Category Insight Manager

McLane is one of the largest and most stable supply chain services leaders in the United States. We've been at the forefront of delivering retail and restaurant solutions for convenience stores, mass merchants, drug stores, and chain restaurants for over 125 years. Our vision is to be an agile, innovative, and unified supply chain partner that delivers a superior customer experience, improves the lives of our teammates and community, and produces best-in-class returns.

This position is based in Temple, TX, which will require the candidate to report and work from the office on a regular basis. Therefore, interested candidates should be within a 50-minute commute to Temple, TX.

This position develops the overall strategy for a product category and research new product options in the category to drive sales and achieve targets thru category analysis and recommendations while promoting McLane merchandising initiatives.

BENEFITS:

• Day 1 Benefits available: medical, dental, and vision insurance, FSA/HSA and company-paid life insurance.

• Get paid early. Get paid fast.

• 401(k) with annual company match.

• Paid holidays, vacation time, sick leave accrual, college tuition reimbursement, and more!

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS / PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES:

Other duties may be assigned. A teammate in this position must have the ability to:

• Effectively lead a team focused on category insights and consumer trends

• Guide the team thru analytical efforts \to shape category development and support category focus while ensuring relevant trends are driven into appropriate project agendas.

• Provides category insights and proposals by analyzing marketing and consumer data.

• Manage and report all aspects of category performance.

• Analyze, develop, implement, and monitor seasonal strategies.

• Create strategic methods and processes to develop, publish and present category information and recommendations.

• Manage and support overall company and departmental initiatives and strategies.

• Expand and manage relationships with suppliers in all categories

• Direct category analysts to Identify and track consumer trends thru a data-driven discipline approach

• Collaborate with suppliers and merchandising team to measure and understand effectiveness of sales initiatives and planogram changes.

• Create analyses and logical arguments grounded in quantitative measures to support item and category recommendations.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS:

A teammate in this position must:

• Have a BS or BA degree in Business or related major.

• Have knowledge of McLane merchandising systems, online or demand reports.

• Have experience with PC data base and word processing programs.

• Have previous procurement knowledge and experience.

• Possess complete P&L understanding and comprehension.

• Have retail experience and/or understanding.

• Have strong leadership/coaching skills.

• Be a self-starter and able to manage a variety of projects

• Be organized and possess the ability to create and adhere to action plans timelines

• Be a team player in a dynamic and fast-moving environment and able to drive impact across key stakeholder groups (customers and suppliers) Possess excellent written/verbal communication, presentation, organizational skills.

• Possess PC Skills, Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

WORKING CONDITIONS:

• Office environment.

Candidates may be subject to a background check and drug screen, in accordance with applicable laws.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.