Category Manager

4 weeks ago


Guelph Ontario LE, Durham region, Canada NOW Health Group CanadaPuresource Natural Products Distributor Full time
NOW Health Group Canada/Puresource Natural Products Distributor

The Category Manager will be the category liaison to support marketing and sales activities – translating marketing programs into customer based activities to help drive sales objectives.

The Category Manager will work closely with marketing teams, sales teams, and customers to help lead and communicate fact-based insights to drive sales objectives.

Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Develop a deep understanding of category, shopper insight, competitive, and the retailer landscape to inform future marketing initiatives and sales planning.
  • Lead assortment and planogram recommendations for priority categories.
  • Actively lead and generate monthly category reviews, new product and promotional dashboards, competitive insights, and report findings and recommendations to the senior leadership team.
  • Support sales team – strategic selling stories to support key categories and segments.
  • New Product support – lead and execute best in class retailer/trade facing PPT presentations, new product sell sheets, in-store and digital support to help drive KPI’s.
  • Assist with the development and coordination of new item launch and training materials (sales and retailer facing) in collaboration with the Nutrition and Health Education Manager.
  • Lead the recommendation of SKU assortment priorities per category.
  • Work with internal cross-functional teams to deliver clear channel strategies.
  • Work closely with supply chain and sales team to manage through SKU rationalization and aging inventory.
  • Develop, lead, execute, and measure strategic National Retail Promotional programs.
  • Priority customer support – manage strategic sales requests to support booking sheets, digital asks, planograms, etc.
  • In-store retailer support for strategic customers – in-store displays, endcaps, digital ecommerce support, etc.
  • Assist Marketers with product knowledge/information – key selling points.
  • Support Marketing team in core B2B activities including retailer communications, catalogue deals, promotions, etc.
  • Assist in the annual business planning process, supporting marketing and sales planning activities including category insight data, competitive insights, etc. to help build stronger plans.
  • Analyze & recommend wholesale price changes for private brand products to help ensure market competitiveness & support profitability targets.
  • Support and attend key trade shows.
  • Perform other duties as assigned.

Required qualifications, education, experience, training, skills, background, and certifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Business, or related field from an accredited institution.
  • 3-5 years of relevant industry experience in a related role (Consumer Packaged Goods preferred).
  • Experience in the nutritional field is an asset.
  • MS Office applications – exceptional use of Excel and PPT.
  • Ability to travel to other facilities and work off hours and weekends as needed.
  • Valid passport as travel outside of Canada will be required occasionally.
  • Access to reliable transportation.
  • Demonstrated project management skills and problem solving necessary to pre-empt and deal with rapidly changing market conditions.
  • Develops best in class store materials (traditional & digital).
  • Expert in developing reports, analyzing and translating that information into actionable insights to help drive sales and marketing objectives.
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills.
  • Team player and proven track record of collaboration to drive exceptional results.
  • Embraces change and thrives in an evolving environment.
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