize insights into collaborative storytelling that leads to quantifiable results, experience translating data into insights
- Ability to apply insights to business questions to provide recommendations and influence strategy
- Experience applying analytical skills and a problem-solving mindset to answer ambiguous business questions
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment, comfortable with prioritizing multiple deliverables, and overlapping deadlines
- Strong understanding of which data source to leverage to answer the question (POS, Syndicated, Panel, Industry Insights, etc)
- Ability to combine data visualization with supporting shopper insights into a cohesive story
- Knowledge of shelving strategy and best practices inclusive of planogram creation and modification (JDA/Apollo/SpaceMan)
- Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Business, Analytics, or related field
- 3-5 years of experience in category management, insights, marketing strategy, or analytics (CPG/FMCG, Amazon or Away from Home preferred)
- Experience with data sources (e.g. Nielsen, Circana, 1010)
- Experience in using retailer/customer data, shopper insights, and analytics to develop compelling retail customer plans
- Strong analytical and storytelling skills with the ability to translate data into actionable insights
- High proficiency in base business tools (Excel/PowerPoint)
- In-depth knowledge in analyzing and creating visualizations of large amounts of data
- Experience developing customer-facing presentations; direct customer-facing experience is a plus
- JDA/POG building experience is a plus
- Strategic thinking and business acumen
- Data-driven decision-making
- Strong communication and presentation skills
- Cross-functional collaboration and stakeholder management
- Proven track record in persuasively influencing and aligning key customers and business stakeholders in a highly matrixed organization
- Project management and organizational skills; management of multiple projects at once
- Ability to work independently and in a fast-paced environment
The base salary range for this position is $97,300 to $133,815; the exact salary depends on several factors such as experience, skills, education and location. In addition to base salary, this position is eligible for participation in a highly competitive bonus program with possibility for overachievement based on performance and company results. In addition, Mondelez International offers the following benefits: health insurance, wellness and family support programs, life and disability insurance, retirement savings plans, paid leave programs, education related programs, paid holidays and vacation time. Some of these benefits have eligibility requirements. Many of these benefits are subsidized or fully paid for by the company.
No Relocation support available
The United States is the largest market in the Mondelēz International family with a significant employee and manufacturing footprint. Here, we produce our well-loved household favorites to provide our consumers with the right snack, at the right moment, made the right way. We have corporate offices, sales, manufacturing and distribution locations throughout the U.S. to ensure our iconic brands—including Oreo and Chips Ahoy! cookies, Ritz, Wheat Thins and Triscuit crackers, and Swedish Fish and Sour Patch Kids confectionery products —are close at hand for our consumers across the country.
Mondelez Global LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Persons with Disabilities. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. Applicants who require accommodation to participate in the job application process may contact 847-943-5460 for assistance.
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