National Client Category Manager - Remote

The Companyis one of North America’s leading sales and marketing agencies specializing in outsourced sales, merchandising, category management and marketing services to manufacturers, suppliers and producers of food products and consumer packaged goods.The Company services a variety of trade channels including grocery, mass merchandise, specialty, convenience, drug, dollar, club, hardware, consumer electronics and home centers. We bridge the gap between manufacturers and retailers, providing consumers access to the best products available in the marketplace today.

• Engages with clients to understand strategies and objectives and communicates those strategies and objectives withCompanymarket level resources
• Leverages experience to create mutually beneficial solutions for all parties involved
• Contribute to RAVE process, focusing efforts on measurable value creation with customers and clients.

Presentation Development/Delivery

• Creates insight driven presentations with actionable tactics and strategies
• Develops creative presentations with an eye toward story-telling, focused on flow, visualizations, headlines, and usingCompany Branding Guidelines

Data Collection & Analysis

• Leverages syndicated scan data and basic panel and geodemographic data to optimize new product introductions, distribution, shelving, pricing, and promotional strategies across client(s) businesses nationally
• Utilizes broad range of data metrics, tools, and analytics to identify opportunities and deliver insights to our clients and deploying those insights across market level counterparts.
• Prioritizes tasks with focus on strategic versus tactical activities that deliver stronger ROI

Associate Development

• Participates in assignedCompany and client training and demonstrates learning in everyday work
• Actively builds skill set by participating in educational opportunities, reading professional publications, and developing and maintaining personal networks

Direct Reports
- This position does not have supervisory responsibilities for direct reports

Indirect Reports
- May delegate work of others and provide guidance, direction and mentoring to indirect reports

- Travel and Driving are not essential duties or functions of this job
Travel up to 20%

Field of Study/Area of Experience:
2-3 years’ Experience in applicable field (sales and marketing agency or CPG industry solution provider, retailer, or manufacturer)

• Intellectually curious, eager to problem solve, and a quick learner
• Well-organized and strong attention to detail and accuracy
• Demonstrated ability to work with large data sets; appetite for numbers and analytics
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to work effectively and collaboratively as part of a team; a hunger for “winning together”
• Ability to confidently work with client, customer, and internal leadership
• Demonstrated ability to effectively prioritize business requests
• Creativity…. with a passion for building visually compelling presentations
• Good communication – written and oral – skills and strong interpersonal skills
• Strong work ethic and desire to succeed (often with minimal supervision)
• Demonstrate forward-looking, strategic thinking ability
• Microsoft Office experience: Highly proficient in Excel, Word, PowerPoint
• Syndicated Data experience: Experience with IRI, Nielsen, and other relevant platforms preferred
• Experience with application of shopper panel data and geodemographic data sets preferred
• Understanding and application of principles and practices of Category Management (analysis of assortment, pricing, promotion, shelving, shopper) required

Incumbent must be able to perform the essential functions of the job. Work is performed primarily in an office environment. Typically requires the ability to sit for extended periods of time (66%+ each day), ability to hear the telephone, ability to enter data on a computer and may also require the ability to lift up to 10 pounds.

Any estimate, schedule, or guideline provided to associates in this job description or elsewhere in connection with their jobs is only intended to help describe job duties and for planning purposes. Regardless of any such estimate, schedule, or guideline, associates must always record all time worked for our company (which includes but is not limited to on-site work time in an assigned store, office, or other work location; required waiting time; administrative time; and work-related travel time).