Senior Analyst, Category Advisory
About The Position
This role serves as a critical member of the Walmart category advisor team working directly with Walmart in support of developing winning category growth strategies and modular execution. Key responsibilities include leveraging and developing point-of-sale business reporting to inform over-arching category performance as well as supporting the delivery of flawless modular execution within the team. This role is key in supporting the development and discovery of industry leading category growth opportunities to drive in-store and omnichannel growth working closely with HQ Category Leadership, Insights, and Integrated Analytics teams to create holistic analyses, analytic tools, and understanding of the Category landscape to drive winning category growth in support of our Walmart category advisorship.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree
- 2+ years’ experience in Sales Analytics, Category Management, or Shopper Insights
- Experience using Syndicated data (IRI, Nielsen), POS, Panel, and Retailer Shopper data
- Demonstrated ability to develop high-quality relationships
- Ability to support, develop, and execute shopper and channel reporting analysis to enable the successful execution of Retail strategies
- Ability to think outside the normal boundaries to develop new solutions that enhance category leadership capabilities
- Proactively contributes thought-leadership on industry trends
- Strong customer management and project management skills
- Proficient and/or knowledgeable in Microsoft Office programs (Excel, Word, Access and PowerPoint)
- Strong cross-functional teamwork orientation
- Effective analytical, interpretive, & problem-solving skills
- Excellent communication and presentation skills; ability to influence decisions
- Self-motivated with ability to manage multiple projects and customers
Nice To Haves
- Experience using Spotfire, PowerBI or Tableau to analyze sales reports
- Experience building relationships with retail customers
- Experience implementing space automation capabilities
- Proficient in Walmart Point of Sale data and Luminate Data
- Proficient with 3rd Party data analysis (NPD, Mintel, Kantar)
Responsibilities
- Advance the team’s development of space management automation capabilities (Shelf IQ) to drive efficiencies and accuracy in planogram activation
- Develop automated category performance scorecards, dashboards, and ad-hoc business intelligence tools enabling quick and efficient review of category performance and market landscape
- Support team in delivering flawless modular execution for the Frozen Snacks and Entertaining category advisorship
- Assist the team in building influential category growth strategies by gathering and analyzing category, consumer, and market data from multiple sources (e.g., Luminate, IRI, Retail Link, shopper insights, sales data).
- Assist in development of holistic omni-channel category strategies by leveraging the tools, insights, and analytics from internal, industry, and retailer-specific sources.
- Assist the team in developing actionable insights and strategic category initiatives to drive category growth with Walmart
- Foster collaborative relationships with the buyer, planner, modular development, and replenishment teams at Walmart
Benefits
- We believe in supporting every employee by meeting their physical, emotional, and financial needs.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
