Associate Lead, Category Leadership - Walmart Advisory Analytics

J.M. Smucker Co • Bentonville, AR

7d • Hybrid

About The Position

Your Opportunity as the Associate Lead, Category Leadership – Walmart Advisory Analytics Key contributor to Walmart Category Advisory Team. Expert in data analytics, retail strategy, and bringing business-building concepts to life in store and online. Go-to expert to build insightful data stories, reporting, and visualizations. Builds trusting relationships with Walmart, working closely to activate key components of category strategy. Location: Bentonville, AR (JMS Regional Walmart Office) Work Arrangements: Hybrid - onsite a minimum of 2 days per week In this role you will: Customer Category Management Assist in the development and implementation of Customer specific Category Leadership Plans (CLP) and 4P tactical solutions Identify key business trends and synthesize for customer application Identify opportunities and issues and support the Category Advisory team to implement solutions at retail Provide broad insights to support customer initiatives Understand the competitive marketplace in which JMS and customers operate Communicate insights and learnings to the customer merchandising team Actively participate in retailer calls Collaborate and influence across the various Strategic Business Areas (SBAs) The Right Place for You We are bold, kind, strive to do the right thing, we play to win, and we believe in a strong community that thrives together. Our culture is rooted in our Basic Beliefs , and we believe in supporting every employee by meeting their physical, emotional, and financial needs.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree
• 4+ years of relevant Consumer Packaged Goods experience
• 2+ years of Category Management experience
• Experience leveraging Circana or AC Nielsen data
• Experience leveraging Scintilla Planogramming / Planogram software experience (JDA Prospace)
• Experience building relationships with customers / retailers
• Strong analytical skills, problem solving and storytelling experience
• Ability to translate insights into actions
• Strategic mindset to help build and execute effective plans
• Ability to travel up to 15%

Nice To Haves

• Luminate Charter experience
• ShelfIQ experience
• Experience with Tableau and/or other data visualization tools from a reporting perspective

Responsibilities

• Assist in the development and implementation of Customer specific Category Leadership Plans (CLP) and 4P tactical solutions
• Identify key business trends and synthesize for customer application
• Identify opportunities and issues and support the Category Advisory team to implement solutions at retail
• Provide broad insights to support customer initiatives
• Understand the competitive marketplace in which JMS and customers operate
• Communicate insights and learnings to the customer merchandising team
• Actively participate in retailer calls
• Collaborate and influence across the various Strategic Business Areas (SBAs)

What This Job Offers

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