Manager, Customer and Category Management

Competitive compensation and benefits program with no waiting period – you’re eligible from your first day!

• RRSP program with a 3% employer match (with increased matches awarded based on service) and 100% vesting as soon as you enroll!

• • Comprehensive paid time off opportunities, including immediate access to four weeks of vacation, five sick days and 11 company holidays!

  • • Leaders who are invested in supporting your accelerated career growth, plus paid training, tuition reimbursement and a robust educational platform – DevelopU – with more than 10,000 free courses to support you along the way.

    • • An inclusive working environment where you can build meaningful work relationships with a diverse group of professionals. Take advantage of opportunities to build on our teamoriented culture, such as joining one of our Employee Resource Groups.

      • • Access to our wellness and employee assistance programs.

        • Job Description:

          About the Role:

          We are seeking a dynamic and resultsdriven Manager, Customer and Category Management to lead strategic growth initiatives across assigned product categories within key customer accounts. This role is pivotal in driving bid wins, expanding distribution, and cultivating strong buyer relationships.

          You’ll add value to this role by performing various functions including, but not limited to:

          • Responsible for growing volume of assigned categories at the specific customer account:
            • Quarterback for driving bid wins and defense for assigned categories at the customer, proactively managing all aspects of the bid process from buyer bid insights, THS bid negotiation strategy, bid preparation and execution.
            • Winning new distribution in assigned categories, outside of the bid process, by justifying new shelf space SKUs for PL items (leveraging customer specific or national category data and insights) and identifying assortment voids and white space opportunities where core capabilities and capacity exist
            • • Responsible for the daytoday customer buyer relationship for assigned categories and is the primary contact for the customer category team.
              • Sells the TreeHouse value proposition proactively and utilizes the category Annual Playbooks to drive distribution, innovation, seasonal plans and align to category goals.
              • Articulates customer strategy to broader organization. Identify for internal as well as external partners where TreeHouse strengths align with that customer strategy.
              • Analyze Customer dataBICircana and identifies actions to drive positive business performance for TreeHouse and Customer
              • Accountable for accurate demand plan and inputs to business team. Identify gaps to Customer Annual Strategic Plan and propose solutions to address. Influence customer annual plan in conjunction with cross functional partners.

              • Important Details:

                • The position is fulltime and remote or hybrid.
                • Approximately 2060% travel to various TreeHouse locations, customer appointments, or other jobrelated functions.
                • The anticipated compensation for this position ranges from $96,900 to $145,300 annually. This is the lowest to highest salary that we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. An employee’s position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, specific competencies, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, shift, travel requirements, sales or revenuebased metrics and business or organizational needs. For certain roles, the successful candidate may be eligible for annual discretionary merit compensation award, bonus and equity pay.

                • You’ll fit right in if you have:

                  • Minimum of 5 years of business experience in sales or related field
                  • Proven track record in private label food sales within retail or manufacturing sectors
                  • Skilled in identifying market trends, negotiating, managing product development timelines and ensuring category growth and profitability
                  • Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, or related field preferred
                  • Strong bias toward action on resolving issues both internally and externally related to customer relationships.
                  • Excellent oral, written, interpersonal communication skills and effective relationship building skills
                  • Excellent business analytical skills – use of data to drive product and pricing strategies, and their impact to production forecasts
                  • Solid financial acumen Understanding of P&L and price implications to optimize customer bid strategies and management of trade funding
                  • Fluency in UNIFY, BI, SAP, SharePoint​, MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
                  • Strong management skills with demonstrated problem solving ability, skilled at multitasking and prioritization, and communication of AOP performance to stakeholders at varying levels of the organization
                  • Capable of building strong internal and external relationships to achieve desired customer outcomes
                  • Ability to transform insights and analytics into customized strategic account plans for deliver growth

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                    Click on the “Apply” button or go directly to www.treehousefoods.comcareers to let us know you’re ready to join our team!

                    At TreeHouse Foods, we embrace diversity and inclusion for innovation and growth. We are committed to building inclusive teams and an equitable workplace for our employees to bring their true selves to work to help us “Engage and Delight – One Customer at a Time”. TreeHouse Foods is an Equal Opportunity Employer that prohibits discrimination or harassment of any type. All qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Applicants who require an accommodation to participate in the job application or hiring process should contact disabilityaccommodations@treehousefoods.com

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