[Hiring] Associate Category Leadership Manager @CONAGRA

Role Description

This is a remote position with flexibility on location from Chicago, IL to the West Coast. Reporting to a Director of Category Leadership, you will lead category growth platform development for Winco, Raley’s, Save Mart, and wholesalers including URM and AFS. You will deliver insights, reporting, and category strategies to support sales objectives and drive growth across key customer segments.

• Deliver category analysis and business impact insights to the sales team, identifying opportunities to enhance customer, category, and company goals.
• Customize corporate category programs and plans to guide category growth and execution at the customer level.
• Develop and deliver category insights to support collaborative business solutions with internal partners and customers.
• Achieve established shelving and merchandising objectives through data-driven recommendations.
• Support category reviews by strengthening or confirming the organization’s position as a lead vendor in priority categories.
• Partner with internal teams and retailer contacts to develop and implement category growth plans.
• Educate the sales team on new item programs and provide category rationale to support distribution and shelving proposals.
• Ensure consistent execution of category programs and plans across assigned channels.
• Lead monthly reporting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 3+ years of Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) related experience in sales or analytical roles.
• Experience with data integration and interpretation to generate actionable insights.
• Experience building a holistic sales story using multiple data sources including syndicated, loyalty, consumer, and industry trends.
• Understanding of syndicated panel data fundamentals.
• Experience working directly with customers to grow category sales.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills including spreadsheet development, lookup functions, and pivot tables.
• Experience with tools such as Nielsen or Circana and space management systems such as Blue Yonder/JDA.
• Knowledge of customer loyalty card data.
• Working knowledge of retail merchandising and in-store execution tactics.

Requirements

• #LI-Remote
• #LI-PM1
• #LI-MSL

Benefits

• Health: Comprehensive healthcare plans, wellness incentive program, mental wellbeing support and fitness reimbursement.
• Wealth: Great pay, bonus incentive opportunity, matching 401(k) and stock purchase plan.
• Growth: Career development opportunities, employee resource groups, on-demand learning and tuition reimbursement.
• Balance: Paid-time off, parental leave, flexible work-schedules (subject to your location and role) and volunteer opportunities.

Company Description

At Conagra Brands, we have a rich heritage of making great food. We aspire to have the most impactful, energized and inclusive culture in food. As a member of our 18,000+ person team across 40+ locations, you are empowered to reach your potential, make an impact and own your career. We're in the business of building champions – within our people and our iconic brands like Birds Eye®, Slim Jim® and Reddi-Wip®.

Our focus on innovation extends beyond making great food, it also reflects our commitment to embracing new solutions that positively impact our team, the communities we serve and the health of our planet. Foodies Welcome.

Conagra Brands is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, ethnic or national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, pregnancy, leave status, disability, veteran status, genetic information and/or any other characteristic or status protected by national, federal, state or local law. Reasonable accommodation may be made upon request.