Sr. Manager, Category Insights & Strategy

Sr. Manager, Category Insights & Strategy - Walmart

Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP) is looking for a highly motivated, analytically minded professional to join its Category & Insights Team.  

The Category Management team plays a valuable role by providing strategic, consultative category guidance to deliver market leading growth across emerging brands and growth channels. Our goal to become experts in the competitive environment, strategic partners internally and externally, and champions of innovation and assortment optimization.

What you will do:

• Develop and cultivate business relationships with Walmart key contacts that establish KDP as the strategic partner for all insights and strategy needs
• Develop & deliver fully integrated consumer, shopper, category and marketplace insights and trends to guide Walmart’s strategic choices and tactical executions, to drive market leading growth for the short and long term
• Implement framework for understanding and assessment of financial repercussions for both Walmart and KDP for all assortment changes
• Work closely with KDP teams to establish, lead and maintain performance management routines including the streamlining of reporting cadences, macro performance assessments and opportunity gap analysis
• Collaborate with multiple internal cross-functional teams and the customer to connect business opportunities and develop both strategic and tactical solutions
• Provide critical analysis, reporting or special project work directly to the Sam’s Club merchant team
• Leverage critical thinking and problem-solving skills to recognize and anticipate issues and opportunities by elevating analyses into retail action
• Serve as the expert on all things category to cross-functional team members

Benefits:

Our people are the heart of our business, which is why we offer robust benefits to support your health and wellness as well as your personal and financial well-being. We also provide employee programs designed to enhance your professional growth and development while ensuring you feel valued, inspired and appreciated at work

What you must have:

• Bachelor’s Degree required
• A minimum of 6 years of business experience in Consumer-Packaged Goods (CPG) with a focus on category management, market research, business analytics and/or shopper insights
• Prior experience with Walmart / Sam’s Club highly valued
• Syndicated data knowledge with IRI and/or Nielsen necessary, space planning (ex. JDA) experience a plus, Panel data experience (ex. Numerator) highly valued
• Exceptional communication skills – verbal, written, presentation and follow-through
• Superior drive for results with demonstrated ability to build indispensable, collaborative partnerships with the customer and internal business partners
• Capability to develop and influence strategies and tactics at both retailer and manufacturer, vertically and horizontally
• Requires a high level of analytical, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills as well as great attention to detail
• Highly skilled in Microsoft Office Suite
• Travel: Up to 5%

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Keurig Dr Pepper (NASDAQ: KDP) is a modern beverage company with a bold vision built to deliver growth and opportunity.  We operate with a differentiated business model and world-class brand portfolio, powered by a talented and engaged team that is anchored in our values. We work with big, exciting beverage brands and the #1 single-serve coffee brewing system in North America at KDP, and we have fun doing it! 

Together, we have built a leading beverage company in North America offering hot and cold beverages together at scale. Whatever your area of expertise, at KDP you can be a part of a team that’s proud of its brands, partnerships, innovation, and growth. Will you join us? 

We strive to be anemployer of choice, providing a culture and opportunities that empower our team of ~28,000 employees to grow and develop.  We offer robust benefits to support your health and wellness as well as your personal and financial well-being. We also provide employee programs designed to enhance your professional growth and development, while ensuring you feel valued, inspired and appreciated at work. 

Keurig Dr Pepper is an equal opportunity employer and affirmatively seeks diversity in its workforce. Keurig Dr Pepper recruits qualified applicants and advances in employment its employees without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, disability or association with a person with a disability, medical condition, genetic information, ethnic or national origin, marital status, veteran status, or any other status protected by law.