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Category Manager

Nissin Foods

Gardena, California, United States

(on-site)

Posted 9 days ago

Job Type

Full-Time

Salary

$130,000.00 - $165,000.00

Salary - Type

Yearly Salary

Job Function

Other

Description

Nissin Foods

Role Overview

Note: This position is a REMOTE position.

The Category Manager plays a critical role in driving fact-based selling and category growth with key retail partners. This individual will leverage POS, shopper, and syndicated data to develop actionable insights that influence assortment, pricing, promotion, shelving, and innovation decisions.

This role requires strong analytical skills, business acumen, and the ability to translate data into compelling customer-facing stories. The ideal candidate has 35 years of CPG experience in category management, sales analytics, and/or shopper insights.

Key Responsibilities

1. Category & Shopper Insights

Analyze POS and shopper data (e.g., Circana, retailer portals such as Scintilla or 84.51°)

Identify trends in velocity, distribution, price gaps, and promotional performance with a retailer lens

Develop insights on shopper behavior, switching, and cross-purchase dynamics

Monitor competitive activity and emerging category trends

2. Retailer-Focused Storytelling

Build customer-ready presentations grounded in data and insights

Support line reviews, assortment decisions, and new item launches

Partner with Sales to develop fact-based selling materials

Translate analytics into actionable recommendations

3. Revenue Growth Support

Support pricing and promotional analyses

Evaluate base vs promoted volume

Analyze price gaps and competitive positioning

Contribute to post-event and assortment performance reviews

4. Cross-Functional Collaboration

Partner with Sales, RGM, Supply Chain, and Marketing

Ensure alignment between category insights and go-to-market strategies

Support innovation forecasting and distribution tracking

Qualifications

35 years of experience in CPG category management, sales analytics, or shopper insights

Strong experience with syndicated data (Circana preferred)

Experience using retailer portals (e.g., Walmart Scintilla, Kroger 84.51°) preferred

Advanced Excel skills (pivot tables, lookups, data modeling)

Power BI experience a plus

Experience building PowerPoint presentations for external audiences

Strong communication and storytelling skills

Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment

Experience preparing for line reviews or joint business planning meetings

Familiarity with assortment analytics and space optimization concepts

Comfort working in ambiguous environments and building new processes

What Success Looks Like

Delivers clear, insight-led customer presentations

Identifies growth opportunities within 90 days

Improves fact-based selling effectiveness

Builds strong partnerships with Sales teams

Demonstrates increasing ownership of category strategy

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Job ID: 82713184

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