Job Description

Position Overview

We are seeking a dynamic Category Manager to drive our category leadership strategy and provide critical market insights. This role will be responsible for leveraging data to inform decision-making, supporting both internal and external stakeholders, and ensuring our brand stands out across multiple categories.

Company

At Land O’Frost, our brands of lunchmeat and specialty sausage products are recognized as one of the nation’s best- selling and trusted brands. We have accomplished this through our incredible team of employees who are customer-focused, motivated, achievers, developers, and purpose-driven. We are seeking more passionate people to join our innovative team. Land O'Frost is located in Munster, IN, which is a south suburb of Chicago and about 30 miles from downtown Chicago.

How YOU will contribute

• Drive category leadership strategy and principles for assigned customers.
• Leverage multiple data sources for benchmarking, assessing, and recognizing key activities and trends impacting the business.
• Offer strategic recommendations to guide data-informed decision-making and develop effective retail strategies beneficial to both the customer and LOF.
• Actively participate in customer category review preparation to differentiate the brand across multiple categories.
• Support management and sales teams with in-depth data analysis of current retail strategy execution.
• Communicate findings and implications from various data sources to internal and external business partners (sales, marketing, broader team).
• Identify potential gaps in retail categories and recommend product line extensions as necessary.
• Identify and communicate evolving “path to purchase” criteria for our consumers.
• Lead and create fact-based category leadership stories for retailer presentations, supporting our strategic initiatives as a category leadership subject matter expert.
• Serve as a point of influence by effectively communicating performance measurements and the impact of initiatives.
• Provide in-depth analysis of category dynamics and strategic recommendations to guide annual brand planning and joint business planning.

Competencies

• Core Competencies: Broad Business Knowledge, Consumer & Customer Focus, Drive for Results, Organizational Agility, Strategic Focus.
• Technical Competencies: Category Management & Shopper Insights, Consumer Insights.

About YOU

• Experience: 2+ years in category management and/or business analytics.
• Education: Bachelor’s in Marketing or related field required; MBA preferred.
• Knowledge: Proficiency in Microsoft 365, Nielsen, and Circana data systems.
• Travel: Local and/or overnight travel required (15%).

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