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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 advisorships.
Location: Bentonville, AR
Work Arrangements: Hybrid - onsite a minimum of 2 days per week
In This Role You Will
We are bold, kind, strive to do the right thing, we play to win, and we believe in a strong community that thrives together. Our culture is rooted in our Basic Beliefs, and we believe in supporting every employee by meeting their physical, emotional, and financial needs.
Minimum Requirements
What we are looking for:
We are bold, kind, strive to do the right thing, we play to win, and we believe in a strong community that thrives together. Our culture is rooted in our Basic Beliefs, and we believe in supporting every employee by meeting their physical, emotional, and financial needs.
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We're an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, age, national origin, disability status or protected veteran status.
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 advisorships.
Location: Bentonville, AR
Work Arrangements: Hybrid - onsite a minimum of 2 days per week
In This Role You Will
- 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
- Advance the teams development of space management automation capabilities (Shelf IQ) to drive efficiencies and accuracy in planogram activation
- Assist the team in building influential category growth strategies by gathering and analyzing category, consumer, and market data from multiple sources (e.g., Scintilla, Circana, 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
We are bold, kind, strive to do the right thing, we play to win, and we believe in a strong community that thrives together. Our culture is rooted in our Basic Beliefs, and we believe in supporting every employee by meeting their physical, emotional, and financial needs.
Minimum Requirements
What we are looking for:
- Bachelor’s degree
- 2 years in Sales Analytics, Category Management, or Shopper Insights
- Experience analyzing sales data and reports
- Experience with POS, syndicated, panel, and retailer shopper data (e.g., Circana, Nielsen, Scintilla, Spectra, Market Track)
- Proficiency with JDA Pro Space and Microsoft Office, including Word, Access, and PowerPoint
- Ability to build strong customer and cross-functional relationships
- Ability to support shopper and channel reporting to drive retail strategy execution
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Strong analytical, interpretive, and problem-solving skills
- Self-starter able to manage multiple projects
- Ability to travel up to 10%
- Proficiency with data visualization tools (Spotfire, Power BI, or Tableau)
- Experience with space automation tools
- Awareness of industry trends and category insights
- Experience with third-party data sources (e.g., NPD, Mintel, Kantar)
We are bold, kind, strive to do the right thing, we play to win, and we believe in a strong community that thrives together. Our culture is rooted in our Basic Beliefs, and we believe in supporting every employee by meeting their physical, emotional, and financial needs.
Stay connected with us on LinkedIn®
We're an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, age, national origin, disability status or protected veteran status.