Your Opportunity as the Senior Analyst, Category Advisory - Walmart
Key member of the Walmart Coffee Category Advisory Team, delivering actionable analytics, category insights, and operational excellence that strengthen Walmart’s category decisions and support category growth. Independently owns recurring category reporting and foundational advisory operations, including store lists, trait changes, and other store-level information affecting assortment and modular execution. Applies category knowledge, analytical rigor, and business acumen to identify business issues, diagnose performance, and develop fact-based recommendations. Contributes to category strategy development, modular design, and customer-facing advisory discussions while providing reporting, analytical, and execution support.
Location: Rogers, AR (JMS Walmart Office)
Work Arrangements: Hybrid - onsite a minimum of 2 days per week
In this role you will:
Category Reporting & Analytics
- Independently manage recurring Coffee category reporting, including data validation, performance analysis, insight generation, and timely distribution to Walmart and internal stakeholders; support reporting for Cones & Toppings, Milk Modifiers, and Hot Cocoa advisory.
- Analyze sales, market share, assortment, competitive activity and shopper behavior to explain category performance and identify growth opportunities across stores and digital.
- Track the performance of assortment and shelf resets, translating results into clear findings that inform future category decisions.
- Support store clustering, assortment, and space analyses in partnership with advisory team members.
- Support the design, execution, and synthesis of in-store and digital shopper research, translating findings into actionable category opportunities.
Advisory Operations & Modular Execution
- Own the store list, maintaining accurate store traits, reconciling modular footage, and attributing information that determines store-level assortment and layout.
- Coordinate store and assortment updates with Walmart and advisory team members, proactively resolving discrepancies and identifying areas of opportunity.
- Participate in seasonal modular strategy development and execution, using automation and objective category-centric judgement to support category growth and customer needs.
- Present analysis and findings in merchant engagements, helping ensure recommendations are grounded in data and shopper insights.
Advisory Capability & Continuous Improvement
- Champion automation, documentation, and process improvement that increase efficiency, accuracy, and effectiveness across the Walmart Category Advisory organization
- Continuously develop expertise in category management, shopper behavior, modular development, assortment optimization, and advisory best practices.
- Share tools, learnings and best practices that strengthen team capabilities and improve organizational effectiveness.
- Demonstrate increasing ownership and influence by connecting analytical findings to strategic category opportunities and customer-focused recommendations.
What we are looking for:
- Bachelor’s degree
- 2+ years of Consumer Packaged Goods, retail analytics, category management, or related field.
- Experience using customer POS and/or syndicated sales data to analyze business performance.
- Experience independently managing recurring reporting or operational deliverables.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to explain performance drivers and identify business applications.
- High attention to detail, including the ability to validate data, investigate discrepancies, and resolve issues.
- Ability to independently manage recurring processes and assigned projects while balancing changing priorities.
- Ability to translate data and analysis into clear, concise findings and communicate effectively with customer and internal stakeholders.
- Proficiency with spreadsheet and analytical tools, with the ability to learn and apply reporting, automation, and modular systems.
- Strong organizational and collaboration skills, including effective management of deadlines, dependencies, and handoffs.
- Sound judgement regarding when to act independently, seek alignment, or escalate an issue.
- Ability to travel up to 15%
Additional skills and experience that we think would make someone successful in this role (not required):
- Walmart experience
- Experience supporting assortment decision-making, modular development, or retail execution
The Right Place for You
We are bold, kind, strive to do the right thing, we play to win, and we believe in a strong community that thrives together. Our culture is rooted in our Basic Beliefs, and we believe in supporting every employee by meeting their physical, emotional, and financial needs.
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree
- 2+ years of experience in consumer packaged goods, retail analytics, category management, or a related field
- Experience using customer POS and/or syndicated sales data to analyze business performance
- Experience independently managing recurring reporting or operational deliverables
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Ability to explain performance drivers and identify business applications
- High attention to detail, including data validation, discrepancy investigation, and issue resolution
- Ability to independently manage recurring processes and assigned projects while balancing changing priorities
- Ability to translate data and analysis into clear, concise findings and communicate effectively with stakeholders
- Proficiency with spreadsheet and analytical tools and ability to learn reporting, automation, and modular systems
- Strong organizational and collaboration skills, including deadline, dependency, and handoff management
- Sound judgment regarding independent action, alignment, and escalation
- Ability to travel up to 15%
- Walmart experience
- Experience supporting assortment decision-making, modular development, or retail execution
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What We Do
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