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Wal-Mart Category Modular Manager

  • Bentonville (Benton County)
  • Bachelor's Degree
  • IT development

Job description

A mutually rewarding experience.

 

Work. Realize your ambitions. And realize there’s more to being in business than just making a profit. That’s the Mars philosophy. And the opportunity we offer every one of our Associates. An opportunity to take what you do and make it mean more for you, for those around you and for the planet.  What you get here is challenging, interesting work. You get the tools you need to do a great job and you get to have the best possible people on your side to help you do it. And at the same time as getting to find ways to do business better today than we did it yesterday and driving a great career, you also get to build a more enlightened business and drive sustainability.

 

Because it’s never just about a single person, a single project or a single brand. It’s about how you can grab everything that’s within your reach here and use it to pursue mutual, long-term gain. It’s about having ideas. And ideals. Being prepared to risk failure because the promise of success means we’ll all be a little better off. It’s that mix of integrity and ambition that makes Mars such a special place to work. And why working here is always about more than just a job.

 

Mars has net sales of more than $33 billion, operates six business segments including Petcare, Chocolate, Wrigley, Food, Drinks, Symbioscience, and more than 75,000 Associates worldwide that are putting its Principles into action to make a difference for people and the planet through its performance.

 

Mars brands include: Petcare – PEDIGREE®, ROYAL CANIN®, WHISKAS®, BANFIELD® Pet Hospital, CESAR®, SHEBA®, DREAMIES® and NUTRO®; Chocolate – M&M’S®, SNICKERS®, DOVE®, GALAXY®, MARS®, MILKY WAY® and TWIX®; Wrigley – DOUBLEMINT®, EXTRA®, ORBIT® and 5™ chewing gums, SKITTLES® and STARBURST® candies, and ALTOIDS® AND LIFESAVERS® mints. Food – UNCLE BEN’S®, DOLMIO®, EBLY®, MASTERFOODS®, SEEDS OF CHANGE® and ROYCO®; Drinks – ALTERRA COFFEE ROASTERS™, THE BRIGHT TEA COMPANY™, KLIX® and FLAVIA®; Symbioscience – COCOAVIA® and WISDOM PANEL®.

 

Position Title:       Category Modular Manager

Reports To:           Team Lead – Category Leadership

Segment:              Petcare

Function:              Sales

Family:                 Category Leadership

Location:              Bentonville, AR       

 

Level of Role

Individual Contributor

  

Purpose of Role

The Category Modular Manager will coordinate all Dry Dog Category modular activities for Walmart. The manager will work between Walmart Modular Planning and Mars Category Managers to execute the category strategy through modular implementation. The Modular Manager’s primary goal will be to drive modular excellence for the Dry Dog Category. Along with modular excellence the Category Modular Manager will help to provide category and shopper solutions to drive category growth.  The mission is to provide unparalleled value to stakeholders becoming 'First Choice in Category Leadership' by our customers.

 

Principal Accountabilities

·  Strategic Influence
·  Thought Leadership
·  Shopper Solutions
·  Category Growth
·  Develop modular update preparation and implementation.
·  Drive continuous improvement and automation
·  Create and maintain data warehouse for modulars
·  Store Traiting and Clustering

 

Critical Mars Leadership Capabilities

·  Managing Purpose & Vision
·  Strategic Thinking
·  Organizational Agility
·  Problem Solving
·  Communication
·  Analytics
·  Priority Setting
·  Comfort with Higher Management

 

Key Functional Skills/Knowledge

·  Customer Focused – Acts with customers in mind. Establishes and maintains highly effective relationships with customers and gains their trust and respect.Is dedicated to meeting the requirements of internal and external stake holders.
·  Conflict Management – Reads situations quickly, listens and finds common ground quickly in conflict situations.
·  Creativity – Leads the way in new and unique ideas that are original and value added.
·  Dealing with Ambiguity – Has the ability to handle many projects and requests all at the same time.
·  Planning – Clearly sets objectives and goals within specific timeframes, measures project’s performance, evaluates results and adjusts for future improvements.
·  Motivating Others – Creates a positive environment that makes people feel good about their contributions.

 

 

Minimum Qualifications

·  3-5 years of Retail Link experience
·  in Excel, Access, and PowerPoint
·  Ability to travel 25% of the time
·  3+ years experience in consumer products industry or with retail customer.
·  Bachelor’s degree

 

Preferred Qualifications

·  Demonstrates knowledge of category management processes
·  Understanding of Walmart Modular process
·  Sales, Category Management or Supply Chain experience
·  Experience with Space Management Software (JDA)
·  Experience with Modular Automation
·  Experience with Panel and Scan Syndicated Data (IRI or Nielsen)

Every associate at Mars has responsibility for the achievement of quality and food safety.

 

As a privately-held, family-owned company, Mars Petcare US offers benefits which reflect our commitment to attracting and retaining great people. This includes excellent pay, competitive health and dental care coverage, a retirement plan, a very competitive vacation plan and unrivalled career advancement opportunities, to name just a few of our unique and generous benefits.
 
If you're looking for a place where you can take ownership for your work, where the pace is fast, the environment is built around the importance of open communication, and where employees are called "associates" and treated as such, then we want to hear from you.

 

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you need assistance or an accommodation during the application process because of a disability, it is available upon request. The company is pleased to provide such assistance, and no applicant will be penalized as a result of such a request.

                                    
Visit www.mars.com to learn more about our company and for information about all of our current openings. Please, no agencies.

 

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