Reporting to the Vice President of Category Leadership, you will improve category MAPS at the customer, build strong relationships with key decision makers to present category development plans, and collaborate with headquarter Category Leadership, Business Development, and Business Planning teams to develop impactful category strategies. You will manage new item presentation development and ensure shelving execution that is category-friendly, while identifying opportunities to strengthen competitive advantage and elevate Conagra Brands’ presence with the customer.

• Oversee the customer interface at the category level, focusing on driving customer and company sales and profits
• Partner with sales, marketing, insights, retail effectiveness, and other category leadership resources to implement category programs
• Be an expert in Category Leadership tools and capabilities
• Master customer loyalty card data to uncover actionable insights
• Lead category strategy and review meetings with customers and support brand-based Category Leadership programs
• Develop tools to diagnose new category opportunities
• Identify opportunity gaps and build compelling cases and sales stories to close them
• Provide consumer and category input during customer joint business planning (JBP) to refine plan elements
• Enhance field sales capability to leverage insights effectively
• Monitor industry trends and competitive activity to identify opportunities for improved market advantage
• Improve shelf position for brands while maintaining a shopper- and category-first approach

• Bachelor’s Degree required
• 5+ years of related CPG industry category management experience in sales or a combination of sales and syndicated data experience (IRI/Circana, Nielsen)
• Strong presentation and negotiation skills
• Experience in data integration and interpretation
• Project management expertise
• Proven success in flexing across multiple workstreams

Compensation: 

Pay Range:$107,000-$156,000

The annual salary listed above is the expected offering for this position. An employee’s actual annual salary will be based on but not limited to: location, relevant experience/level and skillset, while balancing internal Conagra employees’ equity. Conagra Brands will comply with applicable law regarding minimum salaries for exempt employees.

Our Benefits:

We care about your total well-being and will support you with the following, subject to your location and role:

• Health: Comprehensive healthcare plans, wellness incentive program, mental wellbeing support and fitness reimbursement
• Wealth: Great pay, bonus incentive opportunity, matching 401(k) and stock purchase plan
• Growth: Career development opportunities, employee resource groups, on-demand learning and tuition reimbursement
• Balance: Paid-time off, parental leave, flexible work-schedules (subject to your location and role) and volunteer opportunities

Our Company:

At Conagra Brands, we have a rich heritage of making great food. We aspire to have the most impactful, energized and inclusive culture in food. As a member of our 18,000+ person team across 40+ locations, you are empowered to reach your potential, make an impact and own your career. We're in the business of building champions – within our people and our iconic brands like Birds Eye ®, Slim Jim® and Reddi-Wip®.

Our focus on innovation extends beyond making great food, it also reflects our commitment to embracing new solutions that positively impact our team, the communities we serve and the health of our planet. Foodies Welcome.

Conagra Brands is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, ethnic or national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, pregnancy, leave status, disability, veteran status, genetic information and/or any other characteristic or status protected by national, federal, state or local law. Reasonable accommodation may be made upon request.