Lead, Category Leadership

Lead, Category Leadership

As a Walmart Category Advisor for JM Smucker, you will serve as a trusted partner to Walmart's merchant team on a dynamic advisor team, driving category growth through data-driven insights, strategic recommendations, and flawless execution. You will leverage deep expertise in category management, shopper and consumer analytics, and modular planning to deliver actionable solutions that enhance sales, market share, and customer satisfaction. You will have one direct report, on a team of six.

Location : Bentonville, AR

Work Arrangements : Hybrid - onsite a minimum of 9 days a month primarily during core weeks as determined by the Company; maybe more as business need requires

In this role you will :

Category Leadership & Advisory

• Act as point person for Walmart merchants on category, shopper, and consumer trends, providing fact-based, insight-led recommendations
• Lead the modular build process, delivering optimized planograms and assortment strategies that align with Walmart's objectives
• Conduct category reviews, SWOT analyses, and scorecard development using syndicated and POS data (Circana, Scintilla, Primary / Secondary Research)
• Assess new product introductions, market analyses, and assortment changes to drive category and brand growth

Insights & Analytics

Collaboration & Communication

Continuous Improvement

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 :

Additional skills and experience that we think would make someone successful in this role (not required) :