**Job Description :** **Senior Category Development Manager, Walmart Team – L5** **Purpose:** Diageo is seeking a fantastic and experienced category manager skilled in both the tactical and strategic elements of driving Category Advisor relationships! This role will lead the Walmart Spirits Category Advisor Team at Diageo, ensuring the buyer’s vision is implemented by providing best-in-class category recommendations through a fact-based approach: category assessment, consumer insights, market trends, assortment optimization, planogram development, promotional planning and evaluation, etc. **About the role:** + Candidate will have a solid understanding of the business, products, markets, and the needs of customers; being recognized as an expert in the Spirits category. + Complexity is high (very SKU intensive category) and flexibility is critical in a dynamic fast-paced environment. + The role requires a significant level of collaboration – the ability to lead a team and build productive relationships with multiple partners, both internal and external. + Deep understanding of category management practices focused on developing category growth strategies, shelf merchandising and distribution recommendations. **Role Responsibilities** **:** + Lead the Category Development team to ensure results and goals are met. + Maintain strong working relationships with Walmart merchants and cross-functional teams to support key objectives, goals and business outcomes. + Support Walmart Buyers in developing a category strategy both in-store and online. + Lead planogram recommendations to increase modular efficiency, conversion, improving shopability, and space to sales leveraging JDA and Shelf IQ technology. + Lead regular reporting to highlight performance gaps and growth opportunities. + Use various data sources including syndicated data and retailer POS; research to solve current business issues, define category and consumer trends, and identify business opportunities and competitive threats. This analysis will be translated into fact-based recommendations. + Assume expert role and ownership of assigned tools, processes, and tasks. **Experience** **/ skills** **required:** + Proven 5 years’ experience required in Category Management, preferably in an advisory role in CPG or Adult Beverage Categories. + Extensive knowledge of Reset processes and Space Management. + People management experience. + Strong technical capabilities with experience in software systems relevant to the Category Management function including space planning software (JDA and Shelf IQ) and syndicated data sources. + Advanced computer skills; highly proficient in Excel and Powerpoint, Alteryx experience is a plus. + Ability to connect insight to actionable store execution. + Strong project management, time management, and organizational skills are essential. Ability to travel 10% **Flexible Working Statement:** Flexibility is key to our success. Talk to us about what flexibility means to you so that you’re supported to manage your wellbeing and balance your priorities from day one. **Diversity statement:** Our purpose is to celebrate life, every day, everywhere. And creating an inclusive culture, where everyone feels valued and that they can belong, is a crucial part of this. We embrace diversity in the broadest possible sense. This means that you’ll be welcomed and celebrated for who you are just by being you. You’ll be part of and help build and champion an inclusive culture that celebrates people of different gender, ethnicity, ability, age, sexual orientation, social class, educational backgrounds, experiences, mindsets, and more. Our ambition is to create the best performing, most trusted and respected consumer products companies in the world. Join us and help transform our business as we take our brands to the next level and build new ones as part of shaping the next generation of celebrations for consumers around the world! Feel inspired? Then this may be the opportunity for you. **Worker Type :** Regular **Primary Location:** Bentonville **Additional Locations :** **Job Posting Start Date :** 2025-01-30 **Salary Range:** **Minimum Salary:** $105600 **Maximum Salary:** $176000 **_At Diageo certain roles are eligible for additional rewards, including annual incentive payment and stock awards. US-based employees are eligible for healthcare benefits, retirement benefits , short-term and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance, wellness benefits and industry leading parental leave, among others._** **_(Benefits/perks_** **_listed may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Diageo and the country where you work.) The salary range displayed is the salary range for the role’s primary location._** With over 200 brands sold in more than 180 countries, we’re the world’s leading premium drinks company. Every day, over 30,000 talented people come together at Diageo to create the magic behind our much-loved brands. From iconic names to innovative newcomers – the brands we’re building are rooted in culture and local communities. Our ambition is to be one of the best performing, most trusted and most respected consumer products companies in the world. Our founders, such as Arthur Guinness, John Walker, and Charles Tanqueray, were visionary entrepreneurs whose brilliant minds helped shape the alcohol industry. And through our people, their legacy lives on. Join us, and you’ll collaborate with talented people from all corners of the world. Together, you’ll innovate and push boundaries, shaping a more inclusive and sustainable future that we can all be proud of. With diversity at our core, we celebrate our people's unique passions, commitments and specialist skills. Because when varied voices, mindsets, and personalities come together, great ideas are born. In our supportive culture, your voice will be heard and you’ll be empowered to be you. Just bring your ambition, curiosity and ideas, and we’ll celebrate your work and help you reach your fullest potential. **DRINKiQ** What's your DRINKiQ? Take our quiz to understand how alcohol is made and explore the effects of drinking. You can discover everything you need to know at DRINKiQ (https://www.drinkiq.com/en-gb/)