Category Insights Manager

At the heart of our culture are four core values that guide our actions and define how we work together. We Take Ownership by staying committed from start to finish, making thoughtful decisions, and focusing our efforts on initiatives that drive growth, efficiency, and sustainability. We Do What Is Right by prioritizing transparency, setting clear roles and responsibilities, and speaking up when something doesn’t align with our values. We Seek to Improve through continuous innovation, embracing feedback, and learning from both our successes and setbacks. And We Are Better Together by making decisions that benefit the whole organization, fostering inclusion through diverse perspectives, and treating everyone with fairness and respect. These values are not just ideals—they are the behaviors we live by every day.

In this role, you will drive total DGIC category leadership through the development, implementation, and enablement of insight-based data and research tools (Circana, Thoughtspot, primary/secondary research, internal financial reporting/tools). You will champion and build insights, category strategies, and data-based solutions to enable Category and Customer Managers at key partnership customers.

This position contributes to the Commercial Planning process by providing and enabling data and research-based solutions to key stakeholders including total distribution point forecasting and reporting.

Experience in a sales planning, sales operations or sales reporting role, and/or category management sales roles in CPG industry.

History in data management (IRI, Nielsen, ThoughtSpot, PowerBI, and other data sources) and insight building. Proven ability to develop sound insights and strategies across multiple data points.

Commercial experience, high developed collaboration and influencing skills, self-starter, results driven, entrepreneurial

Knowledge of customer best practices, market intelligence, category/channel/ shopper trends and shopper Insight into actionable ideas.

Performance – Open to change and will always look for better, simpler and more effective ways of operating.

Hands on approach – Decisions and plans based on looking and being part of the event, always present. We do not sell ice cream in the office.

Entrepreneurial – Challenges the status quo and explores new ideas and opportunities.

Seek Continuous improvement - Continually striving to increase knowledge of the processes and products - Understand all tasks, processes and activities as an expert in Ice cream.

Teamwork – Commitment and enthusiasm to working together to achieve better outcomes.

Accountability – Personal commitment, full participant who uses personal impact and ability to influence to build the Takes pride and accepts responsibility of the work, decisions made and advise given.

Customer focused – Partnering with our customers to drive the category, their business and ours.

Results Focused – Commitment to achieving our goals

The pay scale for this role takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. The pay scale disclosed below has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. At Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role, and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. The pay range for prospective employees in this role is between $90,000 and $130,000 per year.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.