Sr. Manager, Category Leadership – Convenience & Value
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Dallas, TX - USA
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Job Summary
Build your career at Sazerac! With almost 400 years of rich history Sazerac Company has thrived as an independent American family-owned company with operations in the United States and around the world. Sazerac continues to deliver industry-leading growth through iconic brands including Buffalo Trace Svedka Fireball Traveller Whiskey BuzzBallz Wheatley Vodka Southern Comfort and many more. We offer extraordinary career opportunities competitive benefits and an entrepreneurial culture where talented people make an immediate impact.
- At Sazerac Category Leadership is more than reporting and analytics its a competitive advantage that is results driven. We invest in people who are intellectually curious commercially minded and passionate about creating insights that drive growth.
- If youre looking for an opportunity to lead influence strategy develop talent and make a measurable impact across nationally recognized retailers and some of the fastest growing channels wed love to hear from you.
Note: This role is fully remote.
Location preference (no flexibility outside of these locations): Iowa Texas Dallas (preferred) Florida Ohio Missouri
This Sr. Manager Category Leadership Convenience & Value role is built for a category leader who can influence how retailers win. Youll own category strategy across some of the largest Convenience and Value retailers in the market including 7-Eleven Circle K Caseys EG America Dollar General Dollar Tree and Family Dollar. Leading a team of three and multiple national category captaincies youll turn shopper consumer and market insights into strategies that improve assortment shelving innovation and long-term category growth. This highly visible role partners with Sales Marketing Insights and executive leaders to shape customer strategies and expand Sazeracs influence in the marketplace.
What Youll Do
Lead category strategy across Convenience and Value channels developing insights-driven recommendations that accelerate retailer and brand growth
Own multiple national category captaincies delivering compelling category reviews assortment strategies and space recommendations that influence retailer decisions
Translate complex data into executive-level stories leveraging shopper consumer syndicated and retailer insights to drive action
Partner with Sales and customers to identify growth opportunities improve shelf productivity and unlock distribution opportunities
Lead and develop a high-performing category team building capabilities accountability and commercial excellence
Required:
- Bachelors degree in Business Marketing Economics or a related field
- 8 years of experience in Category Management Shopper Insights Commercial Strategy or related CPG/beverage roles
- Experience supporting Convenience Value Grocery or Large Format retailers
- Proven ability to influence senior customer stakeholders and cross-functional teams through insights and strategic recommendations
- Experience leading and developing teams with a track record of building capability and delivering results
- Demonstratable use of syndicated data sources (e.g. NielsenIQ Circana Numerator) and retailer data platforms
- Advanced proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint with strong executive storytelling and presentation skills
- Ability to travel 3035%.
Preferred:
Experience leading national category captaincies or strategic retailer partnerships
Alcohol beverage or DSD category experience
MBA and/or experience with visualization tools such as Power BI or Tableau
A career at Sazerac offers you the opportunity to reach your full potential as part of a creative decisive high-performance team. Sazerac values the needs and wants of our team members and offers inclusive benefits to attract and retain the best talent. Our culture is built upon the values of hard work diligence and personal responsibility.
Sazerac Team Members enjoy:
- Competitive Pay
- Comprehensive Benefits from Day One including medical dental vision disability and life insurance.
- Family Coverage:Options to cover family members including domestic partners.
- 401(k) Plan:Immediate access to a matching 401(k) plan.
- Flexible Time Away:Enjoy paid time off (PTO) holidays and parental leave.
- Mental Health and Wellness:Access to mental health care and wellness incentive programs.
- Educational Support:Benefit from tuition reimbursement and our scholarship program for dependents of Sazerac team members.
- Fun Extras:Enjoy branded apparel fun events and a team member bottle purchase program.
- Training and Development:Opportunities for professional growth and development.
The annual salary range for this role is $137900 - $206800. Final compensation will be based on relevant experience qualifications geographic location and internal pay equity considerations. Benefits salary range and programs may vary by role or location
For roles within our commercial team - the Salary range refers to base salary only and does not include car allowance annual bonus fuel or cell phone reimbursement. Please ask your Talent Acquisition Partner for more information about our total rewards package. Sazerac is committed to equality of opportunity without regard to race color religion national or ethnic origin veteran status age gender gender identity or expression sexual orientation genetic information physical or mental disability or any other legally protected status.
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