Associate Category Advisor
About The Position
The Opportunity: As an Associate Category Advisor for the Dolls category, you actively improve Walmart’s Omni merchandising strategy and ultimate execution via your insights development, industry perspective, and superior merchandising design and accuracy. This job requires the ability to leverage insights within modular and site design, the clarity of data storytelling within reporting, and the tenacity and accountability to work with Walmart merchant team members to ensure flawless execution. Externally, you will execute your Walmart buyer’s vision by partnering with Walmart analysts, modular planners, and replenishment teams critical to Category success. Internally at Mattel you will carefully curate office interactions and data access to ensure complete confidentiality. What Your Impact Will Be: Retail: execute your Walmart buyer’s product mix, placement, and store-level strategies that maximize performance
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience
- 3-5 years of experience in analytics, analytic programming, category management, trade marketing, merchandising, sales forecasting/analysis, consumer and/or sales research
- Solid knowledge of Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint - expert knowledge of Excel a plus
- Expertise and tool creation know-how with JDA Space Planning or similar space planning tool
- Experience with analyzing data from Retailer POS and/or syndicated data
- Demonstrated a growth mindset by staying curious and continuously learning, embracing challenges, and improving themselves.
- Fun, smart and engaged team-player
- Ability to adapt to changing needs and priorities on a daily basis
- Proactive problem solving and a positive attitude while dealing with challenges
- Desire to grow career, skill set and leadership within Mattel
- Strong analytic knowledge and expertise, with ability to create actionable reports and dashboards
- Creative, collaborative approach to test and learn opportunities
- Attention to detail, common-sense approach to data validation, and accountability for accuracy
- Strong verbal and written communication skills for engaging in-person and remote-location audiences
- Ability to explain highly complex topics to audiences with varying levels of knowledge
- Able to work independently with very minimal supervision, adhere to schedules and follow up accordingly
Nice To Haves
- Tableau report-creation experience a plus
- Experience with Panel and/or Luminate data a plus
Responsibilities
- Recommend modulars (planograms) across all Doll category configurations
- Evaluate space to sales performance, highlighting gaps and growth opportunities
- Provide prioritized listing recommendations to optimize modular versions beyond main set
- Work with your Walmart buyer to optimize PDP, SEO and other dot com drivers
- Organizational Intelligence: design interactive reports that elevate the Walmart merchant team’s visibility into critical category trends
- Clearly highlight opportunities and gaps by analyzing and distributing weekly modular and dot com reports
- Standardize space metrics to enhance reporting frequency and accuracy
- Support Modular Walk-Throughs with Management by maintaining reporting metrics and applying insights
- Deliver regular Omni competitive reviews using publicly available data
- Leadership: lead your role with passion and accountability, focusing on achieving Walmart Modular and Site excellence
- Effectively develop relationships with and engage Walmart merchant team members for high performing results
- Successfully build relationships and partnerships (both internally/externally) to support key objectives and outcomes for the Walmart business
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
