CONAGRA

Manager, Category Strategy

Posted on: 6 Feb 2021

Chicago, IL

Job Description

Lead national category strategies to maximize overall Merchandising, Assortment, Pricing and Shelving (MAPS) at our customers. You will work with field Category Leadership (CL), Business Development, and Brand organizations in the development of innovation and category plans. Manage new item presentation development and all aspects of shelving our products in a category friendly way. Identify opportunities to improve competitive advantage and enhance our company's stature with the customer. You will report to a Director of Category Strategy.

Position Responsibilities:

* Manage national category strategies that help maximize company sales and profits
* Develop partnerships with field Category Leadership teams and internal team members
* Bring excellent Category Leadership, insights and analytics support to external and internal customers
* Be the expert on Category Leadership tools and capabilities
* Develop tools to diagnose new category opportunities
* Understand opportunity gaps and proactively build case and sales story to close gaps
* Monitor industry trends and competitive activity to identify opportunities to improve capabilities and advantage in the market
* Improve shelf position for brands while maintaining a shopper/category first approach

Position Requirements:

* Bachelor's Degree
* 5+ years related CPG industry experience in the sales arena or a combination of sales, category and syndicated data experience
* Experience collaborating across teams
* Data integration and interpretation experience
* Project management skills

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Our Benefits:

We care about your total well-being and will support you with the following, subject to your location and role:

* Health: Medical, dental and vision insurance, company-paid life, accident and disability insurance
* Wealth: great salaries, matching 401(k) and stock purchase plan
* Growth: online courses, virtual and classroom development experiences
* Balance: paid-time off , flexible work-schedules

Our Company:

Conagra Brands is one of North America's leading branded food companies. We have a rich heritage of making great food, and a team thats passionate about innovation and growth. Conagra offers choices for every occasion through iconic brands, such as Birds Eye, Marie Callender's, Banquet, Healthy Choice, Slim Jim, Reddi-wip, and Vlasic, and emerging brands, including Angie's BOOMCHICKAPOP, Duke's, Earth Balance, Gardein, and Frontera.

We pride ourselves on having the most impactful, energized and inclusive culture in the food industry. For more information, visit www.conagrabrands.com.

Conagra Brands is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, ethnic or national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, pregnancy, leave status, disability, veteran status, genetic information and/or any other characteristic or status protected by national, federal, state or local law.

CONAGRA

Chicago, IL

Conagra Brands, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a food company in North America. The company operates through Grocery & Snacks, Refrigerated & Frozen, International, and Foodservice segments. The Grocery & Snacks segment primarily offers shelf stable food products in various retail channels in the United States. The Refrigerated & Frozen segment provides temperature controlled food products in various retail channels in the United States. The International reporting segment offers food products in various temperature states in retail and foodservice channels outside of the United States. The Foodservice segment offers food products, including meals, entrees, sauces, and various custom-manufactured culinary products packaged for sale to restaurants and other foodservice establishments in the United States. Conagra Brands, Inc. sells its products under the Marie Callender's, Reddi-wip, Hunt's, Healthy Choice, Slim Jim, Orville Redenbacher's, Alexia, Angie's BOOMCHICKAPOP, Blake's, Duke's, Frontera, Banquet, Chef Boyardee, and BIGS brand names.

The company was formerly known as ConAgra Foods, Inc. and changed its name to Conagra Brands, Inc. in November 2016. Conagra Brands, Inc. was founded in 1919 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

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