Sr Manager, Category Strategy

Location: USA - NJ - Camden; hybrid schedule with 3 days in the office

Salary: $139,200-$191,400 annual base salary

Company

hirify.global is a food company with a portfolio of established consumer brands including hirify.global, Goldfish, Pepperidge Farm, Prego, Rao's Homemade, Snyder's of Hanover, and V8.

What you will do

• Lead category and shopper strategy initiatives across retail channels, focusing on distribution, shelving, assortment, and category growth.
• Analyze syndicated data, shopper behavior, category trends, and qualitative and quantitative research to develop strategic recommendations.
• Create selling materials for existing and new products, including assortment priorities, price and pack architecture, aisle flow, and planogram recommendations.
• Prepare senior-level briefings, customer presentations, new-item sell-in materials, and joint business planning guidance.
• Develop distribution and shelving targets and provide training and execution guidance to field-based teams.
• Partner with Sales, Marketing, Consumer & Shopper Insights, Brand, Innovation, Category Management, and Sales Strategy teams.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 8+ years of CPG experience required.
• Experience in category management, analytics and reporting, customer sales or management, shopper insights, or category strategy.
• Experience using syndicated data sources such as IRI, Nielsen, or Numerator.
• Experience with space management software such as JDA or Apollo.
• Strong communication, storytelling, presentation, data analytics, process management, and advanced Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint skills.

Culture & Benefits

• Medical, dental, disability, accidental death and dismemberment, and life insurance benefits begin on the first day.
• Matching 401(k) plan with immediate vesting and enrollment available on the first day.
• Unlimited sick time, paid time off, and holiday pay.
• On-site fitness center, day care access, and company store for WHQ employees.
• Employee donation and volunteer matching through the hirify.global Cares program, plus Employee Resource Groups.