Enterprise Product Manager at SUGAR FOODS LLC – Westlake Village, California

Job Description – Product Manager

Job Title: Category/Product Manager – Enterprise
Position Location: West Lake Village, CA**
Reports To: Sr. Director of Marketing.
Direct Reports: 0 -3

About the Company

Sugar Foods LLC is a privately owned company with production facilities in Georgia, Massachusetts, California, Indiana, and Mexico. Our products are sold and distributed throughout the U.S. and Canada. Sugar Foods manufactures and packages croutons, tortilla chips, crispy toppings, as well as cheese-based toppings. Additionally, Sugar Foods packages a variety of items including sugar, sweeteners, powdered creamer, and dried fruits and nuts.

The Sugar Foods Way

At Sugar Foods, the Customer is King, and our team is our Family. The vision of Sugar Foods is for our products to be on every plate and in every cup. We continue to grow our business and adapt to changing business conditions to consistently provide value to our customers, our associates, and our community, by adhering to high standards of quality and safety and always acting in a respectful and responsible manner.

Position Summary for Product Manager

The Category Manager is responsible for driving category growth and performance across both retail and foodservice channels. This role focuses on strategic category leadership, cross-functional collaboration, and insight-based decision making to optimize product mix, pricing, assortment, and promotional strategies. Reporting to the Sr. Director Marketing, the Category Manager plays a key role in shaping the company’s competitive position, delivering value to customers, and influencing long-term enterprise priorities across evolving product categories.

Key Responsibilities:

• Category Strategy & Growth
  • Lead the development of enterprise category strategies that align with business objectives and market trends.
  • Identify growth opportunities through innovation, assortment optimization (adds, deletes, re-launches), pricing strategy, and demand planning.
    
• Customer & Market Insights
  • Analyze syndicated data, customer POS, shipment data, and industry trends to drive decisions.
  • Monitor competitor activity, shopper behavior, and channel dynamics across retail and foodservice.
    
• Cross-Functional Collaboration
  • Partner with Sales, Marketing, RevOps (Finance) and R&D to align category plans with executional capabilities.
  • Serve as the category expert in customer-facing conversations and internal planning sessions.
    
• Assortment, Pricing & Promotion
  • Recommend portfolio assortment strategies by channel, customer, and format.
  • Support pricing architecture, trade strategy, and promotional planning to drive category performance and margin.
    
    
• Enterprise Support
  • Provide regular reporting and performance dashboards on category KPIs.
  • Adapt priorities based on changing category focus areas or market shifts.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in marketing, Business, Economics, or related field.
• 5+ years of category management, trade marketing, or strategy experience in the food industry.
• Proficiency with syndicated data tools (IRI/Circana, Nielsen, SPINS) and shopper/customer insights platforms.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to translate data into clear business recommendations.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills across cross-functional teams.

Preferred Attributes:

• Deep knowledge of both retail and foodservice channel dynamics.
• Strategic mindset with operational execution ability.
• Experience influencing at both corporate and customer-facing levels.

Other related duties, as assigned.

** This role is based in Westlake Village, CA, with flexibility for hybrid or remote work arrangements for the right candidate. Periodic travel (approximately 10–20%) is required to attend key customer meetings, internal planning sessions, and industry events.

Sugar Foods LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The policy of Sugar Foods LLC is to extend opportunities to qualified applicants and employees on an equal basis regardless of an individual's race, color, gender, age, national origin, religion, citizenship status, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, transgender status, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other categories protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.