Senior Category Leader - Data-Driven Growth & Planograms

Accenture PLC; Minneapolis (MN); On-site; USD 64,000 - 169,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture is seeking a Sr. Category Manager to drive category strategy for a retailer, deliver merchandising and assortment planning recommendations, and analyze data to identify growth opportunities. Build planograms using Blue Yonder Space Planning and collaborate with the Category Management Team.

The role emphasizes leadership, data storytelling, and cross-functional collaboration to balance workloads and develop the team.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of experience in Category Management or Category Captainship with data-driven recommendations.
• Minimum 3 years of experience developing and executing planograms.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic direction for a category at a retailer.
• Deliver merchandising and assortment planning recommendations.
• Research category trends to provide actionable findings.
• Analyze complex data sets to identify growth opportunities.
• Develop routine reporting on category performance using retailer and market data.
• Build and maintain planograms using Blue Yonder Space Planning.

Skills

Category Management

Planograms

Data analysis

Leadership

Retail analytics

Excel

PowerPoint

Blue Yonder

Stakeholder management

Tools

Blue Yonder Space Planning

Market Data - POS

Job description

Accenture is seeking a Sr. Category Manager to drive category strategy for a retailer, deliver merchandising and assortment planning recommendations, and analyze data to identify growth opportunities. Build planograms using Blue Yonder Space Planning and collaborate with the Category Management Team.

The role emphasizes leadership, data storytelling, and cross-functional collaboration to balance workloads and develop the team.