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Acosta · 1 week ago

Sr Category Manager (CPG)

Jacksonville, FL, United States

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level

5+ years exp

Acosta is a collective of trusted retail, marketing, and foodservice agencies that reimagines how people connect with brands. The Sr Category Manager will lead the development and use of data to enable the sales team and broker partners to secure Category Advisor or Category Captain status, while also managing space planning projects.

MarketingSales

Responsibilities

Manage all activities involved in space planning and merchandising for the assigned categories for the assigned clients and customers

Train, supervise, and evaluate direct reports against completion of performance agreements, maintaining scorecards, and submitting success stories

Responsible for analyzing data to develop recommendations geared towards our clients and/or customers’ strategic objectives

Oversee the team’s preparation of space management client-deliverables to support category reviews, including charts, graphs, velocity reports, financial metrics, and planogram layouts

Engage regularly with clients to fully understand their needs; develop proposals to meet the client(s) and customer(s) expectations. Serve as the client’s advocate to Acosta to ensure our services and performance align with their expectations

Provide analytical support for category management projects and initiatives, including the development and maintenance of planograms, store clustering, implementing merchandising standards, and utilizing Acosta’s internal and proprietary tools; leverage automation capabilities wherever possible

Qualification

Retail experienceConsumer Package GoodsSpace Management solutionsData analysisMicrosoft Office SuiteProject managementTeam managementEffective communication

Required

Five or more years of relevant experience in Retail or Consumer Package Goods (CPG)

Demonstrated knowledge of Space Management solutions and Retail data analytics (i.e. Blue Yonder/JDA, Nielson, Circana, etc)

Microsoft Office Suite applications (i.e. PowerPoint and Excel) is to conduct data mining utilizing syndicated data sources and CPG math concepts

Data analysis and project management background are a plus

Experience managing a team of varying skill sets and capabilities

Communicate clearly and effectively to manage projects while assuming responsibility for tracking, tollgates, team performance, and team accountability