Category Manager- Walmart

Flora Food Group • Rogers, AR

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Category Manager plays a critical role in transforming insights into action to drive retailer success and category growth. We are seeking a Category Manager to lead category strategy for our Spreads, Creams, and Cheese portfolio, delivering best-in-class category solutions across the Natural/Specialty and Walmart channels. This highly visible role partners closely with brand and field teams, developing compelling, data-driven stories that support customer engagement and decision-making. The Category Manager will build strong relationships with brokers, internal and external sales teams, and brand partners, with a focus on accelerating sales, improving profitability, and enabling sustainable business growth.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required
• 10+ years of category experience in CPG or distributor/broker
• Experience with Spins, Nielsen AOD Scan, Panel, and IRI Unify.
• Strong collaboration and negotiation skills.
• Strong planning and analytical skills.
• Strong communication skills, including verbal and written.
• Self-Starter: Self-motivated, resourceful, and don’t need your “handheld” to get things accomplished.
• Category Management guru: You have experience in developing and executing Category Strategies nationally
• Storyteller: You’re energized by analyzing the data, uncovering opportunities, and turning them into winning selling stories.
• Love to win in the marketplace: You’re the trusted partner that provides total category solutions that the customer goes to first.

Nice To Haves

• MBA preferred.
• Power BI, JDA a plus.

Responsibilities

• Develop a customer-facing category strategy for Spreads, Creams, and Cheese categories.
• Provide guidance on field execution (POGs) by creating localized shelving recommendations for the field to digest and cater to individual retailers and buyers, highlighting adds and deletes.
• Collect and report on POG schedules, share of shelf changes, and placement pre-& post resets.
• Build a Customer Selling Story with Sales partners for the retailer’s innovation and planning meetings.
• Ensure Brokers understand the strategy and localize the national strategy to execute plans accordingly.
• Maintain templates for easier storytelling and ensure the broker has the tools needed.
• Ad Hoc Analysis for accounts.

What This Job Offers

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