Sr Manager Category Insights (Remote)

Daymon Worldwide; St. Louis (MO); Remote; USD 111,000 - 146,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player seeks a Sr Manager of Category Insights to drive impactful analyses and insights for clients. This remote role involves engaging with diverse trade channels, utilizing data to enhance category management strategies, and delivering compelling presentations. Ideal candidates will have a strong background in business analytics and consumer research, with proficiency in key data platforms. Join a dynamic team that values strategic thinking and creativity, and help bridge the gap between manufacturers and retailers, ensuring consumers have access to top-notch products.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in category management or consumer research.
• Experience with data resources and insights derivation.
• Strong grocery retailer knowledge and acumen.

Responsibilities

• Provide actionable brand and category analyses.
• Deliver comprehensive category reviews and reports.
• Utilize data metrics to identify opportunities.

Skills

Category Management

Business Analytics

Consumer Research

Presentation Skills

Creative Problem Solving

Strategic Thinking

Team Collaboration

Communication Skills

Data Analysis

Tools

Nielsen

Homescan

Excel

PowerPoint

Outlook

Teams

Job description

Sr Manager Category Insights (Remote)

Location: US-MO-Saint Louis

Requisition ID: 2025-435479

Type: Full Time

Category: Professional (IT, Finance, Legal, HR, Talent Acquisition, Administrative, Customer Service)

Salary Range: USD $111,700.00 - $145,200.00 per year

Summary

The Company is a leading North American sales and marketing agency specializing in outsourced sales, merchandising, category management, and marketing services to food product and consumer packaged goods manufacturers, suppliers, and producers. We serve various trade channels including grocery, mass merchandise, specialty, convenience, drug, dollar, club, hardware, consumer electronics, and home centers. Our mission is to bridge the gap between manufacturers and retailers, providing consumers access to the best products available today.

Travel and/or Driving Requirements

- Ability to travel to Japan or overseas as needed.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide clients with relevant, actionable, and customized brand, category, and product solution analyses based on overseas best practices.
• Offer insights across merchandising, operations, supply chain, category management, and product development.
• Engage with clients and internal teams to understand strategies and objectives.
• Prioritize tasks focusing on strategic activities that deliver strong ROI.
• Deliver comprehensive category reviews, product innovation proposals, and reports including industry and trend analyses.
• Utilize data metrics, tools, and analytics to identify opportunities and deliver insights.
• Develop compelling presentations focusing on storytelling, visualizations, and consumer insights.

Required Skills and Background

• 5+ years of experience in category management, product development, business analytics, or consumer research.
• Experience in the Discount Retail Channel in a corporate or store operations role.
• Understanding of principles and practices of Category Management.
• Experience with syndicated and non-syndicated data resources, ability to derive insights from data.
• Proficiency with Nielsen and Homescan data platforms; IRI experience is a plus.
• Strong grocery retailer acumen and knowledge of best-in-class retailers.
• Excellent presentation and PowerPoint skills; advanced skills in Excel, Outlook, Teams.
• Effective team collaboration, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Organized, detail-oriented, and capable of multitasking independently.
• Creative problem-solving skills and strategic thinking.
• Proactive, positive, and self-starting attitude.
• Comfortable engaging with senior management.
• Strong global and intercultural fluency, adaptability to different cultural perspectives.

Supervisory Responsibilities

- No direct supervisory responsibilities, but may guide and mentor indirect reports.

Additional Information

The role involves travel to Japan or overseas as needed. The job description may be updated or altered by the company at any time. Reasonable accommodations will be provided for disabilities as required by law.