Category Insights Executive

About the role

You will be part of the Walmart Category Advisor team in Bentonville, AR. This is a high performing team in a fast-paced environment. You will help design consumer, category and space-based solutions in collaboration with your Walmart Merchant.

Responsibilities

• Champion a fact-based Category First approach within our Category Advisor and Walmart Merchandising Team.
• Be the strategic Advisor that works with cross-functional teams on the development, execution, and commercialization of the Shopper/Consumer learning agenda to support our award-winning purpose-driven purchase category strategy.
• Create assigned category segment solutions that advance all pillars of category management (space & assortment, rollback opportunities, category insights, in-store merchandising) to accelerate Walmart's leadership of the Beer category.
• Lead the Beer category modular relay process for your assigned segment alongside your internal team – space field specialist (modular expert) and category analyst.
• Deliver store-level category assortment by leveraging syndicated data resources and assortment planning tools.
• Lead category reviews with your Walmart Beer Merchant.
• Deliver weekly proactive insights to your Merchant and manage ad hoc requests.
• Regular in-market work to evaluate the effectiveness of plan implementation as well as identify opportunities.
• Perform general performance reporting – track, measure, and communicate results of initiatives.

Requirements

• Strong analytical and storytelling skills using Excel and PowerPoint.
• Ability to develop category and merchandising strategies by interpreting emerging consumer, shopper, and market trends.
• Ability to simplify and clearly communicate to internal cross-functional partners and with Walmart Merchants.
• Deep understanding of Walmart Modular Relay process.
• Experience with syndicated databases such as Circana or NIQ.
• Experience pulling data and leveraging Walmart’s Scintilla Shopper Behavior and Channel Performance platforms.

Qualifications

• At least 3 years of experience in category management in the consumer-packaged goods industry.
• A bachelor’s degree in business administration, Marketing, Finance, Statistics/Analytics OR other relevant field OR equivalent experience (4+ years) in the consumer-packaged goods industry.

Skills

• Strong analytical and storytelling skills using Excel and PowerPoint.
• Ability to develop category and merchandising strategies by interpreting emerging consumer, shopper, and market trends.
• Ability to simplify and clearly communicate to internal cross-functional partners and with Walmart Merchants.
• Deep understanding of Walmart Modular Relay process.
• Experience with syndicated databases such as Circana or NIQ.
• Experience pulling data and leveraging Walmart’s Scintilla Shopper Behavior and Channel Performance platforms.

Benefits

• 15 days vacation, 10 paid holidays, 4 personal floating holidays and 64 hours of sick time.
• Total Rewards Offerings: $109,100.00 - $143,200.00 (posting salary range) + 20% target short-term incentive + $23,000 on average spent on benefits per employee, including but not limited to health, dental, vision, retirement with above-market employer match, wellness incentives and EAP + paid time off (including holidays, vacation days and sick days).

Pay

$109,100.00 - $143,200.00 (posting salary range)

Schedule

Full-time