Category Manager, Walgreens

As our Category Manager for the Walgreens Oral Care business, you will sit at the intersection of retail strategy, shopper insights, and commercial execution. Serving as the lead category consultant to Walgreens, you will transform complex point of sale and syndicated data into compelling commercial stories, optimize space planning and 5P execution, and directly shape how consumers experience our oral care portfolio on the shelf.

Your Day to Day and The Future

• Data Driven Storytelling & Category Reviews: Translate complex consumer, shopper, and point of sale insights into compelling narratives that power world class category reviews and drive retail growth.

• 5P Execution & Strategic Planning: Align brand and category goals with account priorities to own, track, and scorecard 5P activity execution across product placement, pricing, and promotion.

• Planogram & Space Management: Utilize shelf management software to design customer planograms, ensure fair share of shelf alignment, and optimize placement for new product launches.

• Promotional Post Analysis: Conduct rigorous post campaign evaluations to measure promotional effectiveness, identify market gaps, and refine commercial strategies.

• Collaborative Account Partnership: Build high trust consultative relationships with external retail buyers while championing brand objectives across internal cross functional teams.

• Technical Analytics Mastery: Leverage syndicated and point of sale data platforms (Nielsen, Circana, Numerator Insights, Spectra) to deliver actionable recommendations and continuously elevate category performance.

You’ll need to have

• Bachelor's degree.

• 4+ years of professional experience in consumer product goods sales, category management, or related commercial marketing roles.

• 4+ years of hands on experience analyzing syndicated data platforms.

• Demonstrated experience using industry syndicated data tools including Nielsen, Circana, Numerator Insights, Spectra, or retail Point of Sale systems.

Even better if you have

• Direct experience managing retail category strategy within major national retail accounts.

• Proven track record translating complex shopper data into actionable story driven category recommendations.

• Proficiency with planogram software tools such as JDA.