Corp Manager - Category Insights

Why you will love Coca-Cola UNITED?

About us:

• Privately owned and operated with 100+ years of historical strength and stability
• Dedicated to supporting internal career growth through on job training, learning and opportunity for career advancement
• Excellent Total Value Benefits Package to include:
• Two weeks paid vacation within first year
• Comprehensive Medical Preferred Provider Plan 
• Dental, vision, flex spending
• Employee Assistance Program
• Company paid life insurance ($50,000)
• Additional optional insurance (accident, critical illness, universal life, home & auto)
• Paid maternity & paternity leave
• Paid holiday & sick time
• 401(k) match (50% on first 6%; plus an additional annual match of up to 3%)
• Exclusive employee discounts (cell phone, event tickets, gym membership, car buying, hotels, car rentals, technology needs and much more)
• Competitive Compensation 
• Tuitition Reimbursement Program 
   

Job Description

The primary duties of the Corp Manager- Category Insights will be to proactively identify, articulate, and commercialize fact-based stories across category, channel, and assigned customers to maximize UNITED growth potential for region sales teams, NRS and marketing. The Manager- Category Insights will be the subject matter expert and lead on syndicated UNITED Nielsen data, providing leadership on insights reporting and annual planning in collaboration with the category team. The Manager- Category Insights will also be the lead related to the Nielsen Connect platform and all of its functions, including report creation, all training support, and interaction with NAOU/Nielsen IQ. This position will support Space Planning with data and insights and support the Director in advancing long-range strategic projects designed to help the organization reach financial goals. The role is part of a fast paced, high-performance team focused on strategic and tactical initiatives across the beverage portfolio, trade channels, customers, and all UNITED markets.

What your day will look like:

• Own and manage process of advancing the integration of Nielsen Connect - end to end – training for users, contact with Nielsen support, leveraging new features to help UNITED’s business plans, communicate updates to UNITED teams as needed
• Own and manage all corporate Nielsen reporting including report creation to regions, board of directors, provide training where needed, distribution of reports, and the associated processes with these routines
• Own and manage process of maintaining ongoing strict quality standards working directly with Nielsen to address quality issues and accelerate enhancements to deliver insights
• Own and manage process of updating market definitions, clusters, facts, product groupings, and other relevant metrics as part of the processes ensuring we have all content up to date
• Lead annual insights planning process supporting NRS team with syndicated Nielsen category insights covering categories, channels, and competition as needed. Coordinate with NRS to confirm topics of interest and insights details and category insights analyst for support
• Customer-facing syndicated insights expert when requested to support sales organization communicating customer or channel insights, supporting selling stories, and assisting with specific UNITED business initiatives where syndicated data can help secure alignment on our business strategies
• Advance routine intelligence and coverage across brands through proactive research delivering reporting (brand scorecards) and creation of Nielsen selling stories when needed mining Nielsen data for opportunities and gaps. Support requests for Nielsen brand insights from the Category Director, Senior Director of Marketing, corporate marketing brand leads, and region marketing teams
• Develop and lead the process of regular monitoring of the health of our brands through a full category and competitive landscape lens “seeing smoke before the fire” first to call out gaps and opportunities before they progress
• Respond to ad hoc customer requests for cleansing data, insights, and information coordinating with analyst. Participate in meetings (online and in person) and cultivate strong long-term relationships with sales teams, marketing, and retail customers 
• Work with the Director on category projects and long-range strategic initiatives including research, presentations, and other initiatives as assigned
• Performs appropriate duties as assigned by management

What you need to succeed:

• Minimum age 18 years old
• Valid driver’s license required and obligation to maintain compliance with UNITED fleet policy
• Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) as required by position and compliance with UNITED safety policies
• Regular and prompt attendance is an essential function of the job
• Ability to read, write and speak English 
• Ability to maintain a neat professional appearance within Company guidelines
• Ability to maintain safety and security of Company assets
• Ability to utilize all Company provided resources and technology
• Strong leadership and organizational skills 
• Proven ability to coach and manage needs and concerns of multiple associates
• Bachelor’s degree (B.A.) from four-year College or university; or 7+ year’s related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience
• 7+ years of experience working for a CPG company or supplier in an analytical role with customer facing experience preferably in category leadership, category development, or retail insights
• Ability to leverage resources and databases to deliver fact-based informative stories across knowledge and insights from syndicated data to a variety of cross-functional teams
• Ability to generate thought leadership and inspire teams to see the opportunities from the data. Build the story
• Ability to collaborate via insights with space planning and customer facing roles to support advancing strategic initiatives
• Exceptional analytical capabilities with database experience preferred. High degree of functionality/ advanced expertise in excel, power point, word, and PowerBI required
• Strong working knowledge of syndicated data (Nielsen preferred), and data analytics software preferred across multiple business channels and customers
• Abilit to act as lead on syndicated data integrity and data quality including routine audits and field inquiry follow up as needed from the regions
• Ability to influence internal and external customers via in person meetings, presentations, and email communication as required
• Creative problem solver who can proactively define, assess, solve, and communicate effectively
• Superior presentation skills including online and live formats across a variety of multi-functional teams
• Strong attention to detail, organizational, and planning skills
• Ability to manage self to commitments and deadlines moving projects forward to completion
• Ability to travel up to 30%

Physical Requirements

Position will be required to comply with the CCBCU Personal Protective Equipment Program. Position is required to wear safety toed shoes when performing the following tasks: Operating Powered Industrial Equipment or Working in an Area where Powered Industrial Equipment is in use, Fleet Maintenance, Working with Palletized Product, Use of Hand Trucks/Dollies to Deliver Product, Cooler Services, etc.

(X) None = 0% (0 hrs)

(L) Limited = 1% (1 hr)

(O) Occasionally = 2%-25% (1-2 hrs)

(F) Frequently = 26%-50% (3-4 hrs)

(R) Repeatedly = 51%-75% (5-6 hrs)

(C) Continuously = 76%-100% (7+ hrs)