Category Leadership Analyst, Walmart

As an Analyst on our Category Leadership advisory team, reporting to a Category Leadership Manager, you will analyze and share data to support Category Leadership and Sales plans within our Frozen portfolio of brands. Project work may include analytics related to topline reporting, sales reviews, category line reviews, overall business trends, and merchandising, assortment, pricing, and shelving (MAPS). You will work with other Category Leadership team members, Sales, Strategy, and Insights and Analytics teams. Support category managers in developing proposals for distribution and shelving changes to buyers and customer leadership. Support buyers and supporting merchandising teams with ad hoc and store trait requests. You will have ownership of weekly reporting and support other team members during peak/relay times.

Your Impact:

• Create and maintain standardized reports for Category and Sales teams
• Use syndicated data (ie. Circana) to understand category, brand, and item trends
• Identify trend drivers and drags and make recommendations to improve performance
• Build category reviews for customer presentations
• Partner with Sales in the development of progressive selling decks
• Develop proficiency in category leadership tools that support Merchandising, Assortment, Pricing, and Shelving (MAPS)
• Recognize assortment voids and build plan to gain new/established distribution
• Work to secure gold standard category shelving flows with optimal placement for our brands and items

Your Experience:

• Bachelor's degree required
• 1 years of consumer packaged goods (CPG) related experience in broker, sales support or related planning or analytical role
• Data integration and interpretation experience
• Experience managing large datasets and reporting in Excel (pivot tables, v lookup, formulas)
• Fundamental knowledge of syndicated panel data
• Knowledge of, or interest in learning, Circana, Nielsen and Space Management tools such as Blue Yonder

Number of Days in Office: 3

Relocation assistance is available for this position. Preference will be given to local candidates.

At this time, we require applicants for this role to be legally authorized to work in the United States without requiring employer sponsorship either now or in the future.

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Key Words: category advisor, category captain, space planning

Compensation: 

The annual salary listed above is the expected offering for this position. An employee’s actual annual salary will be based on but not limited to: location, relevant experience/level and skillset, while balancing internal Conagra employees’ equity. Conagra Brands will comply with applicable law regarding minimum salaries for exempt employees.

Our Benefits:

We care about your total well-being and will support you with the following, subject to your location and role:

• Health: Comprehensive healthcare plans, wellness incentive program, mental wellbeing support and fitness reimbursement
• Wealth: Great pay, bonus incentive opportunity, matching 401(k) and stock purchase plan
• Growth: Career development opportunities, employee resource groups, on-demand learning and tuition reimbursement
• Balance: Paid-time off, parental leave, flexible work-schedules (subject to your location and role) and volunteer opportunities

Our Company:

At Conagra Brands, we have a rich heritage of making great food. We aspire to have the most impactful, energized and inclusive culture in food. As a member of our 18,000 person team across 40 locations, you are empowered to reach your potential, make an impact and own your career. We're in the business of building champions – within our people and our iconic brands like Birds Eye ®, Slim Jim® and Reddi-Wip®.

Our focus on innovation extends beyond making great food, it also reflects our commitment to embracing new solutions that positively impact our team, the communities we serve and the health of our planet. Foodies Welcome.

Conagra Brands is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, ethnic or national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, pregnancy, leave status, disability, veteran status, genetic information and/or any other characteristic or status protected by national, federal, state or local law. Reasonable accommodation may be made upon request.

Salary : $62,000 - $91,000