ASSISTANT CATEGORY MANAGER I – Fruit Snacks, Dessert, and Bars

Job description

Serve as a buyer of a discrete, smaller category with ultimate sign-off from the category manager (CM). Assist category managers with the tactical work in building assortments, managing KOMPASS process, executing pricing/promotions, and gathering/analyzing data. Demonstrate the company's core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion, and safety. - Make recommendations on assortment/plan-o-grams for a smaller category area of responsibility, including potential adds/deletes, and engage CM as needed for perspective and final sign-off - Manage data analysis and day-to-day communication with vendors, 84.51 and Our Brands, and divisions for discrete area; ensure all inputs are gathered in a timely and comprehensive manner - Validate local requests with data analysis and align on jointly-defined KPIs with the division - Support plan-o-gram process, including organizing templates and PCOE communications - Monitor SKU performance on an ongoing assortment to meet financial and strategic goals; establish feedback loop with CM to inform of potential adjustments - Make recommendations on category budgets, forecasts, and plans; identify trends in business and competitive land...