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Kraft Heinz

Category Leadership Manager

Kraft Heinz, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, 45208

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Base pay range $102,100.00/yr - $127,600.00/yr

Job Description Here at Kraft Heinz, The Category Leadership Team is an indispensable partner to our customers and sales organization. We are focused on transforming the future within our categories faster and better than anyone else. We do this by being shopper obsessed, activating a high performing culture. We lead and act with integrity for the category first. We are consultants with a growth mindset. We are brilliant at the basics and love KHC and our customers.

The Category Leadership Manager, Kroger reports to the Kroger Team Lead, Category Leadership. As a top‑focus customer team, this role will serve as a strategic category advisor to the Kroger buyers building a long‑term strategy for growth. Additionally, this role will facilitate prioritization of category leadership topics with the KHC Kroger sales team on the categories of focus on their desk. This position supports the overall application of category management principles to business issues, identifying category business opportunities and providing an assessment of the merchandising controllables, including shelf, assortment, innovation, and aisle strategy through a Kroger lens utilizing Kroger specific data applications. The position also coordinates information and category management related activities that are conducted in conjunction with the internal KHC Customer Business Development team.

The Category Leadership Manager is a story‑telling expert, highly skilled in the use of analytical tools, combining disparate pieces of data and insights into a comprehensive story and can complete a category review process with very limited supervision. In addition, the Category Leadership Manager can represent and explain the process independently to Buyers and Customer senior management as needed.

Essential Functions & Responsibilities

Proactively identify root causes of customer issues and opportunities and deliver compelling stories to drive action to address

Identify, define and analyze alternative courses of action using analytical, evaluative and or constructive thinking skills

Establish team customer category priorities that are consistent with goals and objectives as defined by the customer and Kraft Heinz

Develop impactful customer‑specific category development recommendations in support of key business building initiatives

Expert in using multiple inputs including syndicated data, shopper card and household panel data that support compelling stories that spur business recommendations with a preferred expertise on the Kroger data systems of 84.51, On Demand and Circana

Able to educate, apply, and advise on category management best practices

Expected Experience & Required Skills

Experience in CPG industry and experience preferred in Category Leadership/Management (3+ years)

Demonstrated syndicated and panel data knowledge (Circana, Numerator)

Expertise preferred in Kroger data systems of 84.51, On Demand and Circana

Applied project management and training experience with an emphasis on planning skills and the ability to execute with minimal direction

Strong industry and sales knowledge with an emphasis on category and space management

Strong written and oral communication and interpersonal skills

Work Environment & Schedule This position is considered an in‑office role with hybrid flexibility (3 days in office, 2 days from home if desired). Additionally, this role requires ability to work a salaried, exempt schedule to best execute against customer and internal expectations.

Physical Requirements

Willingness to drive and/or travel as needed (up to 10% of time)

Operate a computer and view screens for ~100% of work schedule

Benefits

Physical – Medical, Prescription Drug, Dental, Vision, Screenings/Assessments

Social – Paid Time Off, Company Holidays, Leave of Absence, Flexible Work Arrangements, Recognition, Training

Emotional – Employee Assistance Program, Wellbeing Programs, Family Support Programs

Financial – 401(k), Life, Accidental Death & Dismemberment, Disability

Location Cincinnati Office

Equal Opportunity Kraft Heinz is an Equal Opportunity Employer that prohibits discrimination or harassment of any type. All qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. Applicants who require an accommodation to participate in the job application or hiring process should contact NAZTAOps@kraftheinz.com.

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