CATEGORY MANAGER II

You may know McCormick as a leader in herbs, spices, seasonings, and condiments – and we’re only getting started. At McCormick, we’re always looking for new people to bring their unique flavor to our team.

McCormick employees – all 14,000 of us across the world – are what makes this company a great place to work.

We are looking to hire a Category Manager immediately and will work remotely.   

What We Bring To The Table:

The best people deserve the best rewards. In addition to the benefits you’d expect from a global leader (401k, health insurance, paid time off, etc.) we also offer:

• Competitive compensation

• Career growth opportunities

• Flexibility and Support for Diverse Life Stages and Choices

• Wellbeing programs including Physical, Mental and Financial wellness

• Tuition assistance

POSITION OVERVIEW

This Category Manager II supporting the Geography team is a critical role in the Sales organization, supporting the development of account strategy, particularly in areas of assortment, pricing, shelving. This role will be working with regional grocery customers on our Geography team.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Understanding industry, consumer and category trends and translating those insights into actionable strategic business recommendations to achieve both McCormick and customer goals and objectives
• Providing proactive analysis and shopper insight driven recommendations against all key business drivers, and leading presentations related to category business reviews, assortment & space optimization, promotion & pricing effectiveness, and trade efficiency
• Leveraging all the analytic tools available to identify customer opportunities
• Developing collaborative partnerships with key strategic customers so that McCormick is viewed as the category leader in providing flavor solutions and category recommendations for the categories in which we compete
• Manage and develop analysts on the team

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Sales, Marketing or other related field 
• 6+ years of experience in Sales, Finance, Marketing or Business Management
• 4+ years of experience customer/sales experience, including 2+ years in Category Management
• Strong knowledge of syndicated POS and panel data (IRI, Nielsen, etc.) 
• Familiarity with pricing, promotion and assortment optimization software and experience working with customer-specific data systems (84.51, Symphony RetailAI, dunnhumby, etc.)
• Strong analytic skills and demonstrated ability to translate insights into actionable business recommendations that deliver positive results
• Excellent verbal and written presentation skills, with the ability to analyze and understand the data and then effectively communicate those insights to both internal and external audiences
• Ability to react quickly and complete tasks in a timely manner to meet deadlines
• Ability to work in cross-functional teams, self-motivated and team oriented
• Understanding of Field Sales and Retailer process in business analytics as well as distribution obstacles is a benefit
• Creative problem solving in the dynamic environment as it relates to retail execution

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McCormick & Company is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.

As a general policy, McCormick does not offer employment visa sponsorships upon hire or in the future.