Director, Category Management Walmart

Campbell's • Rogers, AR

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

The primary responsibility of this position is to lead and advance our Category Leadership function to drive growth and improve performance for Campbell Snacks within Walmart and Sam's Club. Lead the development and delivery of high-impact category, shopper, and channel insights that accelerate category growth. This role supports the annual sales planning while acting as a strategic liaison to the HQ Category Leadership team. Owns Walmart and Sam's Club Category Management and Category Advisor responsibilities and drives team performance through clear goal setting and ongoing development of direct reports.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree required, master's degree preferred
• Minimum 10 years of relevant experience in CPG industry (Walmart and Sam's experience preferred)
• Minimum 5 years of Shopper Insights or Category Management experience
• 10+ years Circana or Nielson syndicated data experience (Scintilla experience preferred)
• Prior experience managing teams with a proven track record of inspiring a team to execute plans is required

Nice To Haves

• Strategic Thinker – ability to envision the team/processes/relationships of the future
• Leadership/Executive presence – leads through resonant engagement demonstrating mindfulness, hope and compassion to build an inclusive environment
• Ability to lead, communicate, present and influence all levels of the organization, including executive and C-level
• Self-motivated with ability to embrace change and deliver results managing multiple/diverse priorities
• Excellent communication skills and attention to detail
• Strong analytical and technical skills; Ability to leverage / navigate POS (Circana/Nielsen/Spins); Syndicated Panel (Circana/Numerator/etc.); use/application of retailer data (Scintilla)

Responsibilities

• Translate Category Strategy into custom Walmart/Sam's category stories and growth initiatives
• Develop strong working relationships with Walmart and Sam's Buyers
• Manage a team of Advisors responsible for providing strategic and tactical recommendations to Walmart buyers on the Distribution, Shelving, Merchandising, and Pricing to improve category performance, and a team of Category Managers aimed at influencing Walmart/Sam's activations through account specific Insights
• Translate and synthesize consumer and shopper insights at the customer level
• Identify and activate against key Walmart/Sam's opportunities
• Identify growth opportunities for direct reports and team members
• Develop and deploy Category Leadership best practices
• Keep an eye towards future of Category trends, systems and best practices

Benefits

• medical
• dental
• short and long-term disability
• AD&D
• life insurance (for individual, families, and domestic partners)
• matching 401(k) plan
• unlimited sick time
• paid time off
• holiday pay
• free access to the fitness center (if in WHQ)
• on-site day care
• company store
• Campbell’s Cares program matches employee donations and/or volunteer activity up to $1,500 annually
• Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)
• competitive health, dental, 401k and wellness benefits beginning on the first day of employment

What This Job Offers

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