Job Description

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Category Development Manager
An Opportunity you Do-Nut want to miss!
To become the world's greatest baker, we need the world's greatest team members
Summary
The Category Development Manager (Vendor Advisor), will be primarily responsible for analyzing data and providing unbiased insights and recommendations to Kroger USA, to optimize total category performance with a specific focus on Seasonal Rotations.
The incumbent will work in collaboration with all the Kroger Category Managers to identify seasonal assortment opportunities across the entire In-store Bakery. The goal is to drive Kroger's share of Seasonal rotations by delivering insight-based recommendations on assortments while building analytic solutions to deliver expert category knowledge on performance, innovation, market insights and trends by leveraging both POS and consumer data.
What FGF Offers:

• FGF believes in Home Grown Talent, accelerated career growth with leadership training, and unleashing your potential.
• Competitive Compensation, Health & Welfare Benefits including Vision & Dental, and flexible options at competitive premiums.
• 401 (k) matching program
• Discount program - Restaurants, gyms, shopping, etc.
• Tuition reimbursement

Primary Responsibilities

• Provides expert category knowledge on performance, innovation, market insights, trends and shopper and consumer insights
• Creates on-going reporting (weekly / monthly / quarterly) to track and interpret performance while drawing insights that lead to actionable category development recommendations
• Works closely and builds trusted partnership with Kroger Category Managers to provide objective recommendations that reinforce your category expertise while identifying opportunities for continuous improvement on how Kroger Wins the Season
• Provides regional recommendations to capitalize on unique opportunities within pockets of the country under the various Kroger Corporate retail banners
• Presents recommendations to Kroger that optimize seasonal category performance
• Collaborate with Kroger Category Managers to establish and measure performance of assortment and flow to maximize sales against all Kroger identified seasons
• Identify assortment opportunities, shelf (or table) space allocations and adjacency recommendations of planograms
• Provide postmortems and tracking of programs, including seasonal programs that lead to future recommendations
• Leverages the insight rich 84.51 platform in combination with external information sources, Circana, Numerator, Custom research tools, to establish clear and concise reporting across all levels of the Kroger Organization utilizing and implementing advanced analytic reporting capabilities
• Respects the confidentiality of Kroger Category Advisor-ship and competitive data

Required Experience

• Demonstrated ability in sales analytics, category management to formulate recommendations
• Minimum 5 years CPG experience
• Superb communication skills.
• An incredible attention to detail, especially as it relates to data accuracy
• A high-level expert in all Microsoft Office Suite tools, particularly Excel and PowerPoint
• Strong proficiency to pull data within the 84.51/Stratum platform, Circana and Numerator
• Proven high level of expertise in 84.51/Stratum and managing significant amounts of data
• Proven expertise in building user-friendly tools and reports that help bring data to life
• Ability to distill vast amounts of data into critical business insights
• Previous experience in presenting complex analytics to a senior level audience
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment with flexibility and tolerance of change
• Embrace our corporate values of speed, change and uncertainty while driving profitable growth
• Education - Bachelor's Degree Required

What is the recipe for a great career at FGF?
Working at FGF Brands, there is never a dull moment! FGF is a leading North American bakery company with facilities across the USA and Canada with a specialized focus across all key bakery categories, including naan, muffins, croissants, donuts, cakes, artisan breads, and flatbreads.
As an innovative company that is continually growing, there is always challenging yet rewarding work to be a part of. We have an entrepreneurial spirit that encourages all our Team Members to use their creativity and out-of-the-box thinking to come up with solutions and new ideas.
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