Category Manager Value Story
Get in front of your buyer
A Category Manager for a Fortune 1000 consumer goods company is very forthright about who should—and shouldn't—use SOLYS. "If you want to be a data jockey, then don't use SOLYS," he notes. "But if you want to be in front of your buyer and show them what to change, then use SOLYS. You can choose to be in the high tech pit crew who is winning, or use an old monkey wrench and wrestle with data and lag behind." Responsible for eight categories and four captaincies, he credits SOLYS as "the only reason I can keep my head above water. It saves me time because I'm not mining data; and because it is so intuitive and easy to use, it keeps me totally focused on what the information means so I can concentrate on insights and recommendations."
"We're easily two years ahead of our competitors because of SOLYS," he adds. "Our culture here is very vested in technologies. We look to drive stakeholder value by ensuring every member of our team is productive—that means having the tools and technology in place." Better yet, he concludes, because he can go before his retailers with concise reports in hand that support his ideas, "My recommendations give me a way to interact with my buyers." And grow business.