Manager, Category Management + Insights

We are looking for a Manager, Category Management + Insights to join our team. This role will be responsible for building Oatly's reputation as a best-in-class category and insights leader at all levels with our key customers.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with Sales teams on key account objectives and identify opportunities to educate customers about plant-based foods, our categories, and our brand
• Build custom analyses using syndicated scan, consumer, and shopper card data, translating those insights into compelling presentations addressing each customer's unique goals
• Leverage data as a foundational springboard from which all recommendations are built
• Be the functional expert on all syndicated data, including leading the optimization and development of Oatly insights reporting and scorecarding across the NA business unit
• Develop a mastery of Oatly's category, customer, consumer, and competitive performance that will inform our narrative and recommendations
• Lead with a bias for the facts and demonstrate that Oatly's category and insights leadership will help drive customer growth and profit
• Question assumptions about major trends, validating or redefining those assumptions into new narratives both internally and externally

Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree Required
• 6+ years of CPG experience, with an emphasis on Sales, Category Management, and Insights
• Retailer-facing experience preferred
• Demonstrated deep understanding and experience with Syndicated Data and platforms (Nielsen, Spins, IRI)
• Experience with Panel and Shopper Card Data (e.g., Numerator, Stratum, Shopper360)
• Expert knowledge of Excel and PowerPoint/presentation-building skills
• Exceptional storytelling ability and presentation skills – be able to find and tell the compelling narrative that can be told through data
• Passion for seeing the forest through the trees, how different pieces connect to the whole, and delivering insights that keep the big picture in mind
• Ability to connect disparate data sources, interpret analysis results, and communicate analytical findings and business insights to diverse audiences
• Naturally curious and self-motivated with the ability to embrace change and deliver results, managing multiple/diverse priorities

Nice to have:

• You feel connected to our mission of encouraging health, sustainability, and transparency
• You are a self-starter who doesn't need direct supervision to motivate you for success
• You are ready to make your mark in a smaller, growing brand, leveraging your experience to deliver amazing results and build an outstanding company
• You have an entrepreneurial spirit in that you're comfortable with ambiguity and are energized by the process of building something lasting from the ground up
• You enjoy sharing your quirkiness and talents with your coworkers

Benefits:

• Flexible vacation
• Great benefits, including pet insurance
• Paid volunteer days off throughout the year
• Free six packs of oat milk
• Genuinely great coworkers who are rooting for each other and the company to thrive

Salary: The good faith estimate for base salary is $120,000.