Category Advisor

Incentive Pay

Quarterly performance bonus

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• 401(k) profit sharing
• Vacation
• Holidays
• Floating Holidays
• Company-paid LTD and life insurance
• Sick leave

In this role, you will be responsible for cultivating and strengthening the relationship with the Walmart Merchant and managing the end-to-end Modular-drawing process for Seasonal Bakery — including holiday and event-driven baking, decorating, and dessert occasions such as Halloween, Thanksgiving, Winter Holidays, Valentine's Day, Easter, and Summer/July 4th. This position reports directly to the Senior Category Advisor. This individual will assist in providing best-in-class category leadership to Walmart's Seasonal Bakery business.

The successful candidate will have advanced working knowledge of the resources and tools required to execute Walmart's modular and seasonal reset process, create/present/assist in category strategy reviews, and manage complex ad hoc analysis requests — providing strategic and ongoing holistic category and shopper recommendations to the Walmart Buyer.

• Serve as a key, customer-facing contact for the Walmart Merchant, providing category expertise and strategic guidance for the Seasonal Bakery business
• Create and lead shopper- and category-centric presentations, founded in research and data analysis, that support Walmart's category performance objectives
• Develop and champion a long-term vision for Seasonal Bakery solutions that enhance convenience, drive incremental purchases tied to key holidays and events, and improve overall trip conversion
• Provide strategic and ongoing holistic category and shopper recommendations to the Walmart Buyer, accounting for consumer and market trends, assortment, space, merchandising, and seasonal timing/reset calendars
• Bring a customer service and start-up mindset, eager to elevate the entire Seasonal Bakery category utilizing a shopper-first approach
• Assist the Director of Category Management in providing best-in-class category leadership, as well as helping upskill junior team members

• Utilize category management principles, shopper insights, and space analytics to identify opportunities to expand Seasonal Bakery's presence, increase Walmart's share of total bakery/dessert sales, and improve overall category performance
• Analyze shopper behavior, store execution, and space productivity metrics to create best-in-class merchandising frameworks that enhance ease of shop and maximize return on retail space
• Identify emerging shopper, category, and retail trends — including shifts in holiday timing, private label growth, and health/dietary trends — to inform future growth strategies and create competitive advantages for Walmart and Next Phase's manufacturer partners
• Anticipate evolving competitive dynamics and proactively develop strategies that increase category productivity while supporting sustainable, year-round growth of the Seasonal Bakery segment
• Leverage shopper and consumer insights to identify key shopper groups and occasions within the channel to inform Walmart's Seasonal Bakery growth strategies
• Apply third-party research resources (including Scintilla Customer Perception, Numerator, Mintel, Kantar, etc.) to inform and direct strategy for Walmart and the Seasonal Bakery category

• Lead the design and optimization of space allocation frameworks for Walmart's Seasonal Bakery business, driving data-driven space and modular strategies that maximize category productivity, enhance shopper experience, and support sustainable growth across total bakery and seasonal dessert destinations
• Manage the end-to-end modular-drawing process, including assortment, modular, and space allocation strategies that optimize productivity across in-line and seasonal (endcap/feature) Bakery destinations
• Own the evolution of Seasonal Bakery merchandising standards — in-line, endcap, and seasonal feature placements — by developing scalable space solutions that improve visibility, availability, and purchase conversion
• Influence future assortment and modular/reset strategies to expand Seasonal Bakery's footprint, increase…