Category Manager

Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP) is looking for a highly motivated, analytically minded professional to join its Albertsons Category Management team.  

The Category Manager plays a valuable role in building a strong partnership with Albertsons by providing strategic, consultative category guidance to deliver market leading growth across KDP beverage categories. This individual will conduct high quality analysis and synthesize multiple data sources to generate insights and actionable recommendations, while leveraging effective communication & influencing skills to orchestrate action within Albertsons.

This role is located Cincinnati, OH with up to 25% travel

Responsibilities:

• Develop and cultivate business relationships with Albertsons key contacts that establish KDP as the indispensable partner for all category management needs
• Deliver fully integrated consumer, shopper, category and marketplace insights and trends to guide Albertsons’s strategic choices and tactical executions
• Conduct robust analysis using research, category management capabilities, analytical tools, and data visualization to identify and communicate business opportunities or challenges    
• Collaborate with multiple internal cross-functional teams and the customer to connect business opportunities and develop both strategic and tactical solutions
• Plan and execute planogram and assortment reviews for Albertsons
• Provide category management reporting, trend analysis, customized reports, and special project work for the KDP cross functional team and for Albertsons’s key stakeholders
• Leverage critical thinking and problem-solving skills to recognize and anticipate issues and opportunities by elevating analysis beyond reporting and translating insight into retail action
• Serve as the expert on all things category to cross-functional team members

• Bachelor’s Degree required
• A minimum of 5 years of business experience in Consumer-Packaged Goods (CPG) with a focus on category management (mandatory), business analytics and/or shopper insights
• Experience with Albertsons required
• Exceptional communication skills – verbal, written & presentation and follow-through
• Strength in leveraging facts and insights to build compelling stories with actionable recommendations
• Superior drive for results with demonstrated ability to build indispensable, collaborative partnerships with the customer and internal business partners, across functional teams
• Capability to develop and influence strategies and tactics at both retailer and manufacturer, vertically and horizontally
• Advanced proficiency in Albertsons’s EYC and OBIE data
• Extensive syndicated data knowledge with IRI, Nielsen, Symphony Retail AI (EYC), Infoscout retailer-specific point of sale (POS), etc.
• Advanced proficiency in JDA Space Planning software 
• Highly skilled in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Access, Word and PowerPoint)   

Core Competencies

• Building Strategic Work Relationships- Developing and using collaborative relationships to facilitate the accomplishment of work goals
• Building Trust- Interacting with others in a way that gives them confidence in one’s intentions and those of the organization
• Communication- Clearly conveying information and ideas through a variety of media to individuals or groups in a manner that engages the audience and helps them understand and retain the message
• Decision Making- Identifying and understanding issues, problems, and opportunities; comparing data from different sources to draw conclusions; using effective approaches for choosing a course of action or developing appropriate solutions; taking action that is consistent with available facts, constraints, and probable consequences
• Planning and Organization- Establishing courses of action for self and others to ensure that work is completed efficiently
• Continuous Learning- Actively identifying new areas for learning; regularly creating and taking advantage of learning opportunities; using newly gained knowledge and skill on the job and learning through their application
• Innovation- Generating innovative solutions in work situations; trying different and novel ways to deal with work problems and opportunities
• Tenacity- Staying with a position or plan of action until the desired objective is obtained or is no longer reasonably attainable
• Work Standards- Setting high standards of performance for self and others; assuming responsibility and accountability for successfully completing assignments or tasks; self-imposing standards of excellence rather than having standards imposed

Keurig Dr Pepper (NASDAQ: KDP) is a leading beverage company in North America, with a portfolio of more than 125 owned, licensed and partners brands and powerful distribution capabilities to provide a beverage for every need, anytime, anywhere. We operate with a differentiated business model and world-class brand portfolio, powered by a talented and engaged team that is anchored in our values. We work with big, exciting beverage brands and the #1 single-serve coffee brewing system in North America at KDP, and we have fun doing it!

Together, we have built a leading beverage company in North America offering hot and cold beverages together at scale. Whatever your area of expertise, at KDP you can be a part of a team that’s proud of its brands, partnerships, innovation, and growth. Will you join us?

We strive to be an employer of choice, providing a culture and opportunities that empower our team of ~29,000 employees to grow and develop. We offer robust benefits to support your health and wellness as well as your personal and financial well-being. We also provide employee programs designed to enhance your professional growth and development, while ensuring you feel valued, inspired and appreciated at work.

Keurig Dr Pepper is an equal opportunity employer and recruits qualified applicants and advances in employment its employees without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, disability or association with a person with a disability, medical condition, genetic information, ethnic or national origin, marital status, veteran status, or any other status protected by law.