Associate OMNI Category Insights Manager at Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc. in Rogers, Arkansas

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Description

Kenvue is currently recruiting for:

Associate OMNI Category Insights Manager

Who we are

At Kenvue , we realize the extraordinary power of everyday care. Built on over a century of heritage and rooted in science, we're the house of iconic brands - including Neutrogena, Aveeno, Tylenol, Listerine, Johnson's and BAND-AID® Brand Adhesive Bandages that you already know and love. Science is our passion; care is our talent. Our global team is made up of ~ 22,000 diverse and brilliant people, passionate about insights, innovation and committed to delivering the best products to our customers. With expertise and empathy, being a Kenvuer means having the power to impact the life of millions of people every day. We put people first, care fiercely, earn trust with science and solve with courage - and have brilliant opportunities waiting for you! Join us in shaping our future-and yours.

Role reports to: Director Category Mgmt and Insights

Location: Rogers, Arkansas

Travel : 15%

Pay: 92,000- 149,500

What you will do

The Associate Category Insights Manager is a critical role on the Kenvue-Walmart Team; responsible for building, developing, and leading a partnership with Walmart as a Category Captain. As the category lead you will have the opportunity to shape category growth plans based on key data, shopper and category insights and trends. This individual should have strong analytical skills, collaboration, project leadership, thought leadership, and have the ability to pull together strategic recommendations from insights and data. This leader will serve as a category expert, lead assortment assessments, business processes and have tool capabilities across key shopper / category systems such as POS, Syndicated Data, JDA Space Planning Software. This person should be able to operate in a high level fast paced, complex, and changing business environment. If you want to be a category leader, are retailer and shopper focused, and have a passion for developing yourself and others then this is the job for you!

Key Responsibilities:

• Serve as a Lead Category Captain with support from Senior Category Insights Manager across key category - be a trusted and unbiased category partner that brings strong thought leadership to the customer

• Plan, champion and coordinate impactful category recommendations and best-practice sharing.

• Provide superior support to Walmart Merchandising team during POG Line Review process

• Provide unbiased strategic and tactical insights and recommendations to Walmart Merchant on Distribution, Shelving, Merchandising, Pricing, & Promotional opportunities to improve category performance instore and online.

• Uncover business opportunities with deep-dive analytics using a variety of resources including, but not limited to: POS, Syndicated Data, Marketplace & HH Panel Assessments, and Ad/Promotion Review

• Responsible for leading analytics to provide value-added weekly reporting to the customer

• Lead and empower your end-to-end team to act with speed, agility, and accountability

• Be a shopper and category champion within the organization, providing voice of customer and shaping learning plans

• Work with cross-functional stakeholders and internal Shopper/Category partners on research opportunities: provide voice-of-customer, shape research projects, and activate findings to be customer-specific

• Work on Category Strategy Development including growth plans for focus Segments/Brands, Regional/Demographic Opportunities, and Assortment Gaps

• Influence and execute the POG activation of merchandising improvements, efficient assortment, and clustering solutions

• Develop, leverage, and share best-practices to enhance the entire category management team

What we are looking for

• Bachelor's degree REQUIRED; advanced degree preferred
• 3 yrs of proven experience in CPG industry - customer insights, category management and/or shopper insights for consumer or relevant business experience is REQUIRED
• Analytical expertise and experience working with Retail Link/ Luminate syndicated data, panel data, shopper-card data, and other research REQUIRED
• Analytical expertise and experience working with JDA Pro Space is preferred
• Extensive knowledge of omni retail customer store operations, structure, strategy, and retail execution tactics required.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to build relationships required.
• Strong digital literacy, including advanced knowledge of MS Office Suite and database management with an ability to draw accurate conclusions is required
• Must have the ability to understand and interpret shopper and category insights research and a strong understanding of syndicated data (IRI or Nielsen) and Numerator panel
• Knowledge of computer technology, analytical software programs, MS Office Suite
• Ability to independently devise work scheduling for others and to organize and complete assigned work is required
• Strong presentation skills and ability to tailor skills and presentation style to a variety of key decision makers is required
• Ability to understand, interpret and communicate complex information across multiple levels is required
• Ability to develop and oversee the execution of project plans and to implement, execute and draw conclusions from a variety of customer, shopper and category studies is required Experience with space planning software is required
• Experience in Walmart Department 2-Personal Care, Department 40-OTC, or Department 46-Beauty categories preferred
• Experience in people development preferred
• Working experience with Walmart is preferred
• This position will be located in Rogers, Arkansas and will require up to 15% domestic travel

What's in it for you

• Annual base salary for new hires in this position ranges from $92,000.00 to $149,500.00.This takes into account a number of factors including work location, the candidate's skills, experience, education level & other job-related factors.

• Competitive Total Rewards Package*

• Paid Company Holidays, Paid Vacation, Volunteer Time & More!

• Learning & Development Opportunities

• Employee Resource Groups

• This list could vary based on location/region

*Note: Total Rewards at Kenvue include salary, bonus (if applicable) and benefits. Your Talent Access Partner will be able to share more about our total rewards offerings and the specific salary range for the relevant location(s) during the recruitment & hiring process.

Kenvue is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment based on business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, protected veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic, and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

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