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For more than 115 years, Ferrara has created sugar confections that enable moments of sweetness, celebration, and connection for candy lovers of all generations. Today, the company is the #1 sugar confectioner in the United States. Ferrara boasts a passionate team of nearly 9,000 employees creating and delivering hundreds of products sold under 20 popular brands like Brach’s®, NERDS®, SweeTARTS®, Laffy Taffy®, and Trolli® to more than 66 million U.S. households annually and popular Dori snacking products under brands such as Dori, Gomets, Pettiz, and Yogurte 100 in Brazil. Additionally, Jelly Belly, known world-wide for its confections, was acquired in November of 2023.
The primary role of the Category Leadership Manager is to perform strategic analyses to develop critical insights, solutions, and strategic category action plans for the organization. Reporting directly to the Director of Category Leadership-Everyday COE, this individual will triangulate data from multiple sources, tools and shopper insights and build persuasive and cohesive communications resulting in activations by internal and external stakeholders. The Category Leadership team is responsible for developing and sharing (internal and external) actionable insights and understanding key dynamics of our categories, retailers, marketplace and overall industry. The role is key to driving our business forward in a data-driven world.
We are looking for someone who is motivated by innovative uses of technology to help drive action for the business and gets excited about curating stories with data and bringing new ideas or applications of existing models/analyses to our team.
Ideal candidate will also have:
Ferrara’s success in industry-leading innovation has been driven by deep consumer insights, strong retailer co-creation and partnerships, and a dedication to diversity of thought, experience, and people. A privately held company, Ferrara has its global headquarters in Chicago and an operational network of more than 27 locations in North America, Brazil, and China that includes manufacturing, distribution, sales, and R&D facilities. Ferrara is a privately held Ferrero related company. Learn more at www.ferrara.com or www.linkedin.com/company/ferrara-.
We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. In order to provide equal employment and advancement opportunities to all qualified applicants and employees, employment decisions and opportunities at Ferrara will be based on merit, qualifications, and abilities, without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital or civil union status, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, military or veteran status, disability, handicap, genetic information, pregnancy (childbirth or related medical condition), or on any other basis prohibited by law. This policy governs all aspects of employment, including selection, job assignment, compensation, discipline, termination, and access to benefits and training.
Full Time
Business Services
$124k-154k (estimate)
05/11/2024
07/10/2024
ferrarausa.com
CHICAGO, IL
3,000 - 7,500
1908
JOAN DAVISON
$500M - $1B
Business Services
Acquired by Farley's & Sathers/Ferrara Pan Candy Company.