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**Brand:** Post Consumer Brands

**Categories:** Sales

**Locations:** Lakeville, Minnesota

**Position Type:** Regular Full-Time

**Remote Eligible:** No

**Req ID:** 29101

Job Description

Business Unit Overview

Headquartered in Lakeville, Minn., Post Consumer Brands, a business unit of Post Holdings, Inc., is dedicated to providing people and their pets with delicious food choices for every taste and budget. The company’s portfolio includes beloved brands such as Honey Bunches of Oats®, PEBBLES®, Grape-Nuts® and Malt-O-Meal® cereal, and Peter Pan® peanut butter, as well as Nutrish®, Kibbles ‘n Bits® and 9Lives® dog and cat food. As a company committed to high standards of quality and to our values, we are driven by one idea: To make lives better by making delicious food accessible for all. For more information about our brands, visit www.postconsumerbrands.com and follow us on LinkedIn and Facebook for the latest news.

Brand

At Post Consumer Brands, we’ve spent generations showing up for families, starting with breakfast, the most important meal of the day. Our cereals have become a trusted part of daily routines, helping spark conversations, fuel busy mornings, and create everyday moments that bring families closer together, including their furry four-legged family members, who have recently become a part of our story. As families have evolved, so have we. What began at the breakfast table has expanded into snacks, peanut butter, and, more recently, pet food, because caring for a family means feeding every part of it. With the addition of several iconic pet brands, we’ve extended our purpose: to make high-quality, accessible food for everyone under the same roof.

This phase is still new, and that’s what makes it exciting. As we continue to grow across grocery and pet, we’re looking for people who care about good food, thoughtful work, and the kind of impact that stretches from store shelves to kitchen tables, and food bowls, across the country.

Location Description

Post Consumer Brands corporate headquarters in Lakeville, Minnesota, is about 20 miles south of Minneapolis and St. Paul, Lakeville has all the benefits of smaller town living with access to everything a large metropolitan area has to offer. Join more than 400 team members collaborating on the two-building campus to help put breakfast on the tables of millions of consumers in North America.

Responsibilities

P** **osition Summary

Join the PCB Category Leadership Team as a Senior Manager, Category Development, where you’ll lead strategic category initiatives across the Ready-to-Eat (RTE) and Hot Cereal categories. This role is responsible for driving national assortment and shelving strategies, leading the implementation of the Perfect Shelf initiative, and serving as the key liaison between Marketing and Sales. You’ll own high-impact projects, influence cross-functional teams, and shape how PCB shows up at shelf across channels.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Category Leadership

+ Lead development and execution of national category strategies with a focus on assortment optimization and shelving excellence.

+ Own the Perfect Shelf initiative, embedding core principles of SKU rationalization and shelf optimization into PCB’s commercial discipline.

+ Define and communicate PCB’s point of view on shelving and assortment, ensuring alignment across internal teams and external customers.

Assortment & Shelving Expertise

+ Develop best-in-class guidance on category and aisle flows, adjacencies, cross-merchandising, and space allocation by channel.

+ Partner with Channel Strategy and Sales to adapt national strategies for growth channels and key customers.

+ Solicit feedback from the Customer Development Organization (CDO) to ensure strategies meet retailer needs.

Advanced Analytics & Insights

+ Leverage syndicated and retailer data (Nielsen/IRI, 84.51, Numerator, RichMix, JDA) to uncover trends and drive strategic recommendations.

+ Deliver compelling, insight-driven presentations to senior leadership and customer teams.

+ Use score carding and market assessments to identify growth opportunities and measure impact.

Sales Enablement & Collaboration

+ Lead development of selling stories, customer playbooks, and business reviews that drive retailer engagement.

+ Collaborate with Brand Marketing, Sales Strategy & Trade, Supply Chain, and Sales to ensure seamless execution of category plans.

+ Represent Category Development in strategic planning sessions and retailer meetings.

Leadership & Influence

+ Mentor junior team members and elevate category capabilities across the organization.

+ Build strong networks and influence stakeholders at all levels to drive alignment and action.

Qualifications

+ Bachelor’s degree required (Business preferred); MBA or advanced degree a plus.

+ 7+ years of experience in Category Management, Sales Strategy, or Shopper Insights within the CPG industry.

+ Deep experience with syndicated data tools (Nielsen/IRI), retailer portals, and space management tools (JDA, RichMix).

+ Strong analytical and storytelling skills; ability to synthesize data into actionable strategies.

+ Excellent communication, presentation, and project management skills.

+ Proven ability to lead cross-functional initiatives and work independently.

+ Familiarity with consumer panel data (e.g., Homescan, Spectra, dunnhumby, Spire) preferred.

+ Willingness to travel up to 20% within the U.S.

Work Environment

+ Hybrid role based at PCB headquarters in Lakeville, MN. 3 days per week in office.

+ Fast-paced, collaborative, and insight-driven team culture.

+ Daily tools include Tableau, Nielsen/IRI, Numerator, RichMix, JDA, and Microsoft Office.

Growth Opportunities

Success in this role positions the candidate for future advancement into Director-level roles within Category Leadership, Commercial Strategy & Execution, or Sales Strategy.

The pay range for this position is $99,119 - $154,626 per year.

Post Holdings provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, status as a covered veteran and any other category protected under applicable federal, state, provincial and local laws.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)