Category Manager, Beverage - Large Format

Category Manager, Beverage - Large Format

Nutrabolt is a fast-growing, global active health and wellness company with a portfolio of market leading performance-oriented brands that energize and fuel active lifestyles. The company's disruptive and innovative products compete in the Functional Beverage and Active Nutrition segments, under three consumer-loved brands : C4 (one of the fastest-growing energy drink brands in the United States and the #1 selling global pre-workout brand), XTEND (the #1 post-workout recovery brand in the United States), and Cellucor (an award-winning sports nutrition brand created in 2002).

Since its founding 20 years ago, Nutrabolt has set out to meet the discerning needs of performance athletes and fitness enthusiasts, while appealing beyond this core group to include consumers around the globe who are making healthy, active living a daily priority.

As a Certified Great Place to Work, Top Workplaces USA honoree, Fortune Best Workplace in Texas, and more Nutrabolt cares deeply about our people, planet, and the communities we serve. Here, our teammates are united by our mission, and take ownership in creating a healthy workplace environment that promotes strong bodies, clear minds, and a culture of respect and belonging for all.

This role is located in Bentonville, AR.

As a Nutrabolt Category Manager, you will support our commercial efforts and work cross-functionally to connect strategy to sales and innovation. You will own analyses related to fact-based selling and space allocation at key accounts with a focus on the Large Format Mass, Club & Grocery accounts. You will incorporate shopper and consumer insights to help us enhance our positioning within the market and stand out against our competitors.

Build comprehensive knowledge of the products, attributes, strategies, tactics, and competitive trends in the marketplace for the Energy Drink category

Pull and organize data to create impactful analysis from resources such as IRI, Nielsen, Stackline, Numerator and other data assets

Build and analyze shelf planograms with JDA / EZ POG and other merchandising soft

Oversee development and execution of assortment / merchandising optimization, new product introductions, seasonal programs, and pricing / promotional planning / evaluation

Act as Key Liaison to manage syndicated data providers and maintain database integrity

Use data to derive insights and tell stories; going beyond collecting data or surfacing issues to discovering the insight or solution and taking action

Study take-rate, unit lift, share gains and break-even analyses related to varied promotional activity.

Build reports and present data for internal executive level reviews, sales pitches, and national sales meetings

Execute quick turnaround requests from the sales team around information such as brand and SKU performance by market / region / customer Build rapport with key c-store customers and partner to model multi-year account development plans

Ability to present clear and concise category updates and information during customer facing meetings

Act as a category expert by staying on top of market research, trends, category insights, and competitor performance

Bachelor's Degree in business or analytics

4-5 years' experience in fact-based selling or CPG Analytics

4+ years with hands-on experience working with IRI, Nielsen, SPINS or other Point-of-sale data

Expert / Mastery of Microsoft Excel

Experience with JDA / Blue Yonder or equivalent space planning software preferred

Strong skills in Microsoft Word, and Power Point

Familiarity with CPG metrics (ACV, TPD, Velocity)

Effective communication and collaboration skills

Strong attention to detail

Highly analytical

Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment

Understanding of beverage category management concepts and analysis

Wellness Benefits

Nutrabolt cares about our teammates' physical, mental, and financial wellness by providing benefits like : competitive health insurance, life insurance, mental wellness programs, 401K matching, and a monthly fitness allowance.

Lifestyle Perks

With our 'Work Your Way' program, we offer workstyle flexibility, unlimited vacation paid time off, volunteer time off, and a home office stipend when hired. You'll get discounts on C4 Energy, Cellucor, and XTEND products, too!

Family Support

Reach your full potential at work by taking care of all loved ones at home with Nutrabolt's paid parental leave, childcare benefits, pet insurance, group legal benefits, and more.

Employment Type : Full-Time

Work Environment : Typical office environment or remote home working environment.

Work Schedule : Standard business hours as directed by business operations, but may require additional time if requested by management