Category Development Manager - Walmart

Key Responsibilities

• This role will provide YOU with the opportunity to lead key activities to progress your career. These responsibilities include some of the following…
• Ensure Core Shelf Dynamics at WALMART are strong in Haleon Categories and for Haleon brands.
• Bring thought leadership to develop breakthrough Category strategies for HALEON to fuel sales / market share / and profit growth for HALEON Sales & for Key retailers
• Create strong category shelving/merchandising solutions leveraging sku efficiency principles and help customers implement shopper centric solutions
• Conduct Pre and Post Planogram Reviews across key categories to identify progress and key areas of opportunity.
• Evaluate new launch potential and build new launch selling decks that excite and guide retailers and secure key shelving placement
• Build strong relationships with US Walmart Haleon Team to leverage key insights and opportunities.
• Partner with Sales Team on joint-business planning sessions and strategic alliances with retailers.
• Conduct insightful category reviews on key businesses and work with internal sales team and external customers to address opportunities.
• Manage and integrate various global and North American research sources to develop category insights that feed into retailer solutions
• Leverage Data centric tools like Scintilla and NIQ Scanning, Assortment, and Omni Panel to add value to our retailers.
• Liaison with cross-functional team through business planning and ensure category dynamics and shopper opportunities are embedded in brand and customer plans.

Basic Qualifications

• We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:
• University Degree with focus in a business discipline (MBA an asset).
• Minimum 3-5 years category management experience with preference for consumer packaged goods
• Proven experience working with Walmart (Buyers/Category, Merchandising) at multiple organizational levels.
• Led/highly involved in developing Category growth initiatives and bringing thought leadership to our internal and external partners
• Advanced at working with NIQ, Assortment tools, Shopper tools (including Panel), and JDA (Blue Yonder) planogram software
• Highly adept at working with Walmart data including Scintilla and Retail link (ideally as Vendor advisor)
• Strong storytelling capabilities
• Proficient analytical skills that can generate insights leveraging shopper research studies and best practice presentations
• Comfortable managing multiple priorities
• Strong communication, stakeholder management and presentations skills Experience leading and/or working with multifunctional teams

Preferred Qualifications

• If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus:
• MBA or equivalent an asset but not required.
• #LI-Hybrid

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