Manager, Category - Regions

Overview

Dreaming big is in our DNA. It’s who we are as a company. It’s our culture. It’s our heritage. And more than ever, it’s our future. A future where we’re always looking forward. Always serving up new ways to meet life’s moments. A future where we keep dreaming bigger. We look for people with passion, talent, and curiosity, and provide them with the teammates, resources and opportunities to unleash their full potential.

The power we create together – when we combine your strengths with ours – is unstoppable. Are you ready to join a team that dreams as big as you do?

SALARY: $125,600-$149,150, bonus and long-term incentive eligible

COMPANY:

Michelob ULTRA. Cutwater Spirits. Budweiser. Kona Brewing Co. Stella Artois. Bud Light. That’s right, over 100 of America’s most loved brands, to be exact. But there’s so much more to us than our top-notch portfolio of beers, seltzers, and more. We are powered by a 19,000-strong team that shares our passion to create a future with more cheers. We look for people with talent, curiosity, and commitment and provide the teammates, resources and opportunities to unleash their full potential.

The power we create together – when we combine your strengths with ours – is unstoppable. Are you ready to join a team that dreams as big as you do?

We are growing! We are looking for a Category Manager with a passion for the Beer Industry. This position will work in a team environment with a focus on leading to team in developing insights, finding opportunities, and communicating recommendations to lead future industry growth to our partners external retail customers. Searching for an individual who takes ownership of their work and always pushes themselves and others to reach higher and achieve more.

• Build strong relationship with retailer as trusted Category advisor across all areas of the Beer business
• Develop impactful category analyses and consumer insights using a range of syndicated and non-syndicated data sources
• Synthesize learnings from various sources to create clear and impactful selling stories in a visually appealing manner using Power Point
• Optimally educate internal teammates and external customers on growth opportunities through clear and impactful communications
• Partner with Sales team to engage external retailer buying team in defined territories with goal of identifying opportunities to grow the Beer category
• Use space planning software to effectively merchandise the beer department according to category and retailer strategy

• Strong passion for the Beer industry
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Computer Science, Information Management, Engineering, Mathematics or similar field highly preferred
• Advanced proficiency using Microsoft Excel to manipulate and organize data
• Moderate to Sophisticated proficiency using Microsoft PowerPoint to organize and visualize the story line for presentations
• Ability to understand information, develop insights and find opportunities when analyzing large data sets
• Ability to translate findings and recommendations into a concise and effective selling story
• Ability to confidently present insights, opportunities and recommendations to internal or external stakeholders in a persuasive manner
• Strong verbal and written communication skills

• Category Management or Sales experience in consumer packaged goods industry
• Strong familiarity with syndicated data, software, and measures (Circana/IRI, Nielsen, etc.)
• Strong familiarity with shopper panel information data, software and measures (Numerator, Circana/IRI, Nielsen, Info Scout, Retailer Loyalty data, etc.)
• Experience with dashboarding software such as Power
  
  BI, Qlik, Tableau, or Spotfire
• Shelf management and planograms creation experience (JDA, Apollo, etc.)
• Positive Attitude
• Self-starter who will take ownership of work and drive results
• Strong analytical and organizational skills with high attention to detail
• Team-Oriented
• Strong verbal and written communication skills

At Anheuser-Busch, our purpose is to create a future with more cheers. For more than 165 years, we have delivered a legacy of brewing great-tasting,…