Walmart US Category Management Director
About The Position
The Category Management Director serves as the lead Category Advisor for a respective category and is responsible for delivering category sales and market-share growth for Walmart. The role uses category expertise, storytelling, analytics, and insights to become a trusted resource for the Walmart Senior Merchant. The Director owns the relationship with the Walmart Senior Merchant and leads strategy development, assortment and shelving recommendations, and execution of Walmart’s physical and digital shelf. This role is based in Fayetteville, Arkansas, and requires relocation to Northwest Arkansas to work directly with Walmart. Candidates should also be prepared to consider relocation opportunities during their career as business needs and development opportunities arise.
Requirements
- Strong customer collaboration and selling skills.
- Ability to distill complex data into simple stories.
- Ability to lead, train, and develop others.
- Strong thought leadership and influencing skills.
- Ability to proactively set and lead productive meeting agendas.
- Superior written, verbal, and presentation communication skills.
- Demonstrated analytical and critical-thinking skills, including identifying root causes and linking strategies and objectives to develop compelling stories and recommended actions.
- Experience with key Walmart Category Management tools, such as ProSpace, Scintilla, PowerBI, Excel, and Nielsen.
Responsibilities
- Deliver thought leadership and category expertise to the Walmart Merchant Team.
- Partner with Walmart to define omnichannel category strategies that deliver sales and market-share growth.
- Provide actionable reporting, insights, and marketplace analysis to influence category decisions and strategies.
- Lead the Walmart modular process and execute it with excellence.
- Determine, develop, and execute breakthrough physical and digital shelf concepts.
- Collaborate with internal category experts on best-in-class shelving and assortment recommendations across physical and digital shopping environments.
- Collaborate with Shopper Insights managers to provide best-in-class insights.
- Lead, manage, and inspire a team.
- Anticipate Walmart merchants’ business needs and provide data-driven recommendations to grow Walmart’s business.
- Provide competitive updates and landscape assessments to the Walmart Merchant Team.
- Develop modular recommendations one to two years ahead, sell them in, and execute in-market tests.
Benefits
- Benefits are included as part of P&G total rewards.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
No Education Listed
