Senior manager

The Senior Manager, Category Commercial, will lead Category Commercial for Silk and So Delicious Plant-based Yogurt and Plant-Based Functionals across all channels to translate BU objectives and strategies into sales and channel specific strategies and objectives that drive the quadruple win and sustainable, profitable growth in the BU. Success requires the ability to translate category insights into action, partner closely with Brand, Sales, Finance, Supply Chain, and RGM, and influence stakeholders across functions to deliver high-impact commercial plans. The Senior Manager must balance strategic thinking with solid operational excellence, ensuring both near-term delivery and long-term brand and category growth. This position is 100% Remote. Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree required
• Ability to understand shopper/consumer insights and performance analytics, translate into customer friendly language
• 5-10+ years of progressive experience in CPG, preferably in commercial, category, broker management, Category Management or customer-facing roles.
• Demonstrated success leading cross-functional initiatives, influencing without authority, and delivering measurable business results.
• Strong command of syndicated data (e.g., Circana/IRI, Nielsen), financial analysis, and delivering insight-driven communication.
• Proven ability to build strategic relationships with internal teams and customer partners.

salary: $47.93 - $48.93 per hour
shift: First
work hours: 8 AM - 5 PM
education: Bachelors

Responsibilities

• Drive consumer and customer centric strategies that are inherently commercial in the BU, driving prioritization clarity across the marketplace via channel/customer segmentation.
• Lead commercial planning in segment -including selling stories, assortment recommendations, long range planning -in partnership with Sales and Revenue Growth Management.
• Ensure strategy to action through robust action plans within BU Sources of Growth; and translation to customer plans via channel playbooks, Plan Alignment Meetings, ECR and IBP.
• Serve as a central sales voice in cross-functional forums by synthesizing insights from consumer trends, syndicated data, competitive intelligence, and customer performance.
• Partner with Brand and cross-functional teams to assess business cases, size new opportunities, support innovation launches, and build execution tracker for performance against expectations.
• Collaborate with Finance, Demand Planning, and Supply Chain to ensure accurate forecasting, alignment to financial targets, and service levels across key customers.
• Driving robust performance management routines via BU and Sales MBR against action plans and impact. "Did we do what we said we would do? Did we execute to specification? Is the impact in line with expectations? What do we need to accelerate, pivot or execute differently?"

Skills

• CPG
• broker management
• Consumer Insights
• Category Analysis
• Financial Analysis
• Nielsen

Qualifications

• Years of experience: 5 years
• Experience level: Experienced

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