Category Manager

At Apeel, we look to nature to help the global food system extend quality, prevent waste, and ensure an abundant future for our planet.

We believe that our most essential ingredient in our recipe for success is our people. We strive to cultivate an environment where everyone is welcomed, and can bring their full, authentic selves into everything they do at Apeel. Humility, Ingenuity, Leadership and Teamwork are the values that define us and how we work with each other, customers, and communities across the globe.

**About this Role**

Apeel Sciences' Sales team is charged with taking our technology to market and effectively communicating the benefits and value to customers, suppliers, and consumers to drive commercial success for the company.

We're seeking a Category Manager to join Apeel's growing Sales team. In this Director level role, you'll support sales to drive sustainable growth, and you'll help to increase demand for our products with our retail customers. The Category Manager must have extensive experience understanding consumer needs and the retail environment, and they must have a commercial mindset and fully comprehend marketing and sales principles.

This remote position will report to the Chief Commercial Officer - EMEA, based in Spain or the UK. This position will require up to 30% travel to customer sites and retail locations domestically and internationally. We're looking for someone to join our team immediately.

**What You'll Do**
- Be the go-to person for the EMEA sales business and collective retail partners. Building and maintaining relationships with key customers, retailers, suppliers, and quality controllers, to achieve sales targets and expand product categories
- Collaborate with our internal teams to refine and commercialize different products, market fit, determine competitive pricing and promotional activities, and corresponding treatment processes
- Deliver against quotas, ensuring company goals and objectives are met
- Assume responsibility for budget development and revenue for the category and accurate monthly, quarterly, and annual global sales revenue forecasting
- Analyze market data to understand how the sales strategies are performing and to identify areas for improvement including using analytics tools to track sales trends, and customer behavior, make forecasts for product demand to ensure the sustainability of inventory, and other metrics
- Develop long-term sales and exit strategies through a deep understanding of the market, the Category Manager will develop effective sales strategies that promote commercial activities to maximise visibility. This includes conducting industry research, identifying target customers, and developing go-to-market plans
- Foster relationships with our vendors to achieve better pricing and quality of services

**What You Bring**
- Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Sales, Marketing, or a related field
- Sales experience as a Category Manager or similar role
- Deep category experience in produce, grocery, retail, or related industry
- Excellent organizational and interpersonal skills
- Presentation skills at the C-suite level
- Experienced in data analytics and forecasting methods
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office and Google Suite. Must have the skills to create reports, presentations and manage complex spreadsheets
- An analytical mind with a strategic ability
- Passion for problem-solving and developing others
- A can-do attitude with the ability to influence others
- Adept at working with and influencing senior stakeholders (VP and above) in an advisory capacity
- Fluency of retail analytics and performance metrics - and the ability to turn data insights into action
- Must have excellent verbal and written communication skills in English and Spanish
- Experience with retail panel management (Nielsen, Kantar, etc.)