Hiring: Director, Category Leadership Company: The J.M. Smucker Co. Location: Orrville, OH Job Posted Time: 2026-09-10 11:30:49 Employment Type: Hybrid About the job Experience: •10+ years of relevant experience in the CPG industry •5+ years of shopper insights or category management experience Required Skills: •This leader will develop and steward current and long-range category strategies that optimize assortment, shelf space, aisle vision, and investment choices while fully leveraging consumer, shopper, retailer, and marketplace intelligence. •As a strategic business partner, this role will influence annual sales planning, revenue growth management, NRO, innovation, long-range planning, brand planning, insight priorities, and budget decisions. •In This Role, You Will Qualifications: •Bachelor’s degree. •Proven experience leading teams of five or more direct reports, with a track record of setting vision, building capability, and inspiring a team to execute with excellence •Enterprise-minded strategic leader with the ability to envision future-state teams, processes, capabilities, and customer relationships •Executive presence and resonant leadership, with the ability to engage, inspire, and lead inclusively while creating clarity, confidence, and accountability •Strong ability to communicate, present, influence, and align senior leaders, cross-functional partners, executive stakeholders, and C-level audiences •Highly self-directed leader with the judgment, agility, and ownership required to lead through change, manage competing enterprise priorities, and deliver results •Exceptional executive communication skills, strong business acumen, and rigorous attention to detail •Demonstrated capacity to travel up to 25% of the work schedule •The Right Place for You •We are bold, kind, strive to do the right thing, we play to win, and we believe in a strong community that thrives together. Our culture is rooted in our Basic Beliefs, and we believe in supporting every employee by meeting their physical, emotional, and financial needs. Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!