Job Title: Enterprise Category/Product Manager
Location: Hybrid or remote flexibility for the right candidate, 1st month full time in West Lake village and then Hybrid, 1 week in a month to west lake village, then depending on client visits
Reports To: Senior Director of Marketing
Salary – $120K-$145K Base
We at Raise are hiring for one of our key clients in the Food and Beverage industry. After establishing themselves as an industry leader, our client’s team is expanding to meet rising demand. It’s a great chance to take on new projects, new teams, and make your mark on a growing business. If you’ve got the right mix of skills and industry experience, this could be the perfect role for you.
Our client takes pride in their people. When you join their team, you’ll find a workplace that facilitates challenge, achievement, and growth.
Position Summary for Product Manager
The Category Manager is responsible for driving category growth and performance across both retail and foodservice channels. This role focuses on strategic category leadership, cross-functional collaboration, and insight-based decision making to optimize product mix, pricing, assortment, and promotional strategies. Reporting to the Sr. Director Marketing, the Category Manager plays a key role in shaping the company’s competitive position, delivering value to customers, and influencing long-term enterprise priorities across evolving product categories.
Key Responsibilities:
· Category Strategy & Growth
o Lead the development of enterprise category strategies that align with business objectives and market trends.
o Identify growth opportunities through innovation, assortment optimization (adds, deletes, re-launches), pricing strategy, and demand planning.
· Customer & Market Insights
o Analyze syndicated data, customer POS, shipment data, and industry trends to drive decisions.
o Monitor competitor activity, shopper behavior, and channel dynamics across retail and foodservice.
· Cross-Functional Collaboration
o Partner with Sales, Marketing, RevOps (Finance) and R&D to align category plans with executional capabilities.
o Serve as the category expert in customer-facing conversations and internal planning sessions.
· Assortment, Pricing & Promotion
o Recommend portfolio assortment strategies by channel, customer, and format.
o Support pricing architecture, trade strategy, and promotional planning to drive category performance and margin.
· Enterprise Support
o Provide regular reporting and performance dashboards on category KPIs.
o Adapt priorities based on changing category focus areas or market shifts.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in marketing, Business, Economics, or related field.
- 5+ years of category management, trade marketing, or strategy experience in the food industry.
- Proficiency with syndicated data tools (IRI/Circana, Nielsen, SPINS) and shopper/customer insights platforms.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to translate data into clear business recommendations.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills across cross-functional teams.
Preferred Attributes:
- Deep knowledge of both retail and foodservice channel dynamics.
- Strategic mindset with operational execution ability.
- Experience influencing at both corporate and customer-facing levels.
Other related duties, as assigned.
** This role is based in Westlake Village, CA, with flexibility for hybrid or remote work arrangements for the right candidate. Periodic travel (approximately 10–20%) is required to attend key customer meetings, internal planning sessions, and industry events.
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Raise is an established hiring firm with over 65 years of experience. We believe strongly in making the world a better place through work, which is why we’re a certified B Corporation and donate 10% of our profits to charity.
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