Category Manager

Job Description

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world's leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services-creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 743,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world's leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships.

We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. We are uniquely able to deliver tangible outcomes because of our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song. These capabilities, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships.

We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities. Visit us at

We Are:

Digital Commerce Operations is the global managed services arm of Accenture Song's Commerce Practice. We transform and manage the E2E digital sales cycle by optimizing, evolving and scaling the buying and selling process for clients and their consumers (DTC/B2B/B2C/B2B2C) through human-driven and digitally enabled activities enabling profitable and scalable growth. Advance your career in a fast-accelerating consumer brand agency that is defining the future of connected Commerce.

We grow and optimize world-class brands across all channels of commerce, wherever those brands are in their journey. We deliver results by leveraging research, data, analytics, strategy, creative, industry-leading expertise, and flawless execution.

You Are:

You're a self-starter, who has a passion for analyzing numbers and different types of data to tell a compelling story. You have a strategic focus that is curious, but also a strong executer that delivers exceptional customer service. You love the idea of supporting a dynamic and growing organization and making your mark on a business process because you are driven to provide value to the business anyway you can!

The Work:

* • Help set and lead the strategic direction for a category at Target

* • Deliver merchandising and assortment planning recommendations through deep category analysis

* • Research category and industry trends to understand white space and growth areas

* • Provide timely and accurate data through multiple sources that includes fact based actionable insights to drive category sales and demonstrate thought leadership

* • Develop and maintain routine reporting on category performance through Target and Market data

* • Build Planograms using the Blue Yonder Space Planning software multiple times a year

* • Build and maintain strong relationships with Target team
• Collaborate and share findings with the Category Management Team

Qualification

Here's What You Need:

* • Minimum of 3 year's experience as a retail Category Manager.

* • Minimum of 5 years business acumen working in retail and/or brand agencies

Bonus Points If:

* • Excellent proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Power Point

* • Proficient in Category Management Tools (JDA, Market Data- POS and Panel Data, etc.)

* • Skillful at pairing multiple data sets to answer business questions and tell a story
• Turn data into thoughtful insights to create a multiple year strategy

* • Self-starter with the ability to work in ambiguous situations and find creative solutions

* • Passionate and curious about industry and category trends

* • Strong organizational skills and reliable to hit deadlines

* • Asks good questions, gains alignment on goals and can execute on them

* • Exceptional communication and relationship building skills

* • Can work independently most of the time and is resourceful to figure out an answer

* • Demonstrates leadership

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