Category Manager – Italian Meats

Purpose and Scope/General Summary: The Category Manager – Italian Meats is the strategic business owner for the full Italian Meats portfolio across Retail and Foodservice channels. This role carries full P&L ownership, leads category strategy, go‑to‑market execution, product development, and drives both short‑ and long‑term business performance.

This is a highly dynamic, hands‑on leadership role that works deeply and daily with cross‑functional teams — including Sales, Marketing, R&D, Operations, Finance, Supply Chain, S&OP, Procurement, and Quality — to deliver growth, margin expansion, and best‑in‑class innovation for the total business.

Successful Candidate:

• A successful candidate must be a cultural fit and appreciate our company values.
• Leads all P&L decisions including pricing and trade management with a deep understanding of the category complexities.
• Understand sales cycles and tools needed to support within retail and food service channels.
• Have clear communication and willingness to take strong ownership of their business.
• Must build meaningful relationships with the cross-functional leaders.
• Will have a strong understanding of product development and GTM execution.
• Must be organized to manage projects along with routines and requests.

Responsibilities:

• Own full P&L responsibility for the Italian Meats portfolio, including revenue, margin, pricing, trade spending, and product mix across Retail and Foodservice.
• Build annual strategic plans aligned with defined go‑to‑market guardrails, delivering against timelines, budgets, and KPI expectations.
• Manage pricing strategy for Private Label and Branded products in partnership with the Revenue Management team.
• Work directly with Sales and Supply teams to recommend sales forecasts and SKU allocation that support strategic business growth.
• Support customer‑specific programs by optimizing assortment and analyzing demand and category sales performance.
• Provide Sales with tools, materials, and actionable selling insights needed to achieve commercial objectives.
• Identify opportunities to reduce costs across the selling and supply chain to improve profitability.
• Identify and lead product, portfolio, and customer initiatives that drive growth and margin improvement.
• Support account‑specific category insights using a customer‑centric, data‑driven approach.
• Manage new product development and timelines, ensuring alignment with GTM strategies and cross‑functional readiness.
• Monitor market trends, competitive activity, and emerging consumer needs to identify future growth opportunities and adjust strategies as needed to meet business objectives.
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications:

• Minimum Bachelor’s degree Bachelor’s degree (Marketing / Business / Finance or related field preferred).
• 5+ years’ experience required, CPG preferred.
• Must be comfortable traveling to and working in food production plant environments, including exposure to variable temperatures, humidity, and typical manufacturing hazards.
• Experience in deli meat or premium food categories preferred.
• Demonstrated experience with P&L ownership, financial modeling, pricing, and category analytics.
• Analytical and critical thinking skills, accuracy, attention to details and problem-solving skills.
• Team player with the ability to excel in an agile, collaborative, ambiguous environment.
• Experience working with sales and customer presentations.
• Excellent communication, networking, collaboration, and relationship building.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
• Effective interpersonal skills to work closely with internal and external stakeholders.
• Organized and strong planner.
• Can perform the functions of the job with or without a reasonable accommodation
• As a salaried position with the company, you may be required to travel at some point to other facilities, to attend Company events, or as a representative of the Company in other situations. Unless otherwise specified in this posting, the amount of travel may vary and the most qualified candidate must be willing and able to travel as business needs dictate.

The applicant who fills this position will be eligible for the following compensation and benefits:

• Benefits: Vision, Medical, and Dental coverage begin after 60 days of employment;
• Paid Time Off: sick leave, vacation, and 6 company observed holidays;
• 401(k): company match begins after the first year of service and follows the company vesting schedule;
• Base salary range of $115,000 - $145,000;
• Incentive Pay: This position is eligible to participate in the Company’s annual bonus plan, the amount of bonus varies and is subject to the standard terms and conditions of the incentive program; and
• Career Development: Our company is dedicated to supporting professional growth by offering continuous learning opportunities and a focus on career growth through various learning and development programs.

For individuals assigned and/or hired to work in states where it is required by law to include a reasonable estimate of the compensation for any given position, compensation ranges are specific to those states and takes into account various factors that are considered in making compensation decisions, including but not limited to a candidate’s relevant experience, qualifications, skills, competencies, and proficiencies for the role.

This position does not have an application deadline. We will continue to recruit until the position has been filled. 

The Company is dedicated to ensuring a safe and secure environment for our team members and visitors. To assist in achieving that goal, we conduct drug, alcohol, and background checks for all new team members post-offer and prior to the start of employment. The Immigration Reform and Control Act requires that verification of employment eligibility be documented for all new employees by the end of the third day of work.

About us: JBS USA is a leading global food company providing diversified, high-quality products to customers in approximately 100 countries on six continents. Our team members and facilities in the United States allow us to offer a diverse portfolio of fresh, value added and branded beef, pork, chicken and prepared foods products. JBS USA is also the majority shareholder of Pilgrim’s, the largest poultry company in the world. JBS USA employs more than 72,000 team members in 31 United States and Canada. Our corporate office is located in beautiful Greeley, Colorado, where our 1,200 team members onsite enjoy more than 300 days of sunshine a year.

Our mission: To be the best in all that we do, completely focused on our business, ensuring the best products and services to our customers, a relationship of trust with our suppliers, profitability for our shareholders and the opportunity of a better future for all of our team members.

Our core values are: Availability, Determination, Discipline, Humility, Ownership, Simplicity, Sincerity

EOE, including disability/vets

Unsolicited Assistance: JBS and its companies do not accept unsolicited assistance from any recruitment vendors for any of our open jobs. All resumes or candidate profiles submitted by recruitment vendors or headhunters to any employee at JBS and its companies or via the applicant tracking system, in any form without a valid written request and search agreement previously approved by HR, will be solely owned by JBS and its companies. No fees will be paid should the candidate be hired by JBS and its companies because of an unsolicited referral.