As a leader in the science of nutrition, Nestlé Health Science believes in empowering healthier lives for patients and consumers through a rich product portfolio featuring top brands such as Garden of Life®, Nature’s Bounty®, Vital Proteins®, Nuun®, Persona Nutrition®, BOOST®, Carnation Breakfast Essentials®, Peptamen®, Compleat Organic Blends®, and more, as well as through Aimmune Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company developing therapies to prevent, manage and treat food, GI and metabolic-related diseases.

Our team members are challenged to make a genuine impact and play an integral role in driving the business forward. We embrace a dynamic culture that always puts the consumer first, and where ownership, accountability and agility are celebrated at every level. To help our people thrive, we offer expansive career growth potential, the opportunity to work alongside and learn from talented colleagues with diverse backgrounds and skill sets, and a range of best-in-class benefits.

We have more than 11,000 employees around the world, and products available in over 140 countries.

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​Position Summary:

The Senior Manager of Category Platform, as a senior leader in customer strategy, develops and deploys category platform strategy in the vitamin and supplement space. To be successful, the Senior Manager collaborates with Marketing, Sales, Promotion, Finance, and more on category strategy and initiatives that will drive category growth. Additionally, this leader is responsible for the development, maintenance, and deployment of rolling 3-year category strategy roadmap. In reviewing trends, marketplace assessments, category, consumer and shopper analysis reviews and stakeholder interviews, the Senior Manager will produce a situation assessment with key learnings, implications, and recommendations.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop the Category Strategy & Roadmap (by channel) based on internal and external analysis, feedback from customer partners, and the annual commercial planning process.
• Develop strategic category direction, best practices from customers/account teams and quantitative feedback.
• Provides strategic direction into the overall commercial plan using the planning processes.
• Collaborate cross functionality in the development and deployment of strategic initiatives related to the category.
• Customer category strategies through joint business plan and a Category First approach.
• Achieves high priority targets within the assigned commercial spend budgets.
• Utilize knowledge of Customer Best Practice and Market Intelligence.
• Development of key category selling strategies.

Minimum Requirements:

• 8+ years’ experience Sales, Sales Planning, Marketing, Category Management and/or CPG.
• Bachelor's degree in business or related field required, MBA a plus.
• Experience in turning Category/Channel/ Shopper trends and shopper Insight into actionable ideas.
• Proficient in MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, Power Point, etc.)

Preferred Skills:

• Knowledge of interrelationship of key functions and their key initiatives (Sales, Marketing, Finance, HR, Supply Chain, Technical and Globe & IS/IT).
• Demonstrated knowledge of business driving technology solutions (i.e. Nielsen, BW, Source) and internal/external industry insights and trends.
• Knowledge of core Business Processes and Fundamentals (Sales/Distribution, Customer Planning and Managing, Financial Reporting, Training, HR Policies, Integrated Commercial Planning, Management and Leadership Principles).
• Deep understanding of the assigned Customer and how to develop demand creation plans.
• Understand the value of listening to customers, gaining insights and moving objectives forward.

Requisition ID: 268480

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​The approximate pay range for this position is $140,000.00 to $160,000.00. Please note that the pay range provided is a good faith estimate for the position at the time of posting. Final compensation may vary based on factors including but not limited to knowledge, skills and abilities as well as geographic location.

Nestlé offers performance-based incentives and a competitive total rewards package, which includes a 401k with company match, healthcare coverage and a broad range of other benefits.  Incentives and/or benefit packages may vary depending on the position. Learn more at About Us | Nestlé Careers (nestlejobs.com)

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