**Job Description** **Are You Ready to Make It Happen at Mondelēz International?** **Join our Mission to Lead the Future of Snacking. Make It With Pride.** The Category Manager will support the Mondelez Category Captain team by providing insights into category trends, consumer behavior, and merchandising strategies. You'll be responsible for planogram development by analyzing market, shopper, and consumer data to identify performance, trends, and growth opportunities. The role requires strong data analysis, business acumen, excellent communication, and problem-solving skills. Mondelez is seeking a critical thinker with strong influencing and relationship-building abilities, who excels in a fast-paced environment. **How you will contribute** You will: + Manage day-to-day relationships with customer cross-functional teams + Lead preparation and execution of customer meetings, including weekly updates and ad hoc sessions + Provide strategic recommendations grounded in a deep understanding of category trends and customer needs, identifying risks and opportunities with action plans to address them within customer business requirements + Collaborate with buyer and category analyst to develop best in class planogram strategies based on qualitative and quantitative analysis + Provide strong guidance to customer on the principles and uses of consumer segmentation to unearth actionable, growth-oriented insights at a retail level + Manage planogram build process ensuring all customer timeline expectations are met + Analyze planograms leveraging JDA tables, formulas, highlights, charts, and labels + Track performance using internal and syndicated reporting + Maintain store and product attribution databases + Continuously optimize business through data, tracking, learning + Support Omnichannel objectives to drive sustainable category growth **What extra ingredients you will bring:** A desire to drive your future and accelerate your career with experience and knowledge in: + Bachelor's degree preferred or equivalent work experience required + 4+ years of experience within insights, customer growth, Target experience preferred + Experience in planogram development, space planning (JDA/Blue Yonder), and execution, with the ability to translate category strategies into effective shelf layouts that drive sales and enhance guest experience + Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret complex data and turn insights into actionable business strategies + Experience in using retailer data, panel/POS syndicated data (Circana, Nielsen, Numerator, etc.), consumer insights and analytics to develop compelling retail customer plans ideally in the FMCG/CPG industry + High proficiency in base business tools (Excel/PowerPoint), with in-depth knowledge in analyzing and creating visualizations of large amounts of data + Strong knowledge and usage of market segmentation models + Proven track record in persuasively influencing and aligning key customers and business stakeholders in a highly matrixed organization + Understanding of how to use Target’s systems, including POL, VIQ, CKS, and DOMO + Strong communication and presentation skills + Understanding of Category Management 4 P’s + Strong knowledge of retail environment + Target experience a plus The base salary range for this position is $95,100 to $130,800; the exact salary depends on several factors such as experience, skills, education, and budget. In addition to base salary, this position is eligible for participation in a highly competitive bonus program with possibility for overachievement based on performance and company results.   In addition, Mondelez International offers the following benefits: health insurance, wellness and family support programs, life and disability insurance, retirement savings plans, paid leave programs, education related programs, paid holidays and vacation time. Some of these benefits have eligibility requirements. Many of these benefits are subsidized or fully paid for by the company. No Relocation support available **Business Unit Summary** The United States is the largest market in the Mondelēz International family with a significant employee and manufacturing footprint. Here, we produce our well-loved household favorites to provide our consumers with the right snack, at the right moment, made the right way. We have corporate offices, sales, manufacturing and distribution locations throughout the U.S. to ensure our iconic brands—including Oreo and Chips Ahoy! cookies, Ritz, Wheat Thins and Triscuit crackers, and Swedish Fish and Sour Patch Kids confectionery products —are close at hand for our consumers across the country. Mondelēz Global LLC is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. Applicants who require accommodation to participate in the job application process may contact 847-943-5460 for assistance. For more information about your Federal rights, please see eeopost.pdf ; EEO is the Law Poster Supplement ; Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Provision ; Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal **Job Type** Regular Shopper Insights Insights At Mondelēz International, our purpose is to empower people to snack right through offering the right snack, for the right moment, made the right way. That means delivering a broader range of delicious, high-quality snacks that nourish life's moments, made with sustainable ingredients and packaging that consumers can feel good about. We have a rich portfolio of strong brands – both global and local. Including many household names such as Oreo, belVita and LU biscuits; Cadbury Dairy Milk, Milka and Toblerone chocolate; Sour Patch Kids candy and Trident gum. We are proud to hold the number 1 position globally in biscuits, chocolate and candy as well as the No. 2 position in gum Our 80,000 Makers and Bakers are located in our operations in more than 80 countries and are working to sell our products in over 150 countries around the world. They are energized for growth and critical to us living our purpose and values. We are a diverse community that can make things happen, and happen fast. Join us and Make It An Opportunity! Mondelez Global LLC is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. Applicants who require accommodation to participate in the job application process may contact 847-943-5460 for assistance.