Associate Category Manager

Must reside in the Bentonville, Arkansas area currently!

No C2C!!

Associate Category Manager

JOB RESPONSILBILITIES:

• Build strong relationship with customer as a trusted Category advisor across the Segment and others as needed
• Lead, motivate and drive strong engagement with internal and external partners
• Effectively communicate, manage and prioritize workload across multiple projects
• Develop impactful category analyses and consumer insights using a range of syndicated and non-syndicated data sources
• Synthesize learnings from various sources (shopper data, scan data, custom research) to create clear and impactful selling stories in a visually appealing manner using PowerPoint
• Effectively educate internal teammates and external customers on growth opportunities through clear and impactful communications
• Goal of identifying opportunities to grow segment

JOB QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree in business, marketing, or similar field
• 3 years+ experience in Category Management role
• Intermediate proficiency utilizing Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint to manipulate and organize data
• Strong familiarity with syndicated data, software, and measures (IRI, Nielsen, etc.)
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to use large data sets to develop insights, identify and present opportunities and recommendations to external partners in a persuasive manner
• Familiarity using dashboarding software (PowerBI) and space planning software (JDA, etc.) is preferred.