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Role reports to: Category Excellence Team
Location: Rogers, AR.
Travel %: 10%
Pay: Annual base salary for new hires in this position ranges from $97,000 to $166,750. This takes into account a number of factors including work location, the candidate's skills, experience, education level & other job-related factors.
What you will do:
The Category Insights Manager is a critical role on the Kenvue-Walmart Team; responsible for building, developing, and leading a partnership with Walmart as a Category Captain. As the category lead you will have the opportunity to shape category growth plans based on key data, shopper and category insights and trends. This individual should have strong analytical skills, collaboration, project leadership, thought leadership, and have the ability to pull together strategic recommendations from insights and data. This leader will serve as a category expert, lead assortment assessments, business processes and have tool capabilities across key shopper / category systems such as POS, Syndicated Data, JDA Space Planning Software. This person should be able to operate in a high level fast paced, complex, and changing business environment. If you want to be a category leader, are retailer and shopper focused, and have a passion for developing yourself and others then this is the job for you!
Key Responsibilities:
Serve as a Lead Category Captain across key category - be a trusted and unbiased category partner that brings strong thought leadership to the customer
Plan, champion and coordinate impactful category recommendations and best-practice sharing.
Provide superior support to Walmart Merchandising team during POG Line Review process
Provide unbiased strategic and tactical insights and recommendations to Walmart Merchant on Distribution, Shelving, Merchandising, Pricing, & Promotional opportunities to improve category performance instore and online.
Uncover business opportunities with deep-dive analytics using a variety of resources including, but not limited to: POS, Syndicated Data, Marketplace & HH Panel Assessments, and Ad/Promotion Review
Responsible for leading analytics to provide value-added weekly reporting to the customer
Lead and empower your end-to-end team to act with speed, agility, and accountability
Be a shopper and category champion within the organization, providing voice of customer and shaping learning plans
Work with cross-functional stakeholders and internal Shopper/Category partners on research opportunities: provide voice-of-customer, shape research projects, and activate findings to be customer-specific
Work on Category Strategy Development including growth plans for focus Segments/Brands, Regional/Demographic Opportunities, and Assortment Gaps
Influence and execute the POG activation of merchandising improvements, efficient assortment, and clustering solutions
Develop, leverage, and share best-practices to enhance the entire category management team
A minimum of 5 years proven experience in CPG industry - customer insights, category management and/or shopper insights for consumer or relevant business experience is required
Deep analytical expertise and experience working with JDA Pro Space, Retail Link/ Luminate syndicated data, panel data, shopper-card data, and other research required
Extensive knowledge of omni retail customer store operations, structure, strategy, and retail execution tactics required.
Strong interpersonal skills and ability to build relationships required.
Strong digital literacy, including advanced knowledge of MS Office Suite and database management with an ability to draw accurate conclusions is required
Must have the ability to understand and interpret shopper and category insights research and a strong understanding of syndicated data (IRI or Nielsen) and Numerator panel
Knowledge of computer technology, analytical software programs, MS Office Suite
Ability to independently devise work scheduling for others and to organize and complete assigned work is required
Strong presentation skills and ability to tailor skills and presentation style to a variety of key decision makers is required
Ability to understand, interpret and communicate complex information across multiple levels is required
Ability to develop and oversee the execution of project plans and to implement, execute and draw conclusions from a variety of customer, shopper and category studies is required Experience with space planning software is required
This position will be located in Rogers, Arkansas and will require up to 10% domestic travel
Desired Qualifications:
Experience in Walmart Department and/or Personal Care categories preferred
Experience in people development preferred
What's in it for you
• Annual base salary for new hires in this position ranges from $97,000 to $166,750. This takes into account a number of factors including work location, the candidate's skills, experience, education level & other job-related factors.
• Competitive Total Rewards Package*
• Paid Company Holidays, Paid Vacation, Volunteer Time & More!
• Learning & Development Opportunities
• Employee Resource Groups
• This list could vary based on location/region
*Note: Total Rewards at Kenvue include salary, bonus (if applicable) and benefits. Your Talent Access Partner will be able to share more about our total rewards offerings and the specific salary range for the relevant location(s) during the recruitment & hiring process.
Kenvue is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment based on business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, protected veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic, and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.
