Category Advisor, Walmart - Frozen Pizza

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OVERVIEW

  

As a Category Advisor on the Frozen Pizza business, you will work to deliver unbiased consumer insights, category analysis, and merchandising recommendations to assist Walmart in developing category vision and go-to-market strategy.

 

In this role you will work directly with the Walmart merchant to partner on the overall strategy, assortment optimization, and planogram execution for our Walmart Advisership. You will be responsible for leading and developing direct reports and play a critical role on the Walmart Inc. Category and Capabilities leadership team.

 

Highly qualified candidates will demonstrate strong analytical skills, story-telling abilities, an openness to embracing technology, experience working cross functionally and driving results across a group with varying priorities. You will need to be comfortable working through ambiguity in this always evolving role.

 

The candidate selected for this role will have the opportunity to partner and be the primary point of contact for the Walmart merchant (in a customer-facing capacity) and will operate behind Walmart Firewall offering the unique opportunity to collaborate with the merchants to develop an understanding of how the customer operates (motivations, decision making process, etc.)

 

This role is based out of our Walmart Business Center (WMBC) in Rogers, AR and eligible candidates must be located there or willing to relocate.

 

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

PROBLEM SOLVING & ANALYTICS

• Develop holistic, omni-channel category strategies by leveraging the tools, insights, and analytics from internal, industry, and retailer-specific sources.
• Build an influential selling story by gathering and analyzing category, consumer behavior (purchase behavior, demographics, trends, competition), market and customer information from multiple internal and external data sources (e.g., Scintilla, Nielsen, IRI, CPM, sales data).
• Cultivate actionable insights and strategic category initiative recommendations to drive category growth, distribution, merchandising, and shelving. 

EXECUTIONAL EXCELLENCE

• Build relationships with the merchant to enable leadership in the development of category objectives, strategies and tactics.
• Draw excellent planograms for retailer – that are technically accurate, turned in on time and artfully reflect the merchant’s strategies.
• Comfortable utilizing traditional data sources and insights, adapting and connecting the key message to the needs of Walmart shoppers.
• Ability to work with ambiguity and build new resources and tools from ground up.

INFLUENTIAL LEADERSHIP

• Interface with customer on a regular basis to deliver consumer and category insights.
• Foster collaborative relationships with the merchant, planners, and additional stakeholders within Walmart.
• Lead long term category initiatives and support customer specific opportunities designed to deliver category growth.
• Participate in or lead special projects intended to evolve or advance General Mills category management influence.

 

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree
• 5+ years CPG experience with sales, marketing, category management, shopper/ consumer insights, customer-facing account management, analytics, and/or trade funding.
• Walmart Inc. Category Management or related experience
• Strong analytical skills and experience aggregating internal and external data (e.g., Nielsen/IRI, Scintilla, CPM, sales data) to build an influential selling story
• Ability to think systemically and lead complex processes
• Ability to influence decision making across multiple levels and functions of an organization to drive results
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft applications (Excel & PowerPoint)

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• ProSpace/JDA background
• Corporate or field experience working with cross-functional partners
• Strong background influencing internal/external partners to lead strategic initiatives.

ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS

• This role is located at the Bentonville, AR Walmart Business Center. Relocation assistance will be provided if you are not local to the area.
• International relocation or international remote working arrangements (outside of the US) will not be considered.
• Applicants for this position must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. General Mills will not sponsor applicants for this position for work visas.

SALARY RANGE

The salary range for this position is:

$110,800 - $166,300 Annual

At General Mills we strive for each employee's pay at any point in their career to reflect their experiences performance and skills for their current role. The salary range for this role represents the numerous factors considered in the hiring decisions including, but not limited to, educations, skills, work experience, certifications, etc. As such, pay for the successful candidate(s) could fall anywhere within the stated range. ​

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Beyond base salary, General Mills offers a competitive Total Rewards package focusing on your overall well-being. We are proud to offer a foundation of health benefits, retirement and financial wellbeing, time off programs, wellbeing support and perks. Benefits may vary by role, country, region, union status, and other employment status factors. You may also be eligible to participate in an annual incentive program. An incentive award, if any, depends on various factors, including, individual and organizational performance.

ELIGIBILITY

Applicants must meet a minimum 18-year age qualification.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER (EOE)​

General Mills is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital or familial status, status regarding public assistance, or membership or activity in a local human rights commission.

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