Category Manager II 106643

You may know McCormick as a leader in herbs spices seasonings and condiments and were only getting started. At McCormick were always looking for new people to bring their unique flavor to our team.

McCormick employees all 14000 of us across the world are what makes this company a great place to work.

We are looking to hire a Category Manager IIimmediately in a Hybrid 50/50 capacity at our Global Headquarters in Hunt Valley Maryland.

What We Bring To The Table:

The best people deserve the best rewards. In addition to the benefits youd expect from a global leader 401k health insurance paid time off etc. we also offer:

Competitive compensation

Career growth opportunities

Flexibility and Support for Diverse Life Stages and Choices

We prioritize our communities and the planet we share. We are proud to be awarded as a Diversity Inc. Top 50 company for Diversity and have multiple Sustainability awards (ranking #22 in the World and #1 in Food Products)

Wellbeing programs including Physical Mental and Financial wellness

Tuition assistance

POSITION OVERVIEW

This Category Manager II is a critical HQ based role in the Sales organization supporting the development and of national strategies particularly in areas of assortment pricing promotion and shelving. Responsibilities with focus on our Specialty portfolio. Category responsibility included Frozen Rice Seafood and Asian. Our brands in these categories include Zatarains Thai Kitchen Simply Asian and McCormick Golden Dipt.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Understanding industry consumer and category trends and translating those insights into actionable strategic business recommendations to achieve both McCormick and customer goals and objectives.
• Providing proactive analysis and shopper insight driven recommendations against all key business drivers and leading presentations related to category business reviews assortment & space optimization promotion & pricing effectiveness and trade efficiency.
• Leveraging all the analytic tools available to identify customer opportunities
• Developing collaborative partnerships with key strategic customers so that McCormick is viewed as the category leader in providing flavor solutions and category recommendations for the categories in which we compete.
• Manage and develop one direct analyst position

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelors degree in Business Sales Marketing or other related field
• 6 years of experience in Sales Finance Marketing or Business Management
• 4 years of experience customer/sales experience including 2 years in Category Management.
• History managing and developing talent.
• Must have keen understanding of Field Sales and Retailer process in business analytics as well as distribution hurdles
• Creative problem solving in the dynamic environment of retailers that includes knowledge of retails products vendors materials and common category management practices
• High level strategic thinking as well as a broad category perspective in addition to the McCormick & Co portfolio of products
• Familiarity with the Category Management process. Mus have strong knowledge of syndicated and panel data (IRI Nielsen etc. as well as pricing promotion and assortment optimization software. Experience working with customer syndicated data systems preferred 84.51 EYC etc)
• Strong analytic skills and demonstrated ability to translate insights into actionable business recommendations that deliver positive results
• Excellent verbal and written presentation skills with the ability to analyze and understand the data and then effectively communicate those insights to both internal and external audiences
• Ability to react quickly and complete tasks in a timely manner to meet deadlines
• Ability to work in crossfunctional teams selfmotivated and team oriented
• Understands industry/CPG sector and competitive landscape
• History managing and developing talent.

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As a general policy McCormick does not offer employment visa sponsorships upon hire or in the future.