Tony Ozawa
- Role
- Category & Innovation Manager at Albertsons Companies
- Location
- Torrance, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Tony Ozawa
Passionate about developing product innovation that inspires and delights consumers…
Experience
Category & Innovation Manager
Apr 2023 — Present
Manage the growth of key In-Store Bakery (ISB) and Deli categories totaling nearly $2Bn in annual sales across all Albertsons\' banners and divisions. Lead the full product management and development of new and existing product innovations for Own Brands (Private Label) items through each stage gating including ideation, sourcing, reformulation, packaging, and commercialization. Conduct extensive category & portfolio analysis including pricing & promotion, SKU rationalization, distribution opportunities, competitive analysis (including rest of market retailers), consumer and product trends. Leveraged data sets include Albertson\'s internal scan and loyalty shopper data (Symphony Retail AI), Circana (previously IRI) POS and Panel data including new Integrated Fresh Database, Mintel research & their Global New Product Database (GNPD), Datassentials (flavor trends), and Placer.ai (mobile-based foot traffic portal).*Job title was previously Product Manager
Skills
- Consumer Package Goods
- Event Management
- Event Planning
- Management
- Category Management
- Social Media Marketing
- Customer Service
- Marketing
- Microsoft Excel
- Account Management
- Sales Operations
- Finance
- Sales
- Market Research
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