Manager vacancy in Washington USA

Category Leadership Manager - Walmart
Your Opportunity as the Category Leadership Manager - Walmart
This role is responsible for leading the category advisor relationship inclusive of strategy development and modular execution for designated category at Walmart. This role will lead a team of two direct reports working directly with Walmart to deliver winning category growth strategies. Key responsibilities include leading and advancing Category Management capabilities developing holistic category strategies and delivering flawless modular execution to drive winning in-store and e-commerce category growth for Walmart. This role works closely with our internal Category Strategy and Shopper Insight teams and many of our other cross functional partners to create holistic analyses of the Category landscape to develop and implement winning category growth strategies for Walmart.

Location: Bentonville AR

Work Arrangements: Hybrid ~25% in office presence

In this role you will:
Foster collaborative relationships with the buyer planner modular development and replenishment teams at Walmart
Develop actionable insights and strategies to drive winning category growth for Walmart
Manage a team of 2-direct reports in support of delivering flawless category advisory execution
Be the omni-channel insights leader by integrating the digital shelf and omni-insights to drive optimal assortment and space recommendations to drive category growth for Walmart
Develop category performance scorecards and dashboards to evaluate sales distribution and category landscape activity
Employ space management and automation tools (Shelf IQ) to drive modular efficiencies and accuracy
Develop holistic omni-channel strategies by leveraging insights and analytics from industry-wide and retailer-specific data sources
Deliver flawless modular execution
Provide thought leadership on Category trends and growth strategies
Build influential category growth strategies by gathering and analyzing category consumer and market data from multiple sources (e.g. Luminate IRI Retail Link shopper insights sales data).
Guide team through adoption and implementation of best-in-class category tools and resources

The Right Place for You
We are bold kind strive to do the right thing we play to win and we believe in a strong community that thrives together. Our culture is rooted in our Basic Beliefs and we believe in supporting every employee by meeting their physical emotional and financial needs.

What we are looking for:

Minimum Requirements:
Bachelor’s degree
5+ years experience in CPG industry in category management related roles
Category advisor experience
People management experience
Track record of developing automated reporting tools and dashboards to deliver industry leading business intelligence
Proficient in using Syndicated (IRI Nielsen) and Panel Data
Proficient in Walmart Retail Link and Luminate
Specialized knowledge and proficiency in JDA (Space planning) Windows Excel and related software applications
Regularly demonstrate the ability to think outside the normal boundaries to develop new solutions that enhance category leadership capabilities
Strong communication skills
Proactively contributes thought leadership on industry trends
Strong customer management and project management skills

Additional skills and experience that we think would make someone successful in this role (not required):
Proficient with 3rd Party data analysis (NPD Mintel Kantar)
Proficient with data visualization software (Tableau)

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