Category Manager

Small Format Category Manager

Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP) is looking for a highly motivated, analytically minded professional to join its impactful Small Format Category Management team. Small Format comprises of Convenience, Drug and Dollar retailers. This role has high exposure to leadership at KDP.

The Category Manager plays a strategic role in building a strong partnership with Small Format retailers by providing strategic, consultative category guidance to deliver market leading growth for the Keurig Dr Pepper portfolio inclusive of the beverage and snacking categories. This individual will conduct high quality analysis and synthesize multiple data sources to generate insights and actionable recommendations, while leveraging effective communication & influencing skills to orchestrate action within the operational realities of the retail environment.

Location : This role can be based in our Frisco, TX or Nashville, TN office and will have a hybrid schedule (3 days in the office and 2 days work from home on a weekly basis)

What You Will Do :

• Develop and cultivate business relationships with key retailer contacts that establish KDP as the indispensable partner for all category management needs
• Deliver fully integrated consumer, shopper, category and marketplace insights and trends to guide key account's strategic choices and tactical executions, to drive market leading growth for the short and long term
• Conduct robust analysis using research, category management capabilities, analytical tools, and data visualization to identify and communicate business opportunities or challenges
• Penetrate and collaborate with multiple internal cross-functional teams and the customer to connect business opportunities and develop both strategic and tactical solutions
• Plan and execute planogram and assortment reviews with key account merchant teams
• Provide category management reporting, trend analysis, customized reports, and special project work directly to the key account merchant teams
• Leverage critical thinking and problem-solving skills to recognize and anticipate issues and opportunities by elevating analyses beyond reporting and translate insight into retail action
• Serve as the expert on all things category to cross-functional team members

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Company Overview :

Keurig Dr Pepper (NASDAQ : KDP) is a leading beverage company in North America, with a portfolio of more than 125 owned, licensed and partner brands and powerful distribution capabilities to provide a beverage for every need, anytime, anywhere. We operate with a differentiated business model and world-class brand portfolio, powered by a talented and engaged team that is anchored in our values. We work with big, exciting beverage brands and the #1 single-serve coffee brewing system in North America at KDP, and we have fun doing it! Together, we have built a leading beverage company in North America offering hot and cold beverages together at scale. Whatever your area of expertise, at KDP you can be a part of a team that's proud of its brands, partnerships, innovation, and growth. Will you join us? We strive to be an employer of choice, providing a culture and opportunities that empower our team of ~29,000 employees to grow and develop. We offer robust benefits to support your health and wellness as well as your personal and financial well-being. We also provide employee programs designed to enhance your professional growth and development, while ensuring you feel valued, inspired and appreciated at work.Keurig Dr Pepper is an equal opportunity employer and recruits qualified applicants and advances in employment its employees without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, disability or association with a person with a disability, medical condition, genetic information, ethnic or national origin, marital status, veteran status, or any other status protected by law.