Associate Category Management Manager, Walmart/Club

Unilever • Rogers, AR

6d • $86,080 - $129,120

About The Position

The Category Manager delivers thought leadership and insights to drive solutions that accelerate growth for Unilever at Walmart and the Club channel, across Unilever Foods categories. You will partner at multiple levels within Unilever and the customer to influence, plan, and execute best in class category strategies.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree required
• Minimum 3 years' experience in Category Management, Customer Management, Insights, or Sales Strategy, with customer facing experience preferred
• Experience independently penetrating, persuading, and influencing internal and external touchpoints through clear, cogent, and concise communication
• Expertise in linking analytics via traditional data sources with retailer data and tools to develop planning insights into action
• Capability to develop category strategy at both retailer and manufacturer level and integrate into the planning process
• Strong understanding of marketing, sales, shopper insights, corporate strategy, and retailer strategy, operations, and planning, and ability to partner with each and integrate into category strategy/recommendations
• Extensive knowledge of syndicated data sources (Circana, Nielsen, Numerator, Household Panel, Loyalty Card Data)

Responsibilities

• Turn insights into action by providing differentiated thought leadership delivered through simplified stories, to influence category strategies.
• Anticipate issues and opportunities by elevating analyses beyond reporting to develop and translate insight into retail action.
• Penetrate multiple cross-functional teams and the customer to successfully influence action plans, aligned to category growth objectives, based on industry research, insights, and Unilever knowledge.
• Set a constant eye on the future to garner insights and develop solutions that drive incremental growth for the customer and Unilever, while influencing internally to design solutions for the customer.
• Manage multiple customers and tasks at the same time, while delivering recommendations for growth for both Unilever and the customer.

Benefits

• Unilever employees are eligible to participate in our benefits plan. Should the employee choose to participate, they can choose from a range of benefits to include, but is not limited to, health insurance (including prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage), retirement savings benefits, life insurance and disability benefits, parental leave, sick leave, paid vacation and holidays, as well as access to numerous voluntary benefits. Any coverages for health insurance and retirement benefits will be in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable plans and associated governing plan documents.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees