Associate Lead, Category Leadership

Overview

This role is responsible for creating customer-specific category management deliverables for both our Sales team and Customer Category Buyers, with emphasis on actionable category and shopper insights. Key responsibilities include customer development, retail execution, insight activation, and cross-functional collaboration. This position requires both data and business savvy, as well as effective communication and problem-solving skills.

Location

Location : Nashville, TN or Orrville, OH

Work Arrangements

Work Arrangements : Hybrid - onsite a minimum of 9 days a month primarily during core weeks as determined by the Company; maybe more as business need requires

In this role you will

• Execute Category Management Principles
• Assist in the development and activation of customer specific Category Growth Drivers
• Identify opportunities and develop solutions for item distribution, promotion, pricing, and shelf placement
• Lead category reviews and presents insights & recommendations to customer
• Understand the competitive marketplace in which Smucker and customers operate
• Communicate insights and learning both internally and externally to a wide variety of audiences
• Collaborate with Sales & Category Leadership teams to demonstrate Smucker Thought Leadership at retail
• Serve as consultative and objective resource for Smucker and customer teams
• Actively participate in retailer calls
• Build effective working relationships to achieve shared goals and objectives
• Actively lead or support key internal projects (i.e., team training initiatives, enterprise-wide sales reporting, etc.)
• Act as liaison back to the Smucker HQ Category Leadership team
• Assist with customer business analytics
• Proactively identifies business opportunities utilizing available data sources and deliver recommendations to team
• Provide input into customer long-term business strategy and planning to help meet objectives

The Right Place for You

We are bold, kind, strive to do the right thing, we play to win, and we believe in a strong community that thrives together. Our culture is rooted in our Basic Beliefs, and we believe in supporting every employee by meeting their physical, emotional, and financial needs.

What we are looking for

Minimum Requirements

Additional skills and experience that we think would make someone successful in this role (not required) :

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