Job Details:
Role Summary:
Tyson Foods is looking for a Customer Category Manager to serve as the Category Advisor for one of our strategic retailers across our Refrigerated portfolio. This role leads category strategy and delivers data-driven insights, providing independent guidance to the customer to drive profitable growth for both the retailer and Tyson’s portfolio of top performing brands.
Responsibilities include:
- Serve as a trusted advisor to our strategic retailer partners for category management needs at the national and divisional level
- Analyze category, shopper, and competitive data utilizing syndicated data (IRI/NielsenIQ) to identify growth opportunities and inform category strategies
- Develop and deliver actionable insights that influence assortment, pricing, promotion, and shelving decisions leveraging data from multiple sources
- Translate complex data into clear, compelling recommendations for both internal teams and customer partners
- Lead customer-facing presentations, line reviews, and business updates to drive alignment and growth initiatives with cross-functional partners
- Provide ongoing reporting and scorecards to our strategic retailer partners and Tyson sales team members to monitor key goals (KPIs) and initiatives
- Play a part in driving Tyson’s Category Management & Analytics team performance, development, and impact through socialization of best practices and perspective with team members in formal and informal forums.
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Data Analytics or related field
- 5+ years in Category Management supporting grocery or mass retailers
- Experience with fast-moving CPG brands or grocery industry
- Technical skills in Excel and PowerPoint. Power BI and Power Query a plus.
- Exceptional communication skills – verbal, written and presentation.
- Willingness to travel 10-25% of the time for customer meetings and internal meetings (varies based on location relative to customer).
Preferred Qualifications:
- Previous experience as a Category Advisor or Category Captain
- Advanced technical skills to handle the complexities of a strategic retailer with national and divisional level requests
- Strong storytelling skills – ability to tell the story with the data in a digestible way
- Positive, proactive, agile and able to manage multiple projects simultaneously
Role Impact:
This role plays a critical part in shaping category strategy with our strategic retailers by bridging insights with execution—driving wins for the customer, the shopper, and the business. Success is measured by the ability to influence decisions, strengthen partnerships, and deliver tangible category growth.
Relocation Assistance Eligible:
Yes
Work Shift:
1ST SHIFT (United States of America)
Pay Range/Rate:
$102,000.00 - $170,000.00
Incentives:
Yes
Long-Term Incentive Plan:
No
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