Category Development Manager - Walmart (Bentonville)

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We are Reckitt

Home to the world's best loved and trusted hygiene, health, and nutrition brands. Our purpose defines why we exist: to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world. We are a global team united by this purpose.Join us in our fight to make access to the highest quality hygiene, wellness, and nourishment a right and not a privilege.

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Our Sales teams help to deliver Reckitt's purpose by building shared success with our customers, making access to the highest quality hygiene, wellness, and nourishment possible in-stores and online.Within Sales, we're focused on achieving outperformance across all of our channels, operating in highly competitive categories. This focus results in a dynamic, fast paced environment where cross functional teams are encouraged to collaborate to achieve success.We have around 10,000 sales people across the world, within market roles and ranging in areas like Field Sales, Key Accounts, Trade Marketing and Category Development.

About the role

As the Category Development Manager, Walmart, you will report to the Category Director and play a critical role in driving category growth through strategic insights, analytics, and collaboration. You will leverage data, shopper understanding, and commercial expertise to identify opportunities, influence decisions, and develop category strategies that create value for Walmart and our organization. 

This role requires a strong foundation in Walmart category management, a passion for uncovering insights, and the ability to translate complex data into compelling, actionable recommendations. The successful candidate is naturally curious, shopper-focused, collaborative, and motivated by continuous learning and innovation. 

You will serve as a trusted category expert, partnering closely with the sales team, cross-functional stakeholders, and internal business partners to shape category strategies, execute key initiatives, and deliver measurable results. 

If you thrive in a fast-paced environment, enjoy solving complex business challenges, and are energized by transforming insights into action, we'd love to hear from you. 

Your responsibilities

• Analyze data from multiple sources to identify trends, risks, opportunities, and growth recommendations.
• Develop category insights and Omni Channel strategies aligned with retailer priorities.
• Support business planning, assortment, merchandising, and go-to-market initiatives.
• Partner cross-functionally to execute strategies and track performance.
• Build and influence stakeholder relationships.

The experience we're looking for

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 3+ years of Walmart category management experience.
• Strong stakeholder influence and cross-functional collaboration.
• Data-driven with strong analytical skills.
• Customer relationship management experience.
• Proficient in Excel, PowerPoint, and syndicated data tools.Strong verbal, written, and presentation skills.
• Organized, adaptable and self-motivated.

The skills for success

Consumer Insights; Shopper Insights; Customer Insights; Category Analysis, Collaboration and partnership skills; Influencing, Consultative Selling, Customer strategy; Channel strategy, Sales strategy development, Perform product plannnig, Business accumen; financial accumen, commercial accumen, Sales negotiation, P&L Management, Strategy Execution, Operational Excellence, Key Account Management, Account Management, Field sales; Field sales management, Ecommerce, Analysing sales and Ecommerce data, Pharmaceutical Sales, Trade Marketing, Digital activation to HCPs, Leadership skills.

What we offer

With inclusion at the heart of everything we do, working alongside our four global Employee Resource Groups, we support our people at every step of their career journey, helping them to succeed in their own individual way.We invest in the wellbeing of our people through parental benefits, an Employee Assistance Program to promote mental health, and life insurance for all employees globally. We have a range of other benefits in line with the local market. Through our global share plans we offer the opportunity to save and share in Reckitt's potential future successes. For eligible roles, we also offer short-term incentives to recognise, appreciate and reward your work for delivering outstanding results. You will be rewarded in line with Reckitt's pay for performance philosophy.

Equality

We recognise that in real life, great people don't always 'tick all the boxes'. That's why we hire for potential as well as experience. Even if you don't meet every point on the job description, if this role and our company feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you.All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability or medical condition; colour, ethnicity, race, citizenship, and national origin; religion, faith; pregnancy, family status and caring responsibilities; sexual orientation; sex, gender identity, gender expression, and transgender identity; protected veteran status; size or any other basis protected by appropriate law.