Category Management Trainer & Instructional Designer (CPG)

Acosta

$80K — $95K *
Retail & Consumer Goods
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • High School Diploma/GED required; Bachelor's Degree preferred.
  • 3+ years of relevant work experience in a related role.
  • Preferred Category Management Certification.
  • Deep knowledge of the CPG industry, category management principles, and shopper insights.
  • Strong proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, and Power BI; familiarity with Circana/IRI and NielsenIQ is preferable.

Responsibilities

  • Analyze complex performance data to offer proactive business recommendations across the 4-Ps (product, pricing, promotion, placement).
  • Translate complex data into clear, actionable business stories connecting analysis to client goals and retailer strategies.
  • Lead the category review process, aligning cross-functional teams around business questions and measurable actions.
  • Build executive-ready presentations that leverage various data sources to influence client decisions and drive engagement.
  • Monitor client KPIs and provide insights and scorecards that validate progress against business objectives.
  • Collaborate closely with clients and internal teams to ensure insights are actionable and aligned with execution plans.
  • Summarize analysis results and create materials that highlight the value of insights-led recommendations.

Benefits

  • Hybrid work model requiring in-office attendance 3 days a week.
Full Job Description
Job Description

This is a #hybrid position, working in the office 3 days a week.

You will serve as the strategic insights partner transforming category, shopper, syndicated, POS, and retailer data into actionable recommendations that drive growth. Partner with cross-functional teams to deliver advanced analytics and business insights that influence assortment, pricing, promotion, distribution, shelving, sales, market share, and profitability decisions. Leverage data-driven storytelling to identify opportunities, improve performance, and support profitable business outcomes.

Responsibilities

  • Analyze complex category, shopper, syndicated, POS, retailer, and internal performance data to diagnose business performance and provide thoughtful, proactive recommendations across the 4-Ps (product, pricing, promotion, placement).


  • Translate complex datainto clear, compelling business stories that connect analytical findings to client priorities, retailer strategies, category implications, and actionable growth recommendations.


  • Lead the category review process from discovery through recommendation delivery, aligning cross-functional partners around clear business questions, insight-backed solutions, and measurable next steps.


  • Build executive-ready presentations and category narratives using syndicated, shopper, retailer, POS, and other data sources to influence client decisions, support customer engagement, and translate analysis into measurable business outcomes.


  • Understand your client's KPIs that drive profit, sales, share, distribution, and category growth; deliver scorecards, reporting, and recommendations that validate progress and identify risks or opportunities.


  • Work closely and often with clients, business managers, sales teams, category management, customer teams, and internal stakeholders to become a trusted advisor and align insights, recommendations, and execution plans.


  • Provide follow-up and summarize results of analysis; create case studies, success stories, and recap materials that demonstrate the value of insights-led recommendations and support future client engagement.

  • Proactively identify performance drivers, opportunity gaps, risks, and prioritized actions across assortment, pricing, promotion, shelving, distribution, and retailer execution.


Qualifications

Education Requirements:
  • High School Diploma/GED, Bachelor's Degree (preferred)


  • Related work experience can be substituted for the educational requirement


  • Category Management Certification Preferred


Work Experience Requirements:

  • 3+ years related work experience


Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Requirements:

  • Deep working knowledge of the CPG industry, including category management principles, syndicated and retailer data sources, shopper insights, sales drivers, and customer dynamics.


  • Proficiency with industry tools and data sources used to complete assigned work, including syndicated, shopper, POS, retailer, and internal performance data.


  • Strong storytelling capability with the ability to synthesize multiple data sources, simplify complex analysis, identify the "so what," and deliver concise, executive-ready narratives that influence decisions and drive action.


  • Demonstrate an advanced degree of proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, and Power BI as needed; experience with Circana/IRI, NielsenIQ, retailer portals, and AI-enabled productivity tools preferred.


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