Spectrum Brands (formerly Rayovac Corportation) is a global consumer products company providing a broad range of goods that enhance the lives of our customers every day. From batteries to lawn and garden care products, pet supplies to grooming products, as well as household insecticides, personal care products and portable lighting, our ingenuity is sparking a whole new generation of powerful brands and products that offer excellence and innovation. Our people drive our success. And we provide our employees the tools to thrive both personally and professionally, from ongoing training to unparalleled growth opportunities. Become a part of our vibrant culture and develop an incomparable breadth of experience as well as a dynamic and vital career.
Description

Use category management tools & methods to support fact-based selling, provide impactful decision support, and enhance long-term relationships with customer through objective insight, development and presentation in order to drive sales growth and profitability.

 Primary Duties and Responsibilities

• Utilize Category Management capabilities to deliver insights and actionable business tactics to our Remington sales team in order to gain incremental business, grow share, and improve service to big box customer.  This includes, but is not limited to: space planning & modular planning, item sort, promotions planning & analysis, consumer analysis, inventory/replenishment analysis, sales & business trending, and forecast analysis.
• Work with Information Resources team to build capability and respect from the customer that facilitates winning advisorships in strategic Remington categories/sub-categories.  Upon such, provide all services and results requisite to fill the role of category advisor. 
• Deliver regular daily and weekly sales reporting for the Remington line of business.  Deliver regular reports that are accurate, timely, and actionable, and provide commentary and analysis on those reports.
• Provide decision support to various business decision makers within the organization including Remington sales team, financial director, supply chain team, trade marketing, and consumer marketing.  Deliver ad-hoc analysis that ensures quality guidance, counsel, and support that allows us to take advantage of otherwise unseen opportunities and advance notice of threats.

• Strong communication skills
• Strong attention to detail
• Strong team player
• Analytical skills
• Presents ideas persuasively in ways that are pertinent and convincing.
• Strong presentation skills
• Open and curious, passionately seeks learning from anyone anywhere, any time
• Deals directly, promptly and respectful, even with difficult people and issues.
• Required high proficiency of MS Excel
• Required high proficiency in Retail Link
• Preferred moderate proficiency in MS Access or similar database experience
• Syndicated Data: Proficient experience in using AC Nielsen, IRI, or similar market and household panel data
• Preferred exposure to Retail Analytics software (Velocity, DME, Vision Chain, etc.)
• Required proficiency in Shiloh software
• Required high level of capability in mathematics, analysis, deductive/inductive reasoning

• Bachelor’s degree in business, marketing, information science, or related field preferred.
• 5-7 years of industry experience (consumer products / retail) of which preferred 2 yrs. Sales/category/decision support experience.