Associate Category Management Manager, Walmart/Club

Associate Category Management Manager, Walmart/Club

Work level 1C

Location:  Rogers, ARK

Background & Purpose of the Job:

The Category Manager delivers thought leadership and insights to drive solutions that accelerate growth for Unilever at Walmart and the Club channel, across Unilever Foods categories. You will partner at multiple levels within Unilever and the customer to influence, plan, and execute best in class category strategies. 

Who You Are & What You’ll Do:

• You’re a storyteller: You will have access to robust data sources (i.e. Scintilla, Circana, Nielsen, and Numerator) to turn insights into action by providing differentiated thought leadership delivered through simplified stories, to influence category strategies.

• You’re a strategist / visionary: Figuring out problems with limited direction doesn’t faze you. You have the intuition to anticipate issues and opportunities by elevating analyses beyond reporting to develop and translate insight into retail action.

• You’re a dot connector: You will penetrate multiple cross-functional teams and the customer to successfully influence action plans, aligned to category growth objectives, based on industry research, insights, and Unilever knowledge.

• You’re an innovator: You have a healthy dissatisfaction for the status quo and through access to tools, you will set a constant eye on the future to garner insights and develop solutions that drive incremental growth for the customer and Unilever, while influencing internally to design solutions for the customer.

• You’re agile & versatile: You can manage multiple customers and tasks at the same time, while delivering recommendations for growth for both Unilever and the customer.

 What You’ll Need To Succeed:

• Bachelor’s Degree required

• Minimum 3 years’ experience in Category Management, Customer Management, Insights, or Sales Strategy, with customer facing experience preferred

• Experience independently penetrating, persuading, and influencing internal and external touchpoints through clear, cogent, and concise communication

• Expertise in linking analytics via traditional data sources with retailer data and tools to develop planning insights into action

• Capability to develop category strategy at both retailer and manufacturer level and integrate into the planning process

• Strong understanding of marketing, sales, shopper insights, corporate strategy, and retailer strategy, operations, and planning, and ability to partner with each and integrate into category strategy/recommendations

• Extensive knowledge of syndicated data sources (Circana, Nielsen, Numerator, Household Panel, Loyalty Card Data)

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