Walmart Advisor - Category Leadership Manager

Conagra Brands is a leading food company dedicated to innovation and building impactful relationships. As a Walmart Advisor, you will enhance the Advisor relationship with Walmart by providing consultative category management and data-driven recommendations to drive category growth.

Responsibilities

• Deliver weekly category performance reporting and communication to the buyer
• Conduct monthly business reviews translating data from multiple sources into narrowly defined, immediate business opportunities with action plans
• Gather and interpret competitive market intelligence (from Wal-Mart's perspective)
• Participate in strategic dialogue with teams including Category Management, Marketing and Operations
• Collaborate with our Business Development, Consumer Insights, and Category Managers to share best practices and build our insights data base. (Exclusive of confidential information)
• Use Spectra, IRI, Prospace, Retail Link, Scintilla and other consumer-centric data tools to build custom analyses and develop store of the community opportunities on an everyday and seasonal basis
• Manage all aspects of modular development projects by driving and supporting the core line review process, new item recommendation and distribution, traiting, spacing, on-shelf merchandising, POG creation, DC Item Matrices and Category Buyer communication
• Provide post promotional analysis for important events to include selling highlights, opportunities, price point effectiveness and recommendations for improvement going forward
• Challenge other's perspectives when they are counter-sync with the Category Buyer's goals or known facts of the business
• Develop ad hoc reports to help support the business

Skills

• Bachelor's degree required
• Experience as a Category Advisor for Walmart within CPG industry, including 1-3 years minimum experience with the Walmart Modular Process – end-to-end technical abilities across all facets of the modular process from preparing preliminary category strategies to drawing modulars (uploading data, customizing at store cluster level, presenting recommendations to merchants)
• Experience with Excel (can perform complex functions), PowerPoint and JDA Pro Space
• Experience with Syndicated data and customer POS sources (i.e. Retail Link, Spectra and Circana data)
• Experience linking seemingly disparate pieces of information
• Experience presenting ideas and concepts to groups of varying levels within and outside of the organization
• Experience contributing and influencing in a cross-functional matrix environment

Benefits

• Comprehensive healthcare plans
• Wellness incentive program
• Mental wellbeing support
• Fitness reimbursement
• Bonus incentive opportunity
• Matching 401(k)
• Stock purchase plan
• Career development opportunities
• Employee resource groups
• On-demand learning
• Tuition reimbursement
• Paid-time off
• Parental leave
• Flexible work-schedules
• Volunteer opportunities

Company Overview

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