Job Description

Our client is seeking a Food Category Manager to own strategy, performance, and supplier management across assigned food categories. This role will drive category growth, margin optimization, and assortment strategy with a strong focus on frozen and fresh products.

Key Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end category strategy for frozen and fresh food categories
• Manage assortment, pricing, promotions, and lifecycle decisions
• Analyze category performance, margins, and trends using advanced Excel
• Partner with Sales, Supply Chain, Operations, and Finance teams
• Lead supplier negotiations, cost management, and performance reviews
• Support sourcing and category strategy for seafood products (preferred)
• Execute item setup, pricing, and reporting within SAP and NetSuite
• Identify growth opportunities through data, market trends, and customer insights
• Ensure alignment with inventory, demand planning, and service level goals

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of category management experience within food, CPG, or grocery
• Hands-on experience managing frozen and/or fresh food categories
• Strong analytical skills with advanced Excel (pivot tables, lookups, reporting)
• Experience working in SAP (MM or related modules)
• Strong cross-functional communication and stakeholder management skills
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, data-driven environment

Preferred Qualifications

• Category exposure to seafood (fresh or frozen)
• Experience using NetSuite
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain, Marketing, or related field

Work Model & Benefits

• Hybrid role (Orlando-based)
• Competitive compensation and benefits package
• Opportunity to own high-impact categories within a growing organization

For more information or to be considered, contact Samantha England: SEngland@BlueSignal.com

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