Category Manager/Sr Category Manager - Sams

Georgia Pacific; Rogers (AR); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Georgia-Pacific Corp. is seeking a Sr. Category Manager / Category Manager to lead category strategies for Sam's Club, based in Bentonville/Rogers, AR or Atlanta, GA. You will analyze retailer and shopper data, develop data-driven recommendations, and present actionable stories to grow market share and profitability.

The role emphasizes collaboration with internal teams and leadership in key customer engagements, supporting business planning and strategy deployment for Sam's Club priorities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 5+ years in a Consumer Products Goods company.
• 2+ years in a Category Management or analytical role.
• Experience creating and presenting data-driven business stories.

Responsibilities

• Enhance Georgia-Pacific's relationship with Sam's Club to be viewed as a category-first thought leader.
• Evaluate category and shopper data from multiple sources to draw insights and present actionable recommendations.
• Leverage curiosity and strategic problem-solving to drive growth for Georgia-Pacific at Sam's Club.
• Drive improvements in the business through assortment, pricing, and promotion analyses.
• Build comprehensive knowledge of products, attributes, strategies, and market trends for assigned categories.
• Create and deliver compelling presentations to influence internal and external stakeholders.
• Work with HQ teams to provide data and a strong POV for best-in-class strategies for Sam's Club priorities.
• Drive positive change by deploying capabilities: Joint Business Planning, Omni Channel, and Commercial Innovation.

Skills

CPG experience

Category management

Data storytelling

Presentation skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

Your Job

We are seeking a Sr. Category Manager / Category Manager supporting Sam's Club, located in Bentonville/Rogers, AR or Atlanta, GA. The Sr. Category Manager / Category Manager is a thought leader and an integral part of the Sam's Club sales team as they develop retailer and shopper centric strategies, priorities, and tactics to achieve increased market share, sales, and profitability. The person in this role will help develop Georgia-Pacific brands through understanding the needs of the retailer and shopper, mining of data (Circana/IRI, Madrid, Kantar, Shopper Research, etc.) for business and analytical insights, and presenting actionable recommendations through proactive story-telling. The Sr. Category Manager / Category Manager will support business planning and have active participation and leadership in key customer engagements.

What You Will Do

• Enhance Georgia-Pacific's relationship with Sam's Club to be viewed as an objective category-first thought leader


• Evaluate category and shopper data from multiple sources to draw insights that lead to conclusions and compelling presentation of stories with actionable recommendations that promote overall category growth and profitability


• Leverage your intellectual curiosity and strategic problem-solving skills to drive growth to the Georgia-Pacific business at Sam's Club


• Drive improvements in the business through assortment, pricing, and promotion analyses


• Build comprehensive knowledge of the products, attributes, strategies, tactics, and competitive trends in the marketplace for assigned categories


• Create and deliver compelling presentations to a variety of internal and external stakeholders to influence business outcomes


• Work with HQ teams to provide data and a strong POV to help develop and implement best in class strategies for Georgia-Pacific on behalf of Sam's Club priorities


• Drive positive change by deploying capabilities: Joint Business Planning, Omni Channel, and Commercial Innovation

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Bachelor's Degree


• 5 years of work experience in a Consumer Products Goods company


• 2 years of work experience in a Category Management or similar analytical role


• Experience in creating and presenting business stories, rooted in data, that address growth opportunities and solve retailer and shopper problems

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