Category Development Manage
- Kitchener, ON, Canada
Pay - $110K · Full-time
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Job details
- Pay
- Pay - $110K
- Job type
- Full-time
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- Experience
- 3+ years of experience in Category Management, Category Development, or Consumer Insights within CPG or a related industry.
- Posting language
- English
- Posted
Original job description
Pay - $110K
Duties And Responsibilities
- Analyze market and category data to identify trends, performance drivers, and growth opportunities.
- Use syndicated data sources such as Circana/IRI, NielsenIQ, and Numerator to develop actionable insights.
- Prepare reports and presentations highlighting business performance, key insights, and recommendations.
- Identify category and brand growth opportunities across Retail and Foodservice channels.
- Support Sales and Brand teams with customer reviews, data-driven recommendations, and sales materials.
- Develop assortment, pricing, promotional, and planogram recommendations to improve category performance.
- Support new product launches and annual brand strategies through category and consumer insights.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to achieve business and growth objectives.
- Follow all company, Health and Safety, Food Safety, and GMP policies.
- 3+ years of experience in Category Management, Category Development, or Consumer Insights within CPG or a related industry.
- Experience with Circana/IRI, NielsenIQ, Numerator, or similar market research tools.
- Strong understanding of U.S. and Canadian retail and foodservice markets.
- Strong analytical, communication, and presentation skills.
- Ability to translate data into actionable business recommendations.
- University degree in Business, Marketing, or a related field.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office, especially Excel and PowerPoint.
- Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment.
More about this job
Responsibilities
Analyze market, category, and consumer data to identify trends, performance drivers, and growth opportunities across retail and foodservice. Develop reports, recommendations, and sales materials, and collaborate with Sales, Brand, and cross-functional teams on customer reviews, product launches, and brand strategies.
Requirements
Requires at least three years of category management, category development, or consumer insights experience in CPG or a related industry, along with familiarity with syndicated research tools and U.S. and Canadian markets. A university degree in Business, Marketing, or a related field, strong analytical and presentation skills, proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint, and the ability to turn data into recommendations are required.
Skills
- Category Development
- Category Management
- Market Analysis
- Consumer Insights
- Syndicated Data Analysis
- Circana/IRI
- NielsenIQ
- Numerator
- Retail
- Foodservice
- Assortment Planning
- Pricing Strategy
- Promotional Planning
- Planogram Recommendations
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft PowerPoint
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Categories
- Marketing
- Sales
- Data & Analytics
- Food & Beverage
- Retail
Keywords
- Category Development
- Category Management
- Consumer Insights
- CPG
- Market Analysis
- Category Data
- Circana/IRI
- NielsenIQ
- Numerator
- Syndicated Data
- Retail
- Foodservice
- Assortment Planning
- Pricing
- Promotional Planning
- Planograms
- Customer Reviews
- New Product Launches
- Brand Strategy
- Sales Materials
- Microsoft Office
- Excel
- PowerPoint
- Food Safety
- GMP
- Health And Safety