eCommerce Category Development Manager
Parsippany, NJ (Hybrid)
Posted 3 weeks ago
Job Description
About the Role:
We have a current opening for a eCommerce Category Development Manager and are actively reviewing applications.
This role is Hybrid, with the candidates based in either Parsippany, NJ or Bentonville, AR reporting to the VP of Category Management.
Main Responsibilities:
- Maintain and communicate Ferrero’s strategy for growing Sweet Packaged Food categories in eCommerce, leveraging digital-optimized frameworks including taxonomy, digital planograms, filtering logic, shopper navigation, and content best practices.
- Translate Category Management annual and long-term priorities into actionable eCommerce and omnichannel growth initiatives.
- Act as an advisor during joint business planning sessions with key customers to identify opportunities to drive category growth within the Confections, Spreads, and Cookie categories.
- Partner with account teams and cross-functional stakeholders, including Sales, Shopper Insights, Brand Marketing, Trade Marketing, eCommerce, and Revenue Growth Management, to develop and execute category growth strategies.
- Present category reviews, business insights, and growth recommendations to internal and external stakeholders.
- Leverage syndicated data, ePOS, shopper insights, customer data, digital shelf analytics, and research to identify category trends, shopper behaviors, competitive dynamics, whitespace opportunities, and actionable growth recommendations.
- Develop and maintain category performance scorecards, tracking digital shelf health, search visibility, online availability, conversion, ratings and reviews, and overall category performance.
- Leverage digital shopper behavior and omnichannel insights to inform assortment, shelving, merchandising, pricing, and promotional recommendations across retail channels.
- Identify opportunities to increase online category penetration and enhance the digital shopping experience across platforms and retailers.
- Build and strengthen strategic partnerships with customer teams, establishing Ferrero as a trusted category advisor.
- Monitor leading indicators and market trends to proactively identify growth opportunities and potential business risks.
- Shape the organization’s digital category management capabilities through the development of tools, measurement frameworks, best practices, and playbooks.
About You:
- 7+ years relevant experience required, CPG Foods experience is preferred
- Bachelor’s degree in a business/marketing discipline required; MBA a plus
- Prior eCommerce role required; Category Management experience preferred
- Syndicated data required; ePOS and Customer Data (Scintilla, 8451) experience preferred
- Digital Shelf data experience preferred (e.g. Profitero, Scintilla)
- Interpersonal skills to interface effectively with the necessary internal and external stakeholders, building solid relationships and customer influencing skills
- Strategic and proactive thinking to develop category strategies and translate them into distribution, shelving, pricing and merchandising objectives
- Solid MS Office skills, especially Excel & PowerPoint, and Storytelling capabilities to translate data & insights into selling narratives
- Management presentation competencies to effectively present key category insights to senior leadership
- Global mindset; desire to build a successful career with a growing global company
- Excellent written, oral and presentation skills
- 25% Travel required for customer meetings and industry events
Artificial Intelligence Disclosure
As part of our recruitment process, Ferrero may use artificial intelligence (AI) enabled tools to assist with reviewing candidate applications. These tools are used solely to support recruiters by summarizing application information and identifying potential alignment with job requirements. AI does not independently screen out or select candidates, and it does not replace human judgment. Final decisions regarding candidate progression are always made by Ferrero recruiters and hiring managers.
What We Offer:
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The base compensation range for this position is $166,000.00 - $208,000.00. Actual compensation will be determined based on experience, qualifications, and other job-related factors permitted by law. This range represents the anticipated salary for this position at this time.
In addition to base salary, we offer a comprehensive benefits package, including health insurance, retirement plans, paid time off, and other benefits.
About Ferrero:
Ferrero began its journey in the small town of Alba in Piedmont, Italy, in 1946. Today, it is one of the world’s largest sweet-packaged food companies, with many iconic brands sold in countries all over the world. Find out more about Ferrero at ferrero.com.
DE&I at Ferrero:
Ferrero is committed to building a diverse and inclusive culture in which all employees feel welcomed and appreciated and have the same opportunities. We believe all our people are equally talented in their own way. In nurturing the curiosity and natural abilities of our employees, we provide them, generation after generation, the means to succeed personally and professionally, enabling them to craft their journey at Ferrero. The diversity of our talents is what makes our work environment multicultural, innovative, and highly rewarding.
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Ferrero is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable human rights laws. Ferrero will recruit, hire, train, and promote all persons without regard to race, creed, color, sex (including pregnancy, gender, sexual orientation, and gender identity), religion, national origin or ancestry, age, disability, or history of disability (except where physical or mental abilities are a bona fide occupational requirement and the individual is not able to perform the essential functions of the position even with reasonable accommodations), citizenship, or any other protected characteristic.
Ferrero will accommodate the needs of applicants with disabilities throughout all stages of the selection process. If you need accommodation during the recruitment process, please advise the People & Organization (HR) Representative. Information relating to the need for accommodation and accommodation measures will be addressed confidentially.
Ferrero
Founded in 1946 by Pietro and Giovanni Ferrero, the Ferrero Group is a family-owned business in its third generation. It has been built by talented people who share a commitment towards continuous improvement to achieve the highest quality and care. This same commitment is put into everything we do for our consumers and characterizes the environment in which we operate.Some of the world’s most iconic confectionery products come from Ferrero, including Nutella®, Tic Tac®, Ferrero Rocher®, and Kinder Surprise®. Sold in more than 170 countries, our products are part of the collective memory and traditions of consumers all around the world; loved by generations.In 2015, we entered a new era of acquisitions. Since then, we have acquired several brands and businesses, including Fannie May, the confectionary division of Nestlé, and Eat Natural, expanding our footprint and product offering also into the healthy snack segment.The secret to our global success is our 38,767 employees across the world, all dedicated to delivering the care and quality to craft the business, the careers and the brands we are proud of. From the moment you join us, we make sure you can nurture your curiosity and natural abilities. We provide the resources you need to succeed personally and professionally in a diverse work environment that is multicultural, innovative, and highly rewarding.In 2021, Ferrero was the confectionary company with the best reputation in the world, according to RepTrak. This achievement reflects our determination to bring consumers only the very best; an approach which is at the heart of everything we do. Our dedication to quality and excellence, our heritage and our family values, as well as our respect for the environment and the communities in which we work, are all seen in our desire to sustain and celebrate life’s special moments.Be part of it! Visit www.ferrerocareers.com to explore the opportunities Ferrero can offer when you craft your career with us.
Salaries
Posted range
$166K/yr – $208K/yr
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