FGF Brands · 1 day ago
Category Development Manager (Vendor Advisor)
Cincinnati, OH
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
5+ years expFGF Brands is a leading North American bakery company focused on key bakery categories. The Category Development Manager (Vendor Advisor) will analyze data and provide insights to optimize category performance for Kroger USA, with a focus on seasonal rotations and collaboration with Kroger Category Managers.
Food and BeverageFood ProcessingSnack Food
Responsibilities
Provides expert category knowledge on performance, innovation, market insights, trends and shopper and consumer insights
Creates on-going reporting (weekly / monthly / quarterly) to track and interpret performance while drawing insights that lead to actionable category development recommendations
Works closely and builds trusted partnership with Kroger Category Managers to provide objective recommendations that reinforce your category expertise while identifying opportunities for continuous improvement on how Kroger Wins the Season
Provides regional recommendations to capitalize on unique opportunities within pockets of the country under the various Kroger Corporate retail banners
Presents recommendations to Kroger that optimize seasonal category performance
Collaborate with Kroger Category Managers to establish and measure performance of assortment and flow to maximize sales against all Kroger identified seasons
Identify assortment opportunities, shelf (or table) space allocations and adjacency recommendations of planograms
Provide postmortems and tracking of programs, including seasonal programs that lead to future recommendations
Leverages the insight rich 84.51 platform in combination with external information sources, Circana, Numerator, Custom research tools, to establish clear and concise reporting across all levels of the Kroger Organization utilizing and implementing advanced analytic reporting capabilities
Respects the confidentiality of Kroger Category Advisor-ship and competitive data
Qualification
Required
Demonstrated ability in sales analytics, category management to formulate recommendations
Minimum 5 years CPG experience
Superb communication skills
An incredible attention to detail, especially as it relates to data accuracy
A high-level expert in all Microsoft Office Suite tools, particularly Excel and PowerPoint
Strong proficiency to pull data within the 84.51/Stratum platform, Circana and Numerator
Proven high level of expertise in 84.51/Stratum and managing significant amounts of data
Proven expertise in building user-friendly tools and reports that help bring data to life
Ability to distill vast amounts of data into critical business insights
Previous experience in presenting complex analytics to a senior level audience
Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment with flexibility and tolerance of change
Embrace our corporate values of speed, change and uncertainty while driving profitable growth
Education – Bachelor's Degree Required
Benefits
Health & Welfare Benefits including Vision & Dental
401 (k) matching program
Discount program - Restaurants, gyms, shopping, etc.
Tuition reimbursement
Company
FGF Brands
FGF Brands is a food production company that helps bakery, coffee houses, restaurants and grocery retailers with foodservice solutions.
1001-5000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Alvin B. Moore
Talent & Development Business Partner
LaDonna Lytle
Human Resources Business Partner
Recent News
2025-02-11
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