
Category Management Associate - Resets - East Bay
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Job overview
The Category Management Associate handles daily merchandising for new accounts, store resets, remodels, and seasonal shelf resets across beverage categories. The role creates shelf schematics, analyzes brand trends and retail sales data, and collaborates with sales teams and retailers on category opportunities and account strategies. It requires regular travel throughout Northern California, with occasional overnight stays; applicable business travel expenses are covered.
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Oakland, California
Hayward, California
Walnut Creek, California
Full time
R0044558
Are you a current Associate? To be considered, you must submit your application through the internal Career Portal (Jobs Hub). Click here (https://wd5.myworkday.com/breakthru/d/inst/13102!CK5mGhIKBggDEMenAhIICgYI1A0QtQI~*LAAwlMiKZQQ~/cacheable-task/2998$46522.htmld) to access.
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Full time
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Job Family Group:
Commercial
Job Description Summary:
The Category Management Associate is responsible for daily merchandising tasks, including managing new accounts, store resets, and remodels within the wine, spirits, beer and/or non-alcoholic categories. This role involves creating shelf schematics and collaborating with sales teams to identify brand and category opportunities. The associate assists in sales calls and works with retailers to develop strategies that align with both retailer and supplier objectives.
This position requires regular travel throughout Northern California, regardless of the assigned job location. Occasional overnight stays may be required. Business-related travel expenses, including applicable lodging, are covered by the company.
Job Description:
Job Responsibilities:
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Manage daily merchandising tasks, including new accounts, store resets, remodels, and seasonal shelf resets within the wine, spirits, beer, and/or non-alcoholic categories.
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Create shelf schematics for retail outlets and key retail chains and engage sales teams to identify brand and category opportunities.
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Analyze brand trends and retail sales data, including Nielsen/IRI data, to develop shelf schematics, floor activation plans, and actionable insights for account strategies.
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Work with independent and chain retailers to align brand/category opportunities with retailer and supplier objectives.
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Participate in store remodels and grand openings, identify opportunities to expand shelf and cold box facings of BBG products, and communicate out-of-stock or new item opportunities to salespersons.
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Maintain data sources that support category management processes and act in good faith on behalf of BBG and chain customers.
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Assist in sales calls for shelf schematic proposals and market analysis, and perform other duties as assigned by the supervisor.
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Conduct safe and responsible interactions with the public while responsibility handling beverage alcohol product.
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Other duties, as assigned by the jobholder’s supervisor, may also be required.
Minimum Qualifications:
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High School Diploma and/or equivalent
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Minimum of 3 years’ experience in related area
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Have knowledge of commonly used concepts, practices, and procedures within a particular field
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Be 21 years of age, with a valid Nevada driver’s license
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Must have reliable transportation and proof of auto insurance
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Basic PC skills using MS Office and other various computer programs including presentation software
Physical Requirements:
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to remain in a stationary position at times; communicate, and operate a computer and telephone
Competencies:
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Accountable for meeting own targets, work is reviewed periodically.
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Problems encountered will be defined, repetitive, and routine with a solution readily available.
This job description is only a summary of the typical functions of this position, not an exhaustive or comprehensive list of all possible job responsibilities, tasks and duties. Responsibilities, tasks, and duties of individual jobholders may vary from the above description.
Any offered salary is determined based on internal equity, internal salary ranges, market data/ranges, applicant's skills, and prior relevant experience.
Compensation
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$25.59/hr
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Mileage Reimbursement at 70 cents per Business Miles driven
Benefits
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Medical (HMO & PPO), Dental, Vision (PPO) and 401(k) matching
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Annual PTO Accrual and holidays
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Rollover Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)
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Free Life and AD&D Insurance Employee Assistance Program
Breakthru Beverage Group is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information and other legally protected characteristics. The EEO is the Law poster is available here (https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088\_EEOC\_KnowYourRights6.12ScreenRdr.pdf) . If you need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process, please call (708) 298-3536 and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.
We’re driven to be the industry leader in every way, including how we treat our associates. Which is why we’ve built a people-centric, relationship-driven culture designed to maximize career advancement, a sense of belonging, and wellness. Focused on enhancing every aspect and phase of your career, the Breakthru experience includes our commitment to your growth, belonging, and wellness.
Breakthru Beverage is a family-owned and operated company with operations across the U.S. and Canada, and more than $8 billion in annual sales driven by a team of 10,000 associates. We deliver world-renowned brands to the doorsteps of North America’s retail, bar and restaurant businesses.
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How this job compares
Set against the 846 open Category Management jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 12, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$25.59/hr
- California median$26/hr24 hourly ranges
- US median$26/hr53 hourly ranges
This rate, $25.59/hr, is close to the California median midpoint ($26/hr) — in the middle half of Category Management hourly ranges in California.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 71 open Category Management jobs in California and 846 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in California
- Breakthru Beverage Group (this employer)20 open
- Accenture6 open
- Gilead Sciences, Inc.4 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 3 years of experience; Category Management postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (769 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a high school diploma; 459 of the 846 open Category Management jobs (54%) ask for a high school diploma or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 12, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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