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Lactalis American Group Inc. Category Advisor Team Lead in Bentonville, Arkansas

Category Advisor Team Lead

Bentonville, AR (http://maps.google.com/maps?q=807+S.W.+I+Street+Bentonville+AR+USA+72712)

Job Type

Full-time

Description

Lactalis American Group is currently seeking candidates to join our team inBentonville, Arkansas.

Lactalis, the world leader in dairy, is a family-owned business with more than 85,000 pragmatic and ambitious professionals worldwide, committed to nurturing the future by providing healthy and delicious dairy products that bring people together every day. We produce award-winning dairy products that bring people together every day. We offer an enviable range of dairy brands includingGalbani®, Président®, Kraft® Natural Cheese, Cracker Barrel®, Black Diamond®, Parmalat®, Siggi’s®, and Stonyfield Organic®in addition to several brands imported from our affiliates in Europe.

At Lactalis, our core values ofAMBITION,ENGAGEMENT, andSIMPLICITYare at the heart of everything we do. We are dedicated to building a safe, diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace and we know that our candidates come from many different backgrounds, cultures, and experiences. If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job posting, we still encourage you to apply and share with us yourSTORY, yourPASSION, and yourEXPERTISE! You may be just the perfect candidate for this or other roles within our company.

From your PASSION to ours

The Category Advisor Team Lead is a customer-facing position that supports the Walmart and Sam’s Club advisor teams by developing and presenting strategic plans in collaboration with the customer, internal insights, and research resources. This position will leverage advanced technical skills and resources to unearth insights specific to the customer and category that provide the necessary building blocks to cultivate the modular relay strategy. This position also has ownership of the strategic thought leadership recommendations through optimized assortment for the modular relay processes.

From your EXPERTISE to ours

Key responsibilities for this position include:

  • 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

  • Deliver fully integrated consumer, category, and market insights to guide Walmart and Sam’s Club’s strategic choices and tactical actions; Proven ability to turn Data into Insights and Insights into Action in regard to retailer strategy

  • Teach and lead a team in modular execution, reporting and analytic best practices

  • Collaborate with both external and internal partners to identify mutually beneficial opportunities

  • Elevate best in class category management principles driving efficiency and effectiveness

  • Analyze syndicated data (scanner, HH panel, etc.) to identify key insights and business recommendations on distribution, assortment, pricing, and promotion.

  • Develop and integrate consumer, shopper and retailer insights to better inform targeted strategies, plans and decisions

  • Lead broader space initiatives across aisle and store

  • Analyze planograms to optimize assortment based on productivity, pricing, promotions, product, or placement utilizing Retail Link, Luminate, Madrid or third-party data sources such as IRI

  • Identify and measure promotional & competitive activities

  • Maintain the confidentiality of Wal-Mart and Sam’s Club category and competitive data

  • Travel and / or extended or off work hours may be required.

  • This description reflects management’s assignment of essential functions, it does not proscribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned.

  • To fulfill these responsibilities, tools such as a computer, phone or, and / or allowance(s) may be provided.

  • Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these Essential Duties and Responsibilities.

Requirements

From your STORY to ours

Qualified applicants will contribute the following:

Education & Experience

  • Bachelor’s degree

  • 5-10 years consumer package goods industry experience

  • JDA/Blue Yonder or other Space Planning experience required

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

  • Strong capability in analyzing data, formulating recommendations, and developing presentations

  • Strong knowledge of consumer products and developing partnerships with national accounts

  • Strong strategic planning, organizational, interpersonal skills; must be able to work effectively in teams with high customer focus

  • 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

  • Self-starter, motivated and intellectually curious with the ability to manage multiple initiatives simultaneously

  • Strong syndicated and panel data knowledge

  • Space management software skills (JDA Space Planning)

  • Ability to comprehend and sell space management concepts within the context of category management

  • Working knowledge of computers and related systems including proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Power BI as well as Retail Link, Luminate, Madrid and Third-Party Syndicated Data such as IRI

  • Ability to Travel (up to 10-15%)

  • Candidate is ideally located in Northwest, Arkansas

Lactalis is an equal employment opportunity employer. We will not discriminate against applicants with regard to any legally-recognized basis including, but not limited to: veteran status, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, sexual orientation, and physical or mental disabilities.

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