Associate Manager, Category Leadership - Walmart

Campbell's • Indianapolis, IN

3d • $87,900 - $120,900 • Hybrid

About The Position

Since 1869, Campbell's has connected people through food they love and is proud to be stewards of amazing brands that people trust. Their portfolio includes iconic brands such as Campbell’s, Cape Cod, Chunky, Goldfish, Kettle Brand, Lance, Late July, Pacific Foods, Pepperidge Farm, Prego, Pace, Rao’s Homemade, Snack Factory, Snyder’s of Hanover, Swanson, and V8. Campbell's offers opportunities to grow, innovate, and inspire, allowing employees to build rewarding careers and make history with the company.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree required
• 4+ years’ experience in Category Management or data analytics role in the CPG industry
• IRI or Nielson syndicated data experience
• Excellent analytical skills and attention to details
• Robust communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to think strategically
• Problem Solving & Analytical Ability
• Strong technical skills (ProSpace, Excel, Access, etc.)

Nice To Haves

• Technical Skills: JDA/ProSpace
• Strong in strategic storytelling
• Familiar with and can draw planograms
• High degree of self-motivation and discipline
• Exceptional organization and communication skills (both written & verbal)
• Excels at math, analytics, and problem-solving
• Ability to work with a wide variety of individuals within the organization and maintain regular contact with all stakeholders
• Team oriented with the ability to work independently
• Initiative and ability to work with various individuals and groups inside and outside the company progressing towards a common goal
• Ability to travel approximately 10% for customer & team meetings.

Responsibilities

• Supporting key strategic category management initiatives and projects including store specific planograms for important categories at Walmart.
• Working to deliver the most effective category, shopper, and channel-specific insights to drive category growth.
• Playing a key role in the usage and development of tools and capabilities.
• Supporting the modular relay process including the drawing of modulars in conjunction with the Walmart Advisor Team Lead.
• Supporting advisership of a key strategic category at Walmart, responsible for providing strategic and tactical recommendations to Walmart buyers on Distribution, Shelving, Merchandising, and Pricing to improve category performance.
• Developing strong working relationships with Walmart's Buyers and Walmart cross-functional partners.
• Supporting design compelling category, shopper, and consumer insights.
• Providing support to Walmart Buyers in developing an integrated category strategy.
• Interacting with cross-functional teams to provide strategic actionable insights based on market data analysis and insights.
• Supporting communication strategy to implement key research insights into plans at the customer level.
• Providing input into customer planning cycle based on knowledge of category and shopper trends, competitive issues, etc.
• Working closely with cross-functional groups including Buyers, Replenishment, Modular Planning, Space Planning, customer teams, and HQ category management.
• Serving on a trusted category advisor team to customer.
• Project management.

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Short and long-term disability
• AD&D insurance
• Life insurance (for individual, families, and domestic partners)
• Matching 401(k) plan with immediate vesting
• Unlimited sick time
• Paid time off
• Holiday pay
• Free access to the fitness center (at WHQ)
• Access to on-site day care (operated by Bright Horizons) (at WHQ)
• Access to company store (at WHQ)
• Campbell’s Cares program (matches employee donations and/or volunteer activity up to $1,500 annually)
• Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level