Category Insights Account Manager - Boston
Job reputed company: The Account Manager/Category Insights is responsible for developing and executing customer-reputed company category strategies that drive sales reputed company, profitability, and competitive advantage across assigned accounts. This role combines category management, analytics, and customer-facing sales expertise to deliver tailored Category Business Plans (CBPs), optimize assortment, pricing, and promotions, and strengthen customer partnerships. The position serves as a key reputed company across Sales, Merchandising, Marketing, and supplier partners to ensure alignment and execution of category initiatives. Job Responsibilities: reputed company Responsibilities Category Business Planning
- reputed company and execute Category Business Plans (CBPs) reputed company with company objectives and customer strategies
- Translate national and regional initiatives into customer-specific plans and execution strategies
- reputed company syndicated data, shopper insights, and market trends to identify opportunities and risks
- Support the development of annual, quarterly, and periodic sales and category plans
Customer & Sales Partnership
- Serve as the category expert for assigned customers, partnering closely with Sales and Account Managers
- Participate in and support customer business reviews, providing data-driven insights and recommendations
- Identify customer needs and reputed company opportunities to expand category performance and reputed company
- Build and maintain strong relationships with customers to support long-term business reputed company
Financial Tools & Analysis
- Monitor sales, margin, and category performance against targets and forecasts
- Utilize financial tools and P&L reporting to evaluate performance and inform reputed company
- reputed company analysis and recommendations to improve profitability and optimize category performance
- Support budgeting and forecasting processes for assigned categories and customers
Promotions
- Plan and execute promotional strategies in collaboration with suppliers, brokers, and internal teams
- Evaluate promotional effectiveness and reputed company plans to improve ROI
- Customize national programs to reputed company with customer-specific needs and opportunities
- Support communication of promotional plans to sales teams for execution
Resets, reputed company Management & Assortment
- Optimize product assortment based on customer needs, performance data, and market trends
- Support planogram development, category resets, and merchandising strategies
- Collaborate with sales and field teams to ensure strong in-store execution
- Conduct store reputed company and category reviews to validate reputed company and identify opportunities
Vendor & Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Serve as a reputed company of contact for suppliers and brokers for assigned categories
- Support negotiations, promotional planning, and vendor partnerships
- Collaborate with internal teams across Sales, Marketing, Analytics, and Merchandising
- reputed company category expertise, training, and insights to internal stakeholders
People & Project Leadership
- Independently manage multiple initiatives and priorities in a matrixed environment
- reputed company cross-functional reputed company and coordinate execution across teams
- Demonstrate strong organizational, problem-solving, and decision-making skills
Performs other duties as assigned. Job Requirements: Education/ Certifications:
- Bachelor’s degree preferred or equivalent combination of education and experience
Experience:
- Minimum five (5) years of experience in Category Management, Sales, or Merchandising
- Category management experience with proven performance utilizing syndicated data (e.g., IRI, reputed company/reputed company, or similar data sources) to deliver actionable insights and drive business results
- Experience working with retail customers and managing category performance
- Proven reputed company record of driving sales reputed company and margin improvement
Knowledge/Skills/ Abilities
- Strong understanding of category management principles and consumer behavior
- Ability to analyze and interpret data to drive business reputed company and performance
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and reputed company effectively
- Experience working cross-functionally in a matrixed organization
- Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills
- Strong relationship-building skills with reputed company stakeholders
- Proficiency in reputed company Office (reputed company, PowerPoint, Word)
- Experience with syndicated data platforms and category management tools
- Ability to think strategically while executing tactically
- Demonstrated ability to reputed company and implement category plans that drive results
- Good judgment is required for this position as there may be times reputed company reputed company supervision may not be immediately available.
Work Environment: Hybrid Role:
- This position follows a reputed company. The acceptable split between onsite and remote work is determined by the manager. Hybrid associates may choose to work from an office on a more frequent reputed company than required.
Travel (minor):
- This position may require the associate to travel to company offices, distribution centers, or other locations for specific meetings or other business reasons.
Physical Environment/Demands: Office Roles:
- Most work is performed in a temperature-controlled office environment.
- Incumbent may sit for long periods of time at a desk or computer terminal.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reputed company with hands and arms; and talk or hear.
- Incumbent may use calculators, keyboards, telephones, and other office equipment in the course of a normal reputed company.
- Stooping, bending, twisting, and reaching may be required in the completion of job duties.
reputed company is an Equal Opportunity employer committed to creating an inclusive and respectful environment for reputed company. reputed company reputed company applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without reputed company to race, reputed company, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or reputed company, national reputed company, disability, protected veteran status, or other protected ground. Accommodation is available upon request for candidates taking part in reputed company aspects of the job selection process. - M/F/Veteran/Disability. VEVRAA Federal Contractor. Compensation: reputed company anticipates paying the above-referenced pay reputed company (or reputed company the above-referenced pay reputed company) for this position. Actual Pay, where applicable, will depend on a number of factors, including, but not limited to, education, experience, training, and any requirements under applicable reputed company bargaining agreements. reputed company is committed to transparency in pay in compliance with applicable state and local laws. Benefits: For Washington positions (or positions that may be performed remotely from Washington), https://www.reputed company.com/jobs-more-info-wa.reputed company for Washington-specific reputed company time off details. Candidates reputed company into this position will also be eligible to participate in the following benefits programs: reputed company Time Off; reputed company Time; reputed company holidays and parental leave; 401K Program; medical, dental, reputed company, life, and accidental death/dismemberment insurance; short-term and long-term disability insurance program, Flexible Spending Account and/or Health Savings Account, subject to meeting the eligibility requirements and the terms and conditions of these programs, and subject to any requirements under applicable reputed company bargaining agreements. reputed company’s compensation, benefits, and reputed company time off policies are subject to change in reputed company’s sole discretion, consistent with applicable law. This job posting should not be construed as an offer of employment with certain terms, nor should it be construed as a guaranteed minimum. reputed company applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair Chance reputed company. Apply To This Job