Category Manager Bloomington, MN

At Schwan's Company, we are driven to bring our customers delicious foods and reliable services. That's how we grew from a "one-man-and-a-truck" delivery business in rural Minnesota to a multibillion-dollar private company with thousands of team members nationwide. Our commitment to delicious foods shows in all we do, from careful ingredient selection and quality food making to delivering a great experience wherever you shop and eat.

The foods we make reach customers in many ways. We deliver directly to our customer's homes through our popular food-delivery business, offer well-known retail brands such as Red Baron®, Freschetta®, and Tony's® pizzas, Pagoda® snacks and appetizers, and Mrs. Smith's® and Edwards® desserts, and bring innovative food solutions to our customers in the food-service industry. To learn more, visit us at .

Position Purpose

• Lead the category captainship in frozen pizza and desserts for Target

Description

Schwan's is hiring a Category Manager, to be based in our Bloomington, MN offices. This is a captaincy role; your Category Management expertise, business acumen, and strategic leadership will all be leveraged to deliver insights and Category growth solutions to one of our largest retail partners.

Responsibilities

• Develop category centric strategies with actionable recommendations leading to category growth
• Manage the annual Transition process including: Category review, assortment optimization, presentation recommendation, POG development, and measurement
• Present consumer, shopper and category insights in a comfortable, positive, influential manner
• Tracking and delivery of weekly/monthly retailer category performance scorecard
• Cultivate multiple internal and external relationships across the retailer and within the Schwan’s organization
• Some travel (10%)

Education: Bachelor's degree or equivalent. MBA preferred

Years of Related Experience: Minimum 5 years related experience encompassing category management or shopper insights functional roles (CPG Preferred). 2+ years planning and executing transitions on a captaincy team.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

• Highly proficient in retrieval and manipulation of syndicated data and dimensions
• AC Nielsen or IRI; competent in understanding traditional statistical formulas and mathematical measurements
• Experience with MerchIQ, IKS and guest insights/ Domo
• Strong abilities to graphically illustrate complex relationships from disaggregated data
• Experience and working knowledge of secondary research, market research methodologies and processes
• Ability to interpret and leverage Homescan Panel purchase dynamics;
• Strong skills in MS PowerPoint and Excel
• Competent in using Space Management Software (Spectra, JDA, Apollo etc) Word and Outlook
• Identifies cause and effect within data relationships to determine root cause analytics
• Clearly communicate orally and in writing with all levels of management.
• Ability to influence and lead peers
• Ability to make decisions including the prioritization of projects, allocation of department resources, and acceptable risk levels
• Must be able to interact with industry personnel and represent the company well
• Must be a self-starter with the ability to lead

The employing subsidiaries of Schwan's Company are Equal Employment Opportunity Employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, age, race, color, religion, gender, vet status, national origin or other protected class.

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