Job Description:
Seeking an experienced Category Analyst for a position on the Wal-Mart team in Bentonville, AR. This position is the key contact with the Wal-Mart Buyer, Wal-Mart Modular Planning team, as well as internal departments (sales, marketing, forecasting, brand analysis and customer marketing). The primary focus of this position is to lead the team responsible for building in-aisle strategies and planograms that improve the performance of key categories at Wal-Mart, and in turn drive strong Litehouse performance within those categories.
Note to qualified candidates: Please apply for this position at the bottom of this page, then go to the Litehouse Foods website and click on the Careers link to apply on their website.
Position Reports to:
Marketing Director
Requirements:
- 5 years in sales analysis and planning, category management, or brand management
- Demonstrated ability in analyzing data, formulating recommendations, and developing presentations
- CPG experience a must.
- Proficient use of MS Office is required
- Strong computer skills related to database management is required
- ProSpace and Retail Link experience required
- Must be able to communicate effectively (verbal, written, and presentation skills), manage time effectively, build relationships across disciplines, and exercise varying degrees of judgment, independence, and discretion.
- Ability to work in a fast paced team environment is essential, with a high degree of flexibility and tolerance of change.
Responsibilities & Duties:
- Identify and track current and future sales trends and express as market share results relative to the appropriate portion of the market place
- Identify and implement sales analysis that will meet the information needs of the customer, sales manager and influence the decision making process of product listings
- Identify and implement sales analysis that will track the effectiveness of existing sku mix within each modular working closely with replenishment and forecasting
- Lead, develop and maintain category management initiatives for key categories at Wal-Mart
- Analyze planograms to optimize assortment based on productivity, pricing, promotions, product, or placement utilizing third-party data sources, such as IRI, or the accounts own POS systems
- Build, develop and maintain planograms for the buyers and for sales that maximize sales and productivity and take advantage of business strategies for account
- Complete a quarterly and full season analysis of Spring and Fall Planogram sets and Industry trends; make recommendations to Wal-Mart buyers to improve sales and space to sales performance
- Become trusted partner and expert for the buyer and act as advisor on key categories to create and implement strategic recommendations on improvements in selling strategies for the account.
- Maintain the confidentiality of Wal-Mart category and competitive data
- Report to and work with the Litehouse Category Management team to develop and present insights, strategies, trends, and opportunities to the Wal-Mart category management team.
Education:
- Bachelor’s degree in Business Management (or equivalent)
