Job Information
Advantage Sales & Marketing LLC Director Category Leadership in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Director Category Leadership Job Locations
US-PA-Harrisburg Primary Posting Location : City Harrisburg
Primary Posting Location : State/Province PA
Primary Posting Location : Postal Code 17101
Primary Posting Location : Country US
Requisition ID 2024-433897
Position Type Full Time
Category Category Management, Insights and Planning
Minimum USD $130,000.00/Yr.
Maximum USD $145,000.00/Yr.
Summary
Director Category Leadership
At our Company, we grow People, Brands, and Businesses! We are seeking a highly dynamic Director of Category Leadership role requires a proven leader who can motivate and inspire their team to create and deliver outstanding value for our customers and clients today, and a thought leader who can bring insight and strategic direction to lead our customers and clients into the future. Working as a creative, hands-on leader, this candidate will utilize their extensive industry knowledge, broad analytic capabilities and bias for change to optimally utilize all available resources to drive results. Ultimately, the Director, Category Leadership will facilitate solutions - primarily category leadership and trade, shopper, and space -- to our internal and external stakeholders.
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What we offer: Full-Time Benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision, Life) 401(k) with company match Training and Career Development Generous Paid Time-Off Responsibilities: Engage with assigned clients/customers to fully understand their needs and requirements, developing solutions that exceed their expectation and leverage the enterprise capabilities of the company. Foster and grow relationships across all levels of key internal and external stakeholders to deliver enhanced strategy value. Manage and cultivate an environment that encourages and empowers associates to be creative thought leaders. Demonstrate a hands-on approach to learning and development of associates, identifying training needs for current and future roles and mentoring and guiding associates in their development. Continually identify, develop, and present engaging, insight-driven though leadership and analysis to clients, customers, and internal stakeholders. Presentations will demonstrate both data and story-telling mastery and effectively integrate category, consumer, and shopper insights with a quantifiable action plan. Be a Strategic Though Partner, driving insights into action through the deep analytics of the category, macro-trends, competitive landscape, pricing, promotion, assortment, space management, and shopper trends. Qualifications: Bachelor's Degree required; MBA Degree preferred; or equivalent job-related experience in Business, Marketing, Sales 5+ years' experience in a Category Management role within the Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) industry 1-2 years supervisory experience Well-organized and strong attention to detail and accuracy A hunger for "winning together" Ability to confidently work with, communicate effectively with, and present to the client, customer, and internal leadership Job Will Remain Open Until Filled
Responsibilities
The Company is one of North America's leading sales and marketing agencies specializing in outsourced sales, merchandising, category management and marketing services to manufacturers, suppliers and producers of food products and consumer packaged goods. The Company services a variety of trade channels including grocery, mass merchandise, specialty, convenience, drug, dollar, club, hardware, consumer electronics and home centers. We bridge the gap between manufacturers and retailers, providing consumers access to the best products available in the marketplace today.
Position Summary The Director, Category Leadership role requires a proven leader who can motivate and inspire their team to create and deliver outstanding value for our customers and clients today, and a thought leader who can bring insight and strategic direction to lead our customers and clients into the future. Working as a creative, hands-on leader, this candidate will utilize their extensive industry knowledge, broad analytic capabilities and bias for change to optimally utilize all available resources to drive results. Ultimately, the Director, Category Leadership will facilitate solutions - primarily category leadership and trade, shopper, and space -- to our internal and external stakeholders. Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities
Job Duty Client/Customer Leadership and Management Engage with assigned clients/customers to fully understand their needs and requirements, developing solutions that exceed their expectation and leverage the enterprise capabilities of the company Foster and grow relationships across all levels of key internal and external stakeholders to deliver enhanced strategy value Be an advocate of the RAVE process, working to reinforce the importance of value creation measurement with clients, customers, and associates Associate Development Manage and cultivate an environment that encourages and empowers associates to be creative thought leaders Communicate company and department strategies and goals to associates and align their efforts to achieve those goals Demonstrate hands-on approach to learning and development of associates, identifying training needs for current and future roles and mentoring and guiding associates in their development Proactively builds skill set by participating in educational opportunities, reading professional publications, exploring new data sets, and developing and maintaining personal networks that extend beyond the food industry Leadership, Analytics, and Presentation Continually identify, develop, and present engaging, insight-driven though leadership and analysis to clients, customers, and internal stakeholders. Presentations will demonstrate both data and story-telling mastery and effectively integrate category, consumer, and shopper insights with a quantifiable action plan. Be a Strategic Though Partner, driving insights to action through deep analytics of the category, macro-trends, competitive landscape, pricing, promotion, assortment, space management, and shopper trends Champions data education and democratization across all business functions to elevate the analytic capabilities across the enterprise 30%
Supervisory Responsibilities: Direct Reports - Hires, retains, trains, coaches, guides, directs, and develops direct reports using company-wide processes, tools and resources Indirect Reports - May delegate work of others and provide guidance, direction and mentoring to indirect reports
Travel and/or Driving Requirements: - Travel is an essential duty and function of this job - Travel up to 35%
Minimum Qualifications The following are the minimum job-related qualifications which an individual needs in order to successfully perform the essential duties and responsibilities of the job Education Level: (Required): Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience
(Preferred): MBA Degree or equivalent experience Field of Study/Area of Experience: 5+ years' experience in a Category Management role within the CPG industry 1-2 years supervisory experience Skills, Knowledge and Abilities Well-organized and strong attention