Category Consultant Leadership Walmart

Why Hershey: At The Hershey Company, our culture is rooted in purpose and inspired by Milton Hershey’s enduring vision that business should create opportunity for others. Through our commitment to corporate philanthropy, we create positive impact by supporting communities, helping children thrive, and operating as a business for good. This includes our deep and long standing partnership with Milton Hershey School, where we invest in education, workforce readiness, and hands on engagement to help students succeed beyond the classroom. Supported by strategic grantmaking, product donations, cross brand collaboration, and strong employee volunteerism, Hershey offers a place to work where making a difference—locally and globally—is part of how we do business every day. Location

Bentonville, AR About The Hershey Company

The Hershey Company (NYSE: HSY) is an industry-leading snacks company known for making more moments of goodness through its iconic brands. With a strong portfolio across chocolate, confectionery, and salty snacks, Hershey delights consumers every day. Our beloved brands include Hershey’s, Reese’s, KitKat®, Dots Pretzels, Lesser Evil, Jolly Rancher, Twizzlers, Ice Breakers, and more.

At Hershey, we are committed to making a meaningful difference in the communities where we live, work, and do business. This commitment originated with our founder, Milton Hershey, and continues to shape who we are today.

Guided by our employee value proposition, Lead Today. Create Tomorrow, we empower our people to drive impact now while shaping what comes next. Our One Hershey mindset brings teams together across functions, geographies, and businesses, enabling us to operate with speed, collaboration, and shared purpose.

The Hershey Company is proud to be recognized as a top employer in the United States, reflecting our commitment to our people, culture, and purpose.  How will you fit into the big picture?

The Category Consultant is a trusted partner to Category Leadership, Sales Leadership, internal stakeholders, and customers. In this role, you will help identify opportunities that drive profitable, sustainable growth while bringing category, shopper, competitive, and financial insights to life. Success is defined by your ability to transform insights into action, influence customer strategies, and deliver initiatives that support both customer and Hershey business objectives. By combining strong analytical capabilities with consultative leadership, you will help create more Moments of Goodness for consumers and customers alike. Accountabilities

Partner with Category Leadership and Sales Leadership to uncover insights, shopper behaviors, category trends, and competitive activity that shape customer strategies and action plans.  Lead cross-functional projects with Sales, Category Leadership, Marketing, Shopper Insights, and Demand Planning to achieve key business objectives.  Serve as a consultative partner to customers and internal teams, identifying opportunities that drive category growth and financial performance.  Bring insights to life through compelling storytelling using category management tools and data sources including Circana, Nielsen, Numerator, SOLVE, proprietary order-writing tools, and dunnhumby loyalty data. Influence the development and implementation of category initiatives through the effective use of insights, analytics, and category management capabilities. Minimum Education & Requirements

Approximately 3 to 5 years of Category Leadership and/or CPG Sales experience. Advanced analytical skills and the ability to synthesize shopper, category, competitive, and financial insights into business recommendations. Advanced understanding of consumer and shopper behavior, market research methodologies, and consumer sales industry trends.  Strong knowledge of the category management process and experience applying category principles to drive growth.