Manager, Category Development - Mississauga, Canada - Energizer Holdings

Description

What you'll love about this job:
Hybrid Opportunity / Opportunity of working in a new cutting-edge operating model / Opportunity for Growth


This is Energizer Holdings, Inc:
Energizer Holdings responsibly creates products to make lives easier and more enjoyable.

To do this, we lean into our culture as an organization - we win together, while serving each other, with a willingness to act boldly, all while doing right.

Our colleagues hail from all backgrounds, nationalities and walks of life, but our shared mission and purpose make us one team.

Because we're a global organization, you will always have opportunities to learn, grow and develop in your career. We support flexible working arrangements wherever possible.


Position Summary:

Responsibilities:

• Direct account responsibility regular ongoing customer facetoface interaction
• Analysis and decision making lead assessment, analysis, & insight generation covering category and supply chain topics
• Partner with customer teams on development of customer specific strategies, programs, and priorities necessary to drive business results, as well as be an active contributor in consensus & forecasting process
• Analyze large quantities of data to help the Supply Chain Team, Demand Planners, and Sales Team make decisions that drive value and identify inventory issues both internally and at the customer
• Own customer category management analytics, leveraging syndicated and customer POS systems and POG execution
• Analyze customer/channel specific data (tied to the 4P's) and use to deliver actionable selling insights back to the Sales organization to drive profitable revenue and forecast accuracy
• The position is the key point of contact with customer's Replenishment & Supply Chain Teams, for all store and DC replenishment issues, strategies, and initiatives to provide analytical support to deliver service levels, forecast accuracy, fine reduction, and customer KPIs.
• Oversee Energizer inventory and service level/instock position to ensure smooth flow of merchandise into and out of DCs, stores and online.
• May perform additional duties as assigned

What we are looking for:

• Bachelors degree required in following areas, Logistics, Supply Chain, Engineering, Business, Organization Effectiveness, or related preferred. MBA is an asset.
• 35 years of category management, customerfacing experience, preferably in a Supply Chain, Category Development, Customer Service, or Sales role(s)
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills including presenting, influencing, and building relationships
• Ability to work in changing environment
• Analytical skills/abilities to analyze data from various systems to get to opportunity/root cause
• Strong people collaboration skills: ability to achieve goals working collaboratively with others
• Excellent oral/presentation and written communication skills
• Experience with JDA, Nielsen/IRI, SAP preferred
• Leadership of sales or category team within CPG industry at traditional retailers preferred but not required

Come join us:

Energizer is an equal opportunity employer, and we prohibit discrimination based on age, color, disability, marital or parental status, veteran status, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other legally protected status in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.