Location
Springdale, AR, United States
Posted on
Aug 19, 2021
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Tyson Foods
Sr. Customer Category Manager (West Grocery)
in
Springdale
Arkansas
Successful applicants for this position must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of employment. Vaccine verification will be required by October 1, 2021 for Corporate based team members and by November 1, 2021 for Plant and Warehousing based team members.
Los solicitantes seleccionados para este puesto deben estar completamente vacunados contra el COVID-19 como condición de empleo. La verificación de la vacuna se requerirá para el 1 de octubre de 2021 para los compañeros de equipo con base en la sede (corporativa) de la empresa y para el 1 de noviembre de 2021 para los compañeros de equipo en las plantas y almacenes.
Job Details:
Location - Phoenix, AZ or Boise, ID or Chicago, IL areas
This position manages a team of Customer Category Managers CCMs and is actively involved with advising retailers (Albertsons, HEB, HyVee & other West Coast retailers) and Sales teams on all category-centric and shopper-centric needs required to drive sales volume distribution and advancing customer relations. Manages diverse team of CCMs and is actively involved in delivering timely and actionable Category Leadership at retail by providing managerial expertise project leadership and actionable insights and recommendations that drive category brand growth.
Applies expert knowledge of category shopper insights into strategy-focused and actionable long-term sales initiatives that deliver Tyson and retailer objectives. Identifies and quantifies opportunities and strategies for macro-space assortment, optimization aisle and or department reinvention, category adjacencies, promotion optimization, and pricing. This role works closely with Sales Team and Executive Leadership and actively develops and participates in Top-to-Tops, Category Business Plans, Customer Category Reviews, Business Reviews and Senior Retail Management facing content with the support of CCMs and various team members. Provides management skills assessment and OTJ development to direct reports CCMs.
Requirements
Education: BA degree in related field preferred or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Experience: 7 plus years of experience in Category Management, Sales, and or Consumer Insights. Food industry experience a plus.
Demonstrated Skills: Leadership, Out of the box thinking, Strategic Customer Experience, Storytelling, Sense of urgency and prioritization, Packaged and Fresh category experience
Special Skills: Strong experience managing diverse people skillsets and comprehensive proactive project management; strong ability to leverage creative thinking; advanced analytics and insights capabilities utilizing retailer data sources syndicated data and internal proprietary data. Excellent presentation verbal and written communication skills. Advanced skills in PowerPoint Excel.
Travel: Approximately 30%
Supervisory Responsibility: Manage a team of 6
Work Shift:
1ST SHIFT (United States of America)
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Successful applicants for this position must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of employment. Vaccine verification will be required by October 1, 2021 for Corporate based team members and by November 1, 2021 for Plant and Warehousing based team members.
The vaccines against COVID-19 are free for new hires and are accompanied by a cash incentive for eligible non-corporate based hires. Readily available at select sites.
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