Kate Foxbower

Category Management Leader | Transforming Data into Sales Growth & Retailer Strategies for Food & Mass Retail

Role: Senior Category Development Advisor at Welch's
Location: Cincinnati, OH, US
LinkedIn followers: 500 followers

About Kate Foxbower

Strategic, collaborative and innovative leader with a passion for answering complex problems that result in an efficient, profitable company. A deep understanding of business issues, consumer behavior and data related to marketing, financials and inventory. Strengths include ability to:• Analyze, extract and filter data• Solve problems related to processes and procedures leading to sound business decisions• Lead and manage teams and processes• Communicate results and insights to all levels of an organizationExpertise in business analytics with particular knowledge in:• Custom reporting• Consumer trends• Syndicated data• Data collection• Design and implementation of algorithms• Retail space management related to inventory and sales velocity• Consumer packaged goods promotions• Competitive go-to market strategies

Experience

Senior Category Development Advisor
Welch's
Oct 2025 — Present · Cincinnati, OH, US
Partner with the Sales team to drive category growth across major retailers (Kroger, Giant Eagle, Meijer, Albertsons, HEB) by delivering actionable insights and strategic recommendations for distribution, merchandising, and SKU optimization. Identify growth opportunities through sales data analysis, assortment gap assessment, and market trend evaluation to optimize product performance and support key account strategies. Partner cross-functionally to deliver category expertise to internal teams, contributing to development of broader organizational category strategy.

Education

Xavier University
Bachelor of Science, Computer Science
2000 — 2004

Skills

Market Research
Team Leadership
Planogram Development
Lead a Team
Process Improvement
Category Insights
Communication
Management
Competitive Analysis
Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (Fmcg)
Data Analysis
Business Process Improvement
Retail
Marketing
Strategy
Retail Category Management
Grocery Industry
Project Management
Customer Service
Training
Product Development
Development & Delivery of Training
Analytics
Customer Insight
Planograms

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