Director, Category Management (110389)

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 Director Category Managementto join our team! This position will be based at McCormicks global headquarters in Hunt Valley Maryland and will be eligible to participate in our hybrid work program (50% onsite 50% remote per month).

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

Wellbeing programs including Physical Mental and Financial wellness

Tuition assistance

POSITION OVERVIEW

The Director Category Management will serve as a strategic leader leveraging analytics and category management principles to drive market penetration profitable growth and customer engagement. This role will use datadriven insights to shape merchandising assortment pricing and shelving strategies ensuring best practices and tools are in place to enhance category management and sales leader will provide key recommendations to internal leadership identifying growth opportunities diagnosing declines and driving category and brand success. Additionally the Director will oversee the HQ Category Management team leading a group of eight including four direct reports while also managing critical vendor relationships.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develop and implement category management strategies to optimize merchandising assortment pricing and shelving.
• Provide analytical support and strategic insights for leadership across all categories within the portfolio.
• Collaborate with crossfunctional teams including Field Sales Internal Sales Marketing and Insights to drive category strategies and share market trends.
• Create and tailor compelling datadriven selling stories to highlight key opportunities and mitigate risks using advanced analytical and category management frameworks.
• Lead the development and execution of category management initiatives to enhance sales performance and profitability.
• Partner with Marketing and Trade Marketing to define and refine longterm category strategies.
• Identify essential tools insights and resources to support category growth and team effectiveness.
• Manage and mentor a team of eight Category Managers and Analysts fostering professional growth and development.
• Oversee budget management and vendor relationships to ensure optimal resource allocation and partnership success.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelors Degree in Business Marketing Management or related field; MBA preferred
• Minimum of 8 years of relevant Category Management /Sales/Shopper Insights experience working in consumer goods company including experience managing people
• Must be a self motivated strategic thinker with a bias for action and demonstrated skill leading and developing others
• Expertise in the Category Management process and proficient in syndicated and panel data (Circana Nielsen etc.) as well as familiarity with pricing promotion and assortment optimization software knowledge and experience working with customer POS data systems (Retail Link or Luminate)
• Excellent organizational/project management skills. Ability to manage multiple priorities and create structure and process where it does not currently exist
• 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 effectively communicate insights to intern & external audiences
• Demonstrated creative sales development influencing and communication skills
• Strong understanding of industry and global/national category management and shopper insight trends frameworks and best practices
• Up to 25% travel

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Understanding of Field Sales and Retailer process in business analytics as well as distribution obstacles is a benefit
• Understanding of shopper insights research methodologies
• Space planning experience for building and analyzing planograms
  

Base Salary: $

Base salary compensation will be determined based on factors such as geographic location skills education experience for this role and/or internal equity of our current employees as part of any final offer. This position is also eligible to participate in McCormicks Incentive Bonus (MIB) Plan/ McCormicks Sales Incentive Bonus (SIB) Plan/ McCormicks Dividend Program. In addition to a competitive compensation package permanent employees of McCormick are eligible for our extensive Total Rewards programs that include:

Comprehensive health plans covering medical vision dental life and disability benefits
Familyfriendly benefits such as paid parental leave fertility benefits Employee Assistance Program and caregiver support
Retirement and investment programs including 401(k) and profitsharing plans

McCormick & Company is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex gender identity sexual orientation race color religion national origin disability protected veteran status age or any other characteristic protected by law.

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

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