Category Manager - Walmart, Personal Health (Rogers, AR)

About the role

Provide category management and sales analytics expertise across the Philips Personal Health portfolio that will contribute to driving sales for Philips and Walmart. Collaborate with sales team colleagues and Walmart to monitor omnichannel consumer and sales trends for key categories within Philips Personal Health: Oral Health Care, Grooming & Beauty, and Mother & Child Care.

Responsibilities

• Partner with the Walmart Scintilla account team to drive sales results for Philips and Walmart.
• Apply insights and communicate results regularly to Walmart and the Philips organization.
• Contribute to guidance for assortment, pricing, promotion, and shelf layout, and construct planograms as needed.
• Leverage AI resources and processes to maximize efficiency.
• Serve as an analytic thought leader for Philips and train colleagues to use data and tools to continuously improve business performance.
• Present to Philips sales team and Walmart buyers to share category knowledge, management recommendations, and industry trends.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience working with retailers, CPG manufacturers, and/or consultants in category management, merchandising, and data management and insights.
• Extensive familiarity with Walmart Scintilla, syndicated data resources (Nielsen, Circana, etc.), and data hierarchies.
• Familiarity with planogram software packages (e.g. Blue Yonder Space Planning Plus).
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent.
• Ability to navigate between diverse categories and data sources to solve problems and create winning selling stories.

Qualifications

Physical, cognitive, and environmental job requirements must be met with or without reasonable accommodation.

Skills

Strong familiarity with Walmart Scintilla, syndicated data resources, and data hierarchies; ability to navigate the nuances associated with using these tools; demonstrated ability to understand retailer-specific sales tools and shopper/panel data; experience with a planogram software package (e.g. Blue Yonder Space Planning Plus); strong presentation skills; ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams; strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Benefits

Details about benefits can be found here.

Pay

The pay range for this position in AR is $98,000 to $156,000. The actual base pay offered may vary within the posted ranges depending on multiple factors including job-related knowledge/skills, experience, business needs, geographical location, and internal equity.

Schedule

This is an office role located in Rogers, AR.