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Category Manager - AutoZone

Johnson Controls  - Milwaukee, WI
Thursday, October 08, 2009

Johnson Controls is a world class employer where ingenuity and excellence are welcome. We are a global market leader in Automotive Experience, Building Efficiency and Power Solutions with over 140,000 employees in 125 countries. For over a century, Johnson Controls has been working to find new ways to improve the places where people live, work and travel, which in turn gives our employees the chance to change the world. At Johnson Controls, you’ll be challenged to innovate and encouraged to apply your talent and knowledge in an environment that values teamwork, integrity and diversity. Join us now! Your Ingenuity is welcome! JCI is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer, and as such does not discriminate in its recruiting and selection process based on disability or handicap status. If you are a person with a disability and you need an accommodation during the application process, please call our Talent Acquisition Hotline at (414)-524-8999 and press option #0.

Responsibility Level:

Under direct supervision provide analytical assistance for all category sales and market information generating recommendations to improve category performance.

Typical Duties:

* Responsible for analyzing primary consumer and market research.
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Work with key account teams to assess customer's category performance. Uses customer's defined process if available or JCI process as default.

* Assessment of category, market, & consumer in relation to one another.
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Use primary and secondary market research and company resources including marketing, Category Management, engineering and manufacturing to write reports on consumer preferences, profiles and trends addressing issues relative to customers.

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Develop observations, potential actions, and define & develop retail strategies to reach or exceed customer goals

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Present and gain approval on defined strategies.

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Execute strategies and track performance

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Key account role: provide marketing counsel and strategic direction relating to key account(s) assigned. Responsible for forming and maintaining customer partnerships at multiple levels in the organization (i.e. purchasing, operations, marketing, etc.) in relation to but not limited to category management, marketing communications, merchandising, packaging, product development, project management, and public relations. Acting in a leadership role for the marketing group on the assigned key account each person draws upon their own skills and the core skills of the other members of the team to develop marketing plans for the account. All of these actions are taken in partnership with the key account manager and the account team.

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Solely responsible for the maintaining and accuracy of the account POS data in the data warehouse.

* Utilization of resources - effectively plans and manages resources to maximize results

Qualifications

Requirements:

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Bachelors Degree in Marketing; MBA a plus

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5 Years category management experience

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Extremely detail orientated

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Excellent Software Skills

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Strong Presentation Skills

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Strong Problem Solving Skills

* 10 - 25% travel

Job
Sales

Primary Location
WI-Milwaukee

Organization
Battery North America

Milwaukee, WI

Milwaukee, Wisconsin



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