Category Manager

Job Overview:

Category Manager – 7-Eleven and Regional Convenience East Coast Customers

Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP) is looking for a highly motivated, analytically minded professional to join its Convenience Store Channel supporting our 7-Eleven Business and Regional Convenience East Coast Customers.

The Category Manager plays a valuable role in building a strong partnership by providing strategic, consultative category guidance to deliver market leading growth across KDP beverage categories. This individual will conduct high quality analysis and synthesize multiple data sources to generate insights and actionable recommendations, while leveraging effective communication & influencing skills to orchestrate action within key customer decision makers.

This role is located Frisco, TX with up to 25% travel

• Develop and cultivate business relationships with key contacts that establish KDP as the indispensable partner for all category management needs
• Deliver fully integrated consumer, shopper, category and marketplace insights and trends to guide strategic choices and tactical executions
• Conduct robust analysis using research, category management capabilities, analytical tools, and data visualization to identify and communicate business opportunities or challenges
• Collaborate with multiple internal cross-functional teams and the customer to connect business opportunities and develop both strategic and tactical solutions
• Plan and execute planogram and assortment reviews
• Provide category management reporting, trend analysis, customized reports, and special project work for the KDP cross functional team and for key customer stakeholders
• Leverage critical thinking and problem-solving skills to recognize and anticipate issues and opportunities by elevating analysis beyond reporting and translating insight into retail action
• Serve as the expert on all things category to cross-functional team members

• Building Strategic Work Relationships
  - Developing and using collaborative relationships to facilitate the accomplishment of work goals
• Building Trust
  - Interacting with others in a way that gives them confidence in one’s intentions and those of the organization
• Communication
  - Clearly conveying information and ideas through a variety of media to individuals or groups in a manner that engages the audience and helps them understand and retain the message
• Decision Making
  - Identifying and understanding issues, problems, and opportunities; comparing data from different sources to draw conclusions; using effective approaches for choosing a course of action or developing appropriate solutions; taking action that is consistent with available facts, constraints, and probable consequences
• Planning and Organization
  - Establishing courses of action for self and others to ensure that work is completed efficiently
• Continuous Learning
  - Actively identifying new areas for learning; regularly creating and taking advantage of learning opportunities; using newly gained knowledge and skill on the job and learning through their application
• Innovation
  - Generating innovative solutions in work situations; trying different and novel ways to deal with work problems and opportunities
• Tenacity
  - Staying with a position or plan of action until the desired objective is obtained or is no longer reasonably attainable
• · Work Standards
  - Setting high standards of performance for self and others; assuming responsibility and accountability for successfully completing assignments or tasks; self-imposing standards of excellence rather than having standards imposed

• Salary range $96,800 - $125,000
• Actual placement within the compensation range may vary depending on experience, skills, and other factors
• Benefits, subject to…