Senior Category Strategy Leader – Growth & Insights

Georgia-Pacific LLC; Rogers (AR); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Georgia-Pacific LLC is seeking a Senior Manager, Category Management – Strategic Advisor to serve as a dedicated, objective category advisor for Walmart, supporting a large and strategically important category with more than $12 billion in annual sales.

This leader will own the long‑term category vision and insight agenda and translate shopper, market, digital, operational, sustainability, and regulatory intelligence into fact‑based recommendations that grow the total category and improve

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent relevant professional experience.
• 7 years of progressive experience in category management, category advisory, or retail analytics.
• Experience supporting Walmart and understanding Walmart merchant expectations.

Responsibilities

• Build trusted-advisor credibility with Walmart through fact-based recommendations.
• Lead category strategies and long-term growth plans across physical and digital shelves.
• Serve as primary merchant contact, translating analysis into decision-ready recommendations and executive-level stories.
• Set analytical standards and ensure timely, actionable reporting.
• Synthesize data sources to identify opportunities and risks and guide modular strategy.

Skills

Walmart experience

Category management

Retail analytics

Executive storytelling

AI analytics

Tools

JDA / Blue Yonder

Job description

Georgia-Pacific LLC is seeking a Senior Manager, Category Management – Strategic Advisor to serve as a dedicated, objective category advisor for Walmart, supporting a large and strategically important category with more than $12 billion in annual sales.

This leader will own the long‑term category vision and insight agenda and translate shopper, market, digital, operational, sustainability, and regulatory intelligence into fact‑based recommendations that grow the total category and improve