Job Description:
The Sr. Strategic Growth & Insights Manager – Walmart will serve as a strategic thought partner and insights leader for the Mars Petcare Walmart Customer Development team. This role is designed for a high-horsepower, commercially minded professional who can rapidly understand a business, unlock insight from complex data, identify growth opportunities and translate them into compelling narratives and actionable recommendations.
Operating at the intersection of data, category, shopper behavior, omni-channel retail and customer strategy, this individual will be a right-hand strategic partner to Customer Directors across priority customer meetings, strategic planning, business reviews, innovation discussions and emerging growth opportunities. Leveraging retailer data platforms such as Walmart Luminate/Scintilla, along with relevant category, shopper, competitive and Mars performance data, this role will help Mars Petcare show up as a differentiated, insights-led strategic partner to Walmart across the full omni ecosystem, including brick-and-mortar, pickup and delivery, and Walmart.com.
What are we looking for?
Serve as a strategic insights partner to Customer Directors, helping prepare for priority customer meetings, business reviews, Joint Business Planning discussions, line reviews, innovation presentations and strategic growth opportunities.
Analyze retailer, category, shopper, competitive, omni-channel and Mars performance data to identify the most important opportunities and risks facing the Walmart business.
Translate complex data into clear business narratives that articulate what is happening, why it matters, what opportunity exists and what Mars Petcare and Walmart should do next.
Become a power user of Walmart retail data platforms, including Luminate/Scintilla, and use those insights to influence customer strategies, selling stories and internal business decisions.
Partner with Customer Directors to develop compelling, customer-facing growth recommendations across assortment, merchandising, innovation, shopper engagement, price-pack architecture, digital shelf, availability and omni-channel performance.
Build insight-led narratives that strengthen Mars Petcare’s ability to position itself as a thought leader and strategic growth partner within the Walmart Pet category.
Develop integrated perspectives across Walmart’s omni-channel ecosystem, including brick-and-mortar, pickup and delivery, and Walmart.com, ensuring the business is evaluated through the lens of the total Walmart shopper experience.
Identify emerging shopper, category and retail trends and translate them into actionable implications for Mars Petcare portfolio growth and Walmart category leadership.
Conduct periodic business, category, brand and omni-channel performance reviews, delivering clear findings, recommendations and action plans to the Walmart team and relevant customer stakeholders.
Support opportunity sizing, scenario analysis and strategic investment recommendations in partnership with Customer Development, Finance and Revenue Growth Management.
Collaborate cross-functionally with Category Leadership, Shopper Insights, Digital Commerce, Marketing, Sales Planning, Finance, Revenue Growth Management and Supply Chain to develop aligned, insight-driven customer strategies.
Bring an independent, enterprise-minded point of view to the Walmart team by constructively challenging assumptions, raising the quality of strategic thinking and accelerating the movement from insight to action.
Experience and Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree preferred.
Significant experience in CPG, category management, shopper insights, customer analytics, commercial strategy, retail analytics or a related field.
Demonstrated success using complex data to develop insight-led business recommendations and commercially compelling stories.
Experience supporting large retail customers or major customer teams preferred.
Experience with Walmart or Walmart-specific data platforms
Direct sales experience is a plus, but the ideal candidate will bring deeper expertise in category, insights, analytics and strategic storytelling.
Experience with advanced analytics, data visualization, predictive analytics or related capabilities is a plus.
What can you expect from Mars?
Work with diverse and talented Associates, all guided by the Five Principles
Join a purpose driven company, where we’re striving to build the world we want tomorrow, today
A strong focus on learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University
An industry competitive salary and benefits package, including company bonus
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree
- Advanced degree
- Significant experience in CPG, category management, shopper insights, customer analytics, commercial strategy, or retail analytics
- Demonstrated success using complex data to develop insight-led business recommendations and selling stories
- Strong command of retail, syndicated, shopper and customer performance data
- Experience with Walmart Luminate or Scintilla and retailer-specific data platforms
- Experience supporting large retail customers or major customer teams
- Experience with advanced analytics, data visualization, or predictive analytics
- Highly developed communication and presentation skills with ability to influence senior stakeholders
- Strong project management and organizational skills
- Direct sales experience
- Ability to translate complex data into clear, customer-facing narratives and actionable recommendations
Mars Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Mars and has not been reviewed or approved by Mars.
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Healthcare Strength — The benefits package is positioned as comprehensive, with broad medical coverage and additional protections like life insurance and short- and long-term disability. Mental health support is emphasized, including free mental health services and wellbeing programming under initiatives such as Mars Be Well.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave is highlighted as market-leading in the U.S., with an example of 18 weeks fully paid for both parents. Additional family-related leave types such as sick time for caregiving and bereavement leave are also described as part of the overall package.
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Retirement Support — Retirement offerings are described as strong, including 401(k) matching (with a 6% match cited) and pension plans in some cases. The broader package also references retirement savings options and contributions aligned to local market practice, supporting long-term financial security.
Mars Insights
What We Do
For more than a century, Mars, Incorporated has been driven by the belief that the world we want tomorrow starts with how we do business today. This idea is at the center of who we have always been as a global, family-owned business. Today, Mars is transforming, innovating and evolving in ways that affirm our commitment to making a positive impact on the world around us. Across our diverse and expanding portfolio of confectionery, food, and petcare products and services, we employ 133,000 dedicated Associates who are all moving in the same direction: forward. With $40 billion in annual sales, we produce some of the world’s best-loved brands including DOVE®, EXTRA®, M&M’s®, MILKY WAY®, SNICKERS®, TWIX®, ORBIT®, PEDIGREE®, ROYAL CANIN®, SKITTLES®, WHISKAS®, COCOAVIA®, and 5™; and take care of half of the world’s pets through our pet health services AniCura, Banfield Pet Hospitals™, BluePearl®, Linnaeus, Pet Partners™, and VCA™. We know we can only be truly successful if our partners and the communities in which we operate prosper as well. The Mars Five Principles – Quality, Responsibility, Mutuality, Efficiency and Freedom – inspire our Associates to take action every day to help create a world tomorrow in which the planet, its people and pets can thrive.
