Category Manager

At Saputo, our best comes from our people. We're a talented and caring team with a longstanding history of excellence.Since our first days delivering cheese on a bicycle, we've grown into a leading global dairy processor by staying true to the culture that defines us. Each of our employees is committed to uphold our tradition of care, quality, and passion through food, and together, we foster an environment where we can all make contributions that matter-from our manufacturing plants to our office locations and everywhere in-between.

At Saputo Dairy USA, the marketing and category management function seeks to build, reinforce, and monetize competitive advantages to maximize long-term profit. The category manager has responsibility for a product/category portfolio and works cross-functionally across all levels of the organization to create, influence, and implement strategies, initiatives, and key decisions which increase profit and accelerate growth.

How you will make contributions that matter

• EBITDA for assigned categories per budget.
• Manage category budget P&L in conjunction with the category Director.
• Manage the short/medium-term execution plan for key initiatives.
• Manage category portfolio from product introduction to commercialization, renovation and rationalization.
• Use understanding of external market dynamics (consumer trends, customer needs, competitive actions, and input costs) and their link to internal capabilities to recommend updates to category strategy.
• Be a product category expert: Gather, research, synthesize, and leverage insights to support a data-driven point of view and develop recommendations for performance improvement and customer development.
• In conjunction with category Director, develop and present high-level and detailed plans for your assigned categories; listen to leadership and teams across the organization and recommend ways to influence cross functional partners.
• Influence category decisions, such as product choice, pricing, and initiative prioritization.
• Use category knowledge and insights to recommend ways to overcome project roadblocks.
• Recommend improvements to processes, capabilities and tools.

You are best suited for the role if you

• Have 3-5 years of experience in product management, food and/or beverage preferred.
• Have a bachelor's degree in marketing, related field or equivalent experience (MBA preferred).
• Have experience in brand or product management (basic understanding of consumer and category marketing/insights concepts and terminology required).
• Have excellent presentation and influencing skills.
• Enjoy strategic and analytical work.
• Can demonstrate a history of project management with meticulous attention to detail.

We support and care for our employees by providing them with

• Development opportunities that enhance you career fulfillment.
• Meaningful compensation & benefits that help you care for your family.
• Opportunities to contribute to your community and enhance the lives of others through Saputo products.

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Saputo is among the top three cheese producers in the USA and one of the largest producers of extended shelf-life and cultured dairy products. We have a diversified product portfolio with well-known retail brands, such as Friendship Dairies, Frigo Cheese, Montchevre, Stella and Treasure Cave, and a strong foodservice presence, partnering with chain restaurants and broadline distributors. Thanks to our countrywide footprint and national and international distribution networks, we're proud to bring our best to our customers and, consumers and have plenty of opportunities for our employees to grow in their own way. And we do it while also striving to build a healthier future for our people and the communities where we operate, guided by our values and the Saputo Promise. To learn more about Saputo in the USA, please click here. (http://saputo.com/en/our-products/usa-sector)

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