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Category Insights Manager

Rise Baking Company
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, 55413
Full-time

Job Purpose

Provide category analytics that support Rise Baking Company and deliver against category and customer priorities with an emphasis on the Foodservice channel.

Essential Functions

  • Source, monitor, and analyze market and sales trends; identify business insights using multiple sources (Technomic, Datassential, Nielsen, and other consumer data resources) to drive opportunities
  • Leverage marketplace, competitive, and consumer insights, partnering with Sales to develop customer presentations and selling stories that support opportunities for growth
  • Manipulate data, create reports and processes, and translate data and findings into understandable tables, graphs, and written reports in a concise and impactful manner
  • Develop, manage, and maintain necessary databases, reports, and applications
  • Develop standardized category review templates to build efficiencies and drive actionable insights
  • Attend all Foodservice related meetings, events, and shows to network and gain insights into industry trends
  • Work closely with internal cross-functional teams including NPD, innovation workstreams, Supply Chain, and Finance on Foodservice initiatives
  • Support team needs in a timely and efficient manner
  • Support food safety program, quality standards, and legality of manufactured products
  • Perform other job-related duties as assigned

Qualifications (Education, Experience, Competencies)

  • Bachelor’s degree in sales and marketing, business, or 3-5 years equivalent combination of education and work experience
  • 2-5 years of marketing and business analytics experience, sales and marketing support, and project management experience preferred
  • 2-5 years of Fresh Bakery or Fresh Perimeter work experience preferred
  • Detail-oriented with strong analytical, strategic, creative, and critical thinking skills
  • Strong decision-making skills with the ability to think quickly and handle frequent change
  • Flexible, self-disciplined, and able to work with minimal supervision, delivering meaningful results
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to communicate at all levels of the organization and externally
  • Customer service mindset
  • Ability to work cross-functionally, convey complex issues, and maintain confidentiality
  • Strong organizational skills with the ability to multitask across multiple functions, prioritize, utilize time efficiently, and meet deadlines in a high-volume, fast-paced environment
  • Ability to manage projects effectively, collect and analyze data, and develop and implement creative solutions to problems
  • Willing to learn new concepts and processes and take on new responsibilities as they arise
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office : Outlook, Word, Excel, Power BI, PowerPoint, SharePoint

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