Your Opportunity as the Senior Manager, Category Leadership Walmart, Inc.
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 :
- Lead, coach, and develop team of category advisors responsible for providing strategic and tactical category recommendations across WMT Inc.
- Drive thought leadership to guide "Best in Class" strategy development and advisory execution
- Manage a team of 3 direct reports (7 team members total)
- Develop and implement Category Management initiatives to increase Category Sales, Market Share and Profitability for Walmart
- Leverage insights to recommend actionable tactics for the customer
- Execute and lead category reviews, assortment best practices, and MOD execution
- Enable and promote strong, data-driven decision making to drive winning category growth
- Interface with category customers on a regular basis to deliver Consumer and Category Insights
- Work cross functionally to deliver results creating and enabling strategy to support the Buyer's category, sales and marketing initiatives
- Proactively monitor industry developments and retail trends to anticipate business needs and drive organizational agility
- Adopt continuous improvement mindset to elevate advisory execution capabilities and advocate for resources and technology necessary to provide leading category capabilities.
- Budget Management
- Lead recruitment, hiring, onboarding, and development across team
- Foster an inclusive, growth-oriented environment to maximize employee engagement
Support team in delivery of flawless Category Advisory execution :
Deliver accurate reporting consistently to Walmart with expert and insightful commentaryProvide expert level knowledge concerning current performance and future trends in the categoryEmbody sound understanding and modular automation to drive execution efficienciesDevelop and Analyze tracking reports for category and modular performanceUse / leverage Scintilla to develop sound category & shopper solutionsDeliver on modular expectations to execute buyer strategyDevelop customer specific category reviews and analysis to include :
Customer specific templates and formatsScintilla, POS and Syndicated data / panel insightsCategory SWOT Analysis, Strategies, and ScorecardCategory Tactical solutions for Product, Placement, Promotion, Pricing opportunitiesMarketplace Expertise :
Work with Industry Experts, Insights, CCB, Innovation and R&D to identify relevant Consumer Insights / TrendsDevelop presentations delivering consumer / category insightsUse insights to assist in developing retailer strategiesThe 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 Degree8+ years of Consumer-Packaged Goods industry experience5+ years of Category Management experience2+ years of Modular Relay experience at Walmart with a strong understanding of technical relay executionPeople management experience including experience leading direct and cross-functional teamsExperience with direct buyer interactionStrong insights skills comfort with ambiguity and translating data to insightsSound understanding of Syndicated and Panel Data (Circana, Nielsen, or Scintilla)Strong thought leadership and ability to think strategicallyStrong communication and interpersonal skillsExcellent problem solving & analytical abilityHigh degree of self-motivation and disciplineAbility to work independently with enterprise mindset and develop relationships with key stakeholdersStrong technical skills (Excel, PowerPoint, IRI and / or AC Nielsen)Ability to train Managers and Category AnalystsKnowledge of Industry standards relating to Category Management processAdditional skills and experience that we think would make someone successful in this role :
Experience with pricing and assortment analyticsLearn more about working at Smucker :
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