Category manager, Walmart (Bentonville, AR)

E.L.F. BEAUTY; United States; On-site; USD 80,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

e.l.f. Beauty is seeking a Category Manager to maintain Walmart US planograms and partner across teams to optimize the retailer assortment.

The role focuses on using JDA Space Planning, weekly reporting, and data analytics to identify growth opportunities and drive resets. Based in the Greater Bentonville area with regular Walmart travel, you will collaborate with VM, Sales, and Operations to ensure best-in-class resets and maintain Canadian libraries for all brands.

Qualifications

• 2-5 years JDA Pro Space experience
• Cosmetics / White wall experience preferred
• Microsoft Excel proficiency
• Detail oriented; able to manage multiple projects
• Travel required to Walmart locations regularly

Responsibilities

• Daily work in JDA Space Planning Software
• Development and upkeep of weekly reports and tracking
• Identify growth opportunities through data and analytics
• Ad hoc reporting and analytics for actionable insights
• Recommend planogram resets and present to retail partners
• Collaborate with customer space planning team for resets
• Brief inline & off-shelf programs into Wrike and track progress
• Coordinate with VM on fixture needs and resets
• Maintain Canadian Product Libraries by season for all e.l.f. brands
• Work cross-functionally with VM, Innovation, Sales, Operations

Skills

JDA Pro Space

Cosmetics / White wall

Excel

Detail oriented

Travel

Tools

Wrike

Job description

About The Company

e.l.f. Beauty's purpose is to make the world a better place for every eye, lip, and face. Our deep commitment to clean, cruelty free beauty at an incredible value has fueled the success of our flagship brand e.l.f. Cosmetics since 2004 and driven our portfolio expansion. Today, our multi-brand portfolio includes e.l.f. Cosmetics, e.l.f. SKIN, e.l.f. Hair, Well People, Naturium and rhode. In our Fiscal year 26, we had net sales of $1.6 Billion and our business performance has been nothing short of extraordinary with 7 consecutive years of net sales growth. This consistent, category-leading growth is a testament to the strength of our team, strategy, and portfolio of brands. Our total compensation philosophy offers every full-time new hire competitive pay and benefits, bonus eligibility (200% of target over the last seven fiscal years), equity, flexible time off, year-round half-day Fridays, and a hybrid 3 day in office, 2 day at home work environment. We believe the combination of our unique culture, total compensation, workplace flexibility and care for the team is unmatched across not just beauty but any industry. Visit our Career Page to learn more about our team: https://www.elfbeauty.com/work-with-us

About The Company

e.l.f. Beauty's purpose is to make the world a better place for every eye, lip, and face. Our deep commitment to clean, cruelty free beauty at an incredible value has fueled the success of our flagship brand e.l.f. Cosmetics since 2004 and driven our portfolio expansion. Today, our multi-brand portfolio includes e.l.f. Cosmetics, e.l.f. SKIN, e.l.f. Hair, Well People, Naturium and rhode. In our Fiscal year 26, we had net sales of $1.6 Billion and our business performance has been nothing short of extraordinary with 7 consecutive years of net sales growth. This consistent, category-leading growth is a testament to the strength of our team, strategy, and portfolio of brands. Our total compensation philosophy offers every full-time new hire competitive pay and benefits, bonus eligibility (200% of target over the last seven fiscal years), equity, flexible time off, year-round half-day Fridays, and a hybrid 3 day in office, 2 day at home work environment. We believe the combination of our unique culture, total compensation, workplace flexibility and care for the team is unmatched across not just beauty but any industry. Visit our Career Page to learn more about our team: https://www.elfbeauty.com/work-with-us

Position Summary

The Category Manager is responsible for building, updating, and continuous maintenance of all Walmart US planograms. This role will report to the Senior Category Manager who will work in partnership to curate the most inclusive & productive assortment for the retailer. This role requires

Responsibilities

• Daily work in JDA Space Planning Software
• Development and upkeep of weekly reports and tracking
• Identifying e.l.f. growth opportunities through data and analytics
• Ad hoc reporting and analytics that drive actionable insights
• Ability to use data-driven insights to make recommendations for planogram resets and present recommendations to retail partners
• Work collaboratively with customer space plannings team to execute resets
• Brief inline & off-shelf programs into Wrike & follow up on progress
• Work closely with Visual Merchandising team on fixture needs and customer reset execution
• Maintain the Canadian Product Libraries by season for all e.l.f. beauty brands
• Work cross functionally with VM, Innovation, Sales, Operations to ensure best-in-class reset execution

Requirements

• Must be located in Greater Bentonville area with the ability to travel to the Walmart LOC regularly
• 2-5 years JDA Pro Space experience with proficiency
• Strongly prefer candidates with Cosmetics / White wall experience
• Microsoft office excel proficiency
• Detail oriented, ability to work on multiple projects at once
• Ability to work in a team or independently
• Passion for beauty
• Can do attitude
• Travel required

The base salary range for this role is listed above.

Total compensation includes base salary, annual company-based performance bonus, and equity. Under e.l.f.’s annual bonus program, employees are eligible to earn up to 200% of their target bonus when company performance exceeds defined goals. In addition, e.l.f. provides a variety of other benefits to employees, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, a retirement savings plan, gender neutral parental leave, and unlimited paid time off. The amount of total compensation (including base salary) offered will be based on a wide range of factors, including geographic location, experience, specific skills, and qualifications.

Compensation components are subject to change at the company’s discretion

This job description is intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed in this position. It also reflects the general details considered necessary to describe the principal functions of the job identified, and shall not be considered, as detailed description of all the work required inherent in the job. It is not an exhaustive list of responsibilities, and it is subject to changes and exceptions at the supervisors’ discretion.

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