Advisor Category

Responsibilities

• Partner with the Walmart Buyer to support development of category objectives, strategies, and tactics
• Build and maintain strong, collaborative relationships with Walmart Buyers and cross-functional partners through regular engagement, clear communication, and responsiveness
• Lead the modular drawing process aligned to merchant strategies, including shelf layout design, assortment recommendations, and set size optimization, while ensuring ease of store execution and compliance
• Proactively identify emerging shopper and marketplace trends, leveraging available data and insights to develop fact-based recommendations
• Develop and maintain both custom and standardized reports to support customer meetings, category reviews, and ad hoc requests
• Support development of analytical tools and reporting to track and measure category performance across formats

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, or related field required
• Minimum 5 years of experience in consumer packaged goods within category management, sales, and/or market research
• Demonstrated category management expertise, preferably supporting Walmart as a Category Advisor
• Advanced proficiency in Retail Link, IRI, Sc intilla, Panel data, JDA ProSpace, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with ability to translate insights into actionable recommendations
• Self-starter with strong ownership, bias for action, and results orientation
• Strategic thinker with strong storytelling and influencing capabilities
• Demonstrated resilience, adaptability, and ability to navigate change
• No Supervisory Responsibility