Director, Category Leadership, Sam’s Club

Location(s):United States of AmericaCity/Cities:RogersTravel Required:00% - 25%Relocation Provided:NoJob Posting End Date:November 29, 2024Shift:Job Description Summary: Role is located in Rogers, Arkansas and will report to the Senior Director, Category Leadership, Walmart & Sam’s Club. The Coca-Cola Category team is seeking a highly skilled advisor to join our category team. This role is integral to our category management team, supporting Beverage merchants on the Sam’s Club account. As a Category Leadership advisor, you will leverage your strong technical skills, customer relationships, people leadership, and strategic thinking to develop strategies alongside the merchants to optimize space and assortment. You will manage and improve an annual assortment optimization process side-by-side with the merchants to drive category growth. Key Responsibilities: People Leadership: Lead and develop a cross functional team that supports the Sam’s Club beverage business.  At Coca-Cola, our people are the key.  In this role, you will lead the insights, strategies, and technical capabilities for our Total Beverage advisership at Sam’s Club.   Technical Analysis and Reporting: Utilize Tableau, Alteryx and Excel to analyze complex data sets and create and maintain visuals for key stakeholders Data Management: Collect, clean, aggregate, combine and maintain data to ensure accuracy and reliability for analysis and reporting; Including from data sources like Nielsen, Circana, and Numerator Customer Engagement: Serve as the primary point of contact for Sam’s Club merchants, understanding their needs, both tactical and strategic, to deliver tailored and custom solutions and strategies Insights / Strategic: Develop fact-based insights to develop assortment strategies for merchants; combine insights from various sources to build a cohesive recommendation for the merchants assortment Collaboration: Work closely with internal teams, including space and shopper functions to support the merchants and help them build their strategy Continuous improvement: Stay updated on industry trends and best practices to continuously improve processes, reporting, datasets, automation Assortment and Space management: Draw and maintain store specific planograms; optimizing both assortment and space strategies. Qualifications: Education: Bachelor’s degree in Business or a related field Experience: Minimum of 5 years experience in data analysis, category management, and/or space analytics; Sam’s Club experience Technical Skills: Proficiency in Tableau, Alteryx, Excel are essential. Experience with SQL, Python a plus Analytical Skills: Strong analytical and problem solving skills with the ability to interpret complex data and translate it into actional insights Communication Skills: Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to engage and influence stakeholders at all levels Customer Focus: Demonstrated ability to build and maintain strong relationships with customers by understanding their needs Detail-Oriented: High attention to detail at both breadth and depth Category / Space: JDA/Blue Yonder; ShelfIQ and Cantactix experience is all a plus Successful candidates will possess: Integrity Insatiable curiosity Tenacious drive for process improvement Willingness to respectfully challenge conventional thinking Proactive engagement both internally and externally Skills:Alteryx, Branding, Channels Strategy, Conversion Rate, Customer Data, Customer Engagement, Customer Insights, Demand Generation, Digital Advertising, Google Analytics, Key Performance Indicators (KPI), Leadership, Marketing Campaigns, Marketing Insights, Marketing Strategies, Market Segmentation, Media Buying, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Power Business Intelligence (BI), Product Commercialization, Sales Channel Development, Social Media, Strategy Development, Structured Query Language (SQL), Tableau (Software)Pay Range:$153,000 - $175,000Base pay offered may vary depending on geography, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. A full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the position, is offered.Annual Incentive Reference Value Percentage:30Annual Incentive reference value is a market-based competitive value for your role. It falls in the middle of the range for your role, indicating performance at target.Our Purpose and Growth Culture:We are taking deliberate action to nurture an inclusive culture that is grounded in our company purpose, to refresh the world and make a difference. We act with a growth mindset, take an expansive approach to what’s possible and believe in continuous learning to improve our business and ourselves. We focus on four key behaviors – curious, empowered, inclusive and agile – and value how we work as much as what we achieve. We believe that our culture is one of the reasons our company continues to thrive after 130+ years. Visit Our Purpose and Vision to learn more about these behaviors and how you can bring them to life in your next role at Coca-Cola.We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class. When we collect your personal information as part of a job application or offer of employment, we do so in accordance with industry standards and best practices and in compliance with applicable privacy laws.SummaryLocation: US - AR - RogersType: Full time