Chris Izor
Senior Director, Category Management - National Grocery Team at Kellanova
- Role
- Senior Director, Category Management - National Grocery Team at Kellanova
- Location
- Fort Mitchell, KY, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Chris Izor
Chris brings over 30 years of experience in category management, commercial strategy, and cross-functional leadership, currently serving as Senior Director at Kellanova. Throughout his career, Chris has consistently delivered transformative results. Chris was a founding member of the manufacturer-side adoption of dunnhumby insights where he played a pivotal role in training teams internally and externally to leverage data for smarter decision-making, drove multiple innovative cross-functional category strategies that garnered success for the customer and his organization, and he led the development of a Joint Business Planning (JBP) process that has been broadly adopted across the company. He is a three-time recipient of the Golden K Team Award and earned the company’s highest honor—the Best of Kellanova Award—in 2024. Chris is known for building high-performing teams and fostering a culture of growth, collaboration, and accountability. He excels at mentoring talent, guiding team members to expand their capabilities, and preparing them for future leadership roles. His leadership style blends strategic vision with hands-on coaching, enabling individuals to thrive in dynamic environments. Chris’s commitment to developing others has shaped resilient teams and driven long-term success across the organization.
Experience
Senior Director, Category Management - National Grocery Team
Oct 2023 — Present · Fort Mitchell, KY, US
2024 KNA Best of Kellanova Award Winner - Winning Shelf and Assortment
Education
University of Cincinnati Carl H. Lindner College of Business
BA, Marketing/Management
1995
Skills
- Grocery
- Ac Nielsen
- Customer Marketing
- Apollo
- Nielsen
- Customer Insights
- Category Insights
- Iri
- Consumer Products
- Spectra
- Management
- Shopper Marketing
- Space Planning
- Dunnhumby
- Retail
- Category Management
- Retail Link
- Key Account Development
- Virtual
- Cross-Functional Team Leadership
- Customer Insight
- Direct Store Delivery
- Market Analysis
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