Category Development Manager

Category Development Manager

Job Description

You're not the person who will settle for just any role. Neither are we. Because we're out to create Better Care for a Better World, and that takes a certain kind of person and teams who care about making a difference. Here, you'll bring your professional expertise, talent, and drive to building and managing our portfolio of iconic, ground-breaking brands.

The Category Development Manager (CDM) - Family Care is responsible for translating category management principles into action through data analytics and consumer/shopper insights. This position requires the individual to work directly supporting & building relationships with the Walmart customer team, to develop and execute category growth strategies, leveraging a broad and complex variety of data, tools and insights. The individual will provide high quality insights and analysis, leading to actionable assortment, shelving, and merchandising recommendations - in a timely and professional manner that exceeds the stakeholders' needs and expectations.

In this role, you will:

* Become a subject matter expert in assigned category and provide thought leadership to customer.

* Filter through several data sources to build strategies that drive superior results.

* Perform strategic competitive analyses by category and brand to capture trends, opportunities and challenges for core business areas.

* Develop strategic business plans, vision, tactics and strategies for achieving category growth.

* Stay current on consumer trends for various retail channels.

* Use knowledge of shopper and consumer to recommend optimal category assortments, flows, adjacencies, cross merch opportunities, etc.

* Monitor channel shifting and the associated trends reflected in the marketplace.

* Form perspective on omni-channel purchasing behaviors (e.g. Brick & Mortar vs Ecommerce, Delivery, Pickup, etc.)

* Understand how online purchase behaviors differ from those in-store and how we can capitalize on those differences.

About Us

Huggies. Kleenex. Cottonelle. Scott. Kotex. Poise. Depend. Kimberly-Clark Professional. You already know our legendary brands-and so does the rest of the world. In fact, millions of people use Kimberly-Clark products every day. We know these amazing Kimberly-Clark products wouldn't exist without talented professionals, like you.

At Kimberly-Clark, you'll be part of the best team committed to driving innovation, growth and impact. We're founded on more than 150 years of market leadership, and we're always looking for new and better ways to perform - so there's your open door of opportunity. It's all here for you at Kimberly-Clark.

Led by Purpose. Driven by You.

About You

You perform at the highest level possible, and you appreciate a performance culture fueled by authentic caring. You want to be part of a company actively dedicated to sustainability, inclusion, wellbeing, and career development.

You love what you do, especially when the work you do makes a difference. At Kimberly-Clark, we're constantly exploring new ideas on how, when, and where we can best achieve results. When you join our team, you'll experience Flex That Works: flexible (hybrid) work arrangements that empower you to have purposeful time in the office and partner with your leader to make flexibility work for both you and the business.

In one of our professional roles, you'll focus on winning with consumers and the market, while putting safety, mutual respect, and human dignity at the center. To succeed in this role, you will need the following qualifications:

* Bachelor's degree (emphasis in business/marketing or related field)

* 4+ years of experience with a leading CPG company (Category Management, Shopper Insights, Sales or related position).

* Demonstrated knowledge of Category Management philosophies, tools and processes and proven record of success.

* Advanced analytical skills and experience transforming multiple sources of data into actionable insights for Category Growth.

* Experience using Walmart Luminate data & Syndicated data sources such as Nielsen (or IRI)

* Ability to build strong sustainable business relationships at various levels with…