Category Manager

Why work at HARIBO? The original and iconic Goldbears, created in 1922, have delighted kids and grown-ups for over 100 years! Our associates are our most valuable asset. At HARIBO of America we are committed to a comprehensive benefit program that helps our employee stay healthy, feel secure, and maintain a positive work life balance. We provide fully paid health insurance premiums and generous HSA contribution, 11 paid Holiday plus Paid Time Off/PTO, competitive 401(k), tuition reimbursement, and more.

Additionally, we offer community involvement opportunities and career growth opportunities.

The Category Manager
, as part of our Category Management team, plays a strategic role supporting HARIBO of America’s growth within your assigned retailer accounts/retail channels. Supporting our Sales organization, the Category Manager will deliver insight led strategies to support our fact-based sales and business development teams. In a customer facing capacity, this role will also attend customer meetings with our sales team while working cross-functionally to maximize category growth and drive competitive advantage for HARIBO.

This is a remote, field-based position that requires nation-wide travel, up to 40% of the time (with overnight stays). The ideal Category Manager will have 5+ years of experience in Category Management, Sales, Sales Strategy, or Commercial Insights roles within the CPG/Consumer Packaged Goods industry with 3+ of these years in a customer facing role with HQ/headquarters calls experience. Additionally, this candidate will also have a Bachelor’s Degree, advanced working knowing of syndicated data and shopper data tools such as IRI, Circana, Nielsen, Numerator, SPINS, or other relevant syndicated data tools relevant to the consumer good industry.

• Lead the development of retailer-specific category growth strategies for assigned customers/retailers
• Deliver actionable 4P insights – Product, Placement, Pricing, Promotion) that directly fuel selling efforts and joint business planning
• Create customer-facing selling stories
• Act as a thought leader in internal strategy discussions
• Participate in sales meetings and HQ/headquarter calls with Sales team
• Build scalable reporting tools and dashboards to drive data-based decision making

• Bachelor’s Degree
• 5+ years of experience in Category Management, Sales, Sales Strategy, or Commercial Insights roles within the CPG/Consumer Packaged Goods industry
• Deep expertise in syndicated and shopper data tools such as IRI, Circana, Nielsen
  
  IQ, Numerator, or other related syndicated data tools
• 3+ years of customer facing, headquarters calls experience supporting regional or national retailers (any channel)
• This is a remote, field-based position that requires the ability to travel up to 40% of the time, nation-wide, including overnight stays

• This is a remote-field based position. The ideal candidate will live near a major airport due to the extended amount of nation-wide travel required for this role
• Experience in multiple channels of trade (for example: Convenience, Dollar, Value, Mass, Club, Grocery, etc)
• Prior experience in candy, confectionery, snacks, or related fast-moving consumer good

• Advanced Excel skills
• Exceptional ability to simply complex data into compelling, action-oriented selling stories
• Strategic thinking with strong business acumen and passion for driving sustainable, insights-led growth
• Demonstrated strong communication skills, both verbal and written

Target Hiring Pay Range: $118,000 - $144,000 annually

This pay range represents the min/max target annual base salary range HARIBO of America, Inc. may pay for this position at the time of this posting.

Please note, a candidate’s offered annual salary will be determined by a variety of factors, including but not limited to, the candidate's relevant education, experience, qualifications, skills, internal equity, and the geographical location of the role.

HARIBO of America, Inc. is committed to fair and equitable pay practices and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws regarding pay transparency.

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