Category manager Jobs in Yonkers, NY

ASR Group is the world's largest refiner and marketer of cane sugar, with an annual production capacity of more than 6 million tons of sugar. The company produces a full line of grocery, industrial, food service and specialty sweetener products. Across North America, ASR Group owns and operates six sugar refineries, located in Louisiana, New York, California, Maryland, Canada and Mexico. In Europe, the company owns and operates sugar refineries in England and Portugal. ASR Group also owns and operates mills in Mexico and Belize. The company's brand portfolio includes the leading brands Domino®, C&H®, Redpath®, Tate & Lyle®, Lyle's® and Sidul®.

Position Scope

The Category Sales Manager is a mid-senior level thought leader who will be a business partner to the sales team, shaping the sell-in strategy and driving its execution, as well as leveraging bata-based insights and recommendations drive business growth and optimize commercial strategies.

The primary focus area will be on responsibilities ranging from category development fundamentals to developing predictive insights, aligned to business objectives, to make informed product recommendation decisions and be able to communicate those recommendations to both internal stakeholders and customers alike.

Detailed Roles & Responsibilities

• This role requires the ability to develop and deliver compelling stories that turn complex industry and category dynamics into understandable and meaningful presentation content for the various customer meetings, leveraging market trends, data and competitive intelligence.
• Advancement of understanding and impact of changing commercial landscape both within the sweetener category in different parts of the Grocery channel as well as trends of other relevant and adjacent categories.
• Lead annual category review process for retail customers, working with the Grocery-Sales team to develop content and presentations that accomplish the commercial goals of that meeting, ranging from new item sell-in, to category overview, to business and trend updates.
• Develop sell-in stories for new and strategic items on a customer-specific basis
• Delivery of Insights to support standard category management practices : promotion planning / analysis, pricing understanding and impact on category, shelf management, and business development projects.
• Contribute to other ad-hoc commercial strategy analyses

Market and Category Analysis

Cross Functional Collaboration

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We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other category protected under federal, state, or local law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.