Category Manager

About the role

The Category Manager is responsible for category management of assigned account(s) including heavy analytical support, line review, trend analysis and developing insights to drive customer performance.

Clarios is the force behind the world’s most recognizable car battery brands, powering vehicles from leading automakers like Ford, General Motors, Toyota, Honda, and Nissan. With 18,000 employees worldwide, we develop, manufacture, and distribute energy storage solutions while recovering, recycling, and reusing up to 99% of battery materials—setting the standard for sustainability in our industry. At Clarios, we’re not just making batteries; we’re shaping the future of sustainable transportation. Join our mission to innovate, push boundaries, and make a real impact. Discover your potential at Clarios—where your power meets endless possibilities.

Responsibilities

• Conduct line reviews for assigned account(s) including assortment recommendations, segment trend performance and providing strategies and tactics to drive sales
• Ability to analyze and interpret consumer, customer, industry and sales data into actionable insights
• Recommend strategies and tactics that can be implemented to drive sales performance, identify gaps or solve problems
• Create and present market and consumer research to assigned account(s)
• Provide recommendations/guidance based on market analysis or sales data
• Build primary relationship with customer
• Accurately maintain database(s) with sales and item attribute information
• Accurately maintain and upload comp price shop files
• Accurately maintain master data for key account/non-key account customers
• Expert in creating/maintaining standard operating procedures for all tasks and projects
• Ad hoc reporting/analysis as needed
• Support internal account team with unbiased recommendations based on knowledge of the market, industry, consumer and customer
• Multi-task between projects and reporting/analytics with ability to adjust priorities based on opportunities/needs

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in marketing, business, market research or related field
• Category Management Association – Certified Professional Category Analyst and Category Manager certification
• 5+ years Category Management experience
• Extremely detail oriented
• Proven ability to work with data from multiple sources, interpret data and turn into actionable insight.
• Experience in strategy development
• Proficient in Excel and PowerPoint

Qualifications

• Delta Bronze and Silver certification preferred