Category Advisor

Arrow Fastener Company, LLC; Bentonville (AR); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Arrow Fastener Company, LLC in Bentonville, AR is seeking a Category Advisor (Full-Time) to provide unbiased strategic and tactical recommendations using shopper insights, assortment optimization, and merchandising best practices to grow sales and market share. This includes drawing modulars and leveraging ProSpace and Luminate Shopper data experience.

The role requires on-site work, strong data analysis, experience with category management principles, and collaboration with merchants and

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in e-commerce or a related field.
• Strong analytic skills with ability to translate data into recommendations.
• Experience with category management principles and syndicated data.
• Familiarity with space management software.

Responsibilities

• Employ critical thinking and proactively derive insights to identify issues & opportunities.
• Leverage data sources to create stories identifying risks, opportunities, and performance gaps.
• Create modulars for assigned categories and coordinate with cross-functional partners.
• Translate insights into action beyond standard reporting.
• Optimize shelf space physically and digitally using omni-insights.
• Build strong relationships with merchants and cross-functional teams.
• Proactively analyze data to generate actionable insights for category, customer, and shopper.
• Monitor business trends and drivers and propose solutions or opportunities.
• Stay current on shopper trends, assortment opportunities, and promotional activity.
• Develop presentations and present to the merchant as required.
• Collaborate with the sports goods team on action plans when available.

Skills

Category management principles

Syndicated data analysis

Shopper/consumer insights

Space management software

Tools

Blue Yonder

ProSpace

JDA

Microsoft Office

Scintilla

Job description

Job Category: Category Mgmt. - Merchandising

Requisition Number: CATEG001985

Full-Time

On-site

Locations

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Description

About the job

Category Advisor (Full-Time)

On-site - Bentonville

Category Advisor

The primary role of the Category Manager is to provide the merchant with unbiased strategic and tactical recommendations using relevant shopper insights, assortment & shelving optimization, and merchandising best practices to increase penetration, drive sales, and gain market share. This includes drawing modulars and leveraging ProSpace experience, which is essential for this position. The role requires being proactive with generating actionable insights from Luminate Shopper Behavior, Luminate Channel Performance, and any available public data sources. This is an ON-SITE position.

Responsibilities

• Employ critical thinking and proactively derive insights to identify issues & opportunities.
• Leverage available data sources to create impactful stories that identify risks, opportunities, and performance gaps such as assortment, distribution, size, incrementality, placement & shelving.
• Create modulars for assigned categories and work with cross functional partners to assure modulars are submitted within the time frame prescribed.
• Elevated data analysis beyond reporting and translate insights into action.
• Optimize the physical and digital shelf utilizing the latest omni-insights from available data sources.
• Develop strong working relationships with the merchants and cross functional partners.
• Proactively analyze data and create actionable insights for the category, consumer, and shopper.
• Analyze business trends & identify the drivers of those trends on a continual basis while proactively recommending solutions to issues or identify potential opportunities.
• Stay current on shopper trends, assortment opportunities, competitive activity, and promotional trends to contribute to the customer planning process.
• Develop presentations and present to the merchant as required.
• When available, work with additional sporting goods team on action plans, analyze data, provide insights as they become available.

Qualifications

• A minimum of two years of experience, or equivalent education and related experience, in e-commerce or a related field
• Experience with category management principles, syndicated data, shopper/consumer insights, and proficiency in space management principles and software (e.g., Blue Yonder, ProSpace, JDA)
• Proven ability to analyze and report data to identify issues, trends, or exceptions, driving improvement and finding effective solutions
• A strong understanding of analytics, including descriptive (the what), diagnostic (the why), predictive (what will happen), and prescriptive (the response)
• Experience with Pro Space
• Proficiency with the Microsoft suite and Scintilla
• Previous experience with Walmart is strongly preferred
• Physical demands primarily involve sitting and using a computer for extended periods
• Occasionally involves walking, bending, reaching, standing, and stooping
• May require lifting, pushing, carrying, or pulling up to 20 lbs

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