Description

Kenvue is currently recruiting for:

Manager, Category Insights & Analytics - Kroger

This position reports into Sr. Mgr, Insights & Analytics, Kroger and is based in Cincinnati, OH.

Who we are

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Role reports to: Sr. Mgr, Insights & Analytics, Kroger

Location: Cincinnati, OH

Travel %: 0-10%

Pay: $97,000 - $166,750. Annual base salary for new hires takes into account a number of factors including work location, the candidate's skills, experience, education level & other job-related factors.

What you will do

The Mgr, Category Insights & Analytics, Kroger is a critical role of the Kenvue-Kroger Team: responsible for building, developing, and shaping category growth plans basked on key data, shopper and category insights and trends. This individual should have strong analytical skills, collaboration, project leadership, thought leadership, and have the ability to pull together strategic recommendations from insights and data. This leader will serve as a category expert, lead assortment assessments, business processes and have tool capabilities across key shopper / category systems such as POS, Syndicated Data, and JDA Space Planning Software. This person should be able to operate in a high-level, fast-paced, complex, and changing business environment. If you want to be a category leader, are retailer and shopper focused, and have a passion for developing yourself and others then this is the job for you!

Key Responsibilities

• Be a trusted category partner that brings strong thought leadership to the customer

• Plan, champion and coordinate impactful category recommendations and best-practice sharing.

• Provide superior support to Kroger Merchandising team during POG Line Review process

• Provide strategic and tactical insights and recommendations to improve category performance instore and online.

• Uncover business opportunities with deep-dive analytics using a variety of resources including, but not limited to: POS, Syndicated Data, Loyalty/ Panel Data, Marketplace Assessment, and Promotion Analysis

• Responsible for leading analytics to provide value-added reporting to the customer

• Lead and empower your end-to-end team to act with speed, agility, and accountability

• Be a shopper and category champion within the organization, providing voice of customer and shaping learning plans

• Work with cross-functional stakeholders and internal Shopper/Category partners on research opportunities: provide voice-of-customer, shape research projects, and activate findings to be customer-specific

Qualifications

What we are looking for

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.

• A minimum of 5 years proven experience in CPG industry - customer insights, category management and/or shopper insights for consumer or relevant business experience is required

• Proven track record of delivering actionable insights and recommendations to drive business growth

• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to build relationships required.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to analyze market trends and customer needs

• Extensive knowledge of retail customer store operations, structure, strategy, and retail execution tactics required.

• Strong digital literacy, including advanced knowledge of MS Office Suite, with an ability to draw accurate conclusions is required

• Must have the ability to understand and interpret shopper and category insights research and a strong understanding of syndicated data (IRI/Circana or Nielsen), panel data, shopper-card data is required.

• Strong presentation skills and ability to tailor skills and presentation style to a variety of key decision makers is required

• Ability to understand, interpret and communicate complex information across multiple levels is required

• Ability to develop and oversee the execution of project plans and to implement, execute and draw conclusions from a variety of customer, shopper and category studies is required

• Experience with space planning software is required (JDA ProSpace)

• This position will be located in Cincinnati, OH and will require up to 10% domestic travel.

Desired Qualifications

• Preferred experience with Kroger analytical tools and process knowledge (84.51 Stratum/ On-Demand, IRi Gateway/ Circana, KOMPASS, and new item set up process)

• Experience in people development preferred

What's in it for you

• Annual base salary for new hires in this position ranges from $97,000 to $166,750. Annual base salary for new hires takes into account a number of factors including work location, the candidate's skills, experience, education level & other job-related factors. Competitive Total Rewards Package*

• Paid Company Holidays, Paid Vacation, Volunteer Time, & More!

• Learning & Development Opportunities

• Employee Resource Groups

• This list could vary based on location/region

*Note: Total Rewards at Kenvue include salary, bonus (if applicable) and benefits. Your Talent Access Partner will be able to share more about our total rewards offerings and the specific salary range for the relevant location(s) during the recruitment & hiring process.

Kenvue is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

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