ABBOTT LABORATORIES Associate Category Manager - Bentonville, AR Salary in the United States

Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 103,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

Responsibilities include providing advanced analytics, shopper and consumer insights, and category recommendations to internal and external customers.  Candidates must have excellent communication and organizational skills, the ability to identify and present recommendations and develop effective and accurate reporting tools.

Analytical Expertise

• Perform comprehensive category reviews, using retailer-preferred metrics and industry analysis.
• Maintain and improve category reporting along with share reporting that is provided to the buyer with an executive summary weekly.
• Provide Category Manger and Team Lead with category recommendations based on analytical insights.
• Maintain proficiency in the use of Abbott computer systems, space management software (JDA), Nielsen Workstation, account-specific data sources, Microsoft programs (PowerPoint, Excel, Word, Outlook).

Best in Class Category Management

• Ability to identify key business opportunities for the category at a macro and micro level.
• Provide category management expertise to assist in achieving customer-specific goals.
• Deliver strategic and tactical initiatives aligned with buyer and or manager direction.
• Identify and actively pursue all category opportunities at the retailer.
• Develop, review and support programs that will increase category growth.
• Work seamlessly with onsite and offsite teammates to deliver shopper insights understanding.
• Lead training for new analytical tools and resources.

Retailer Support

• Penetrate retailer at various levels to build relationships and influence decision making.
• Build Abbott equity and influence retailer as a category knowledge resource.
• Coordinate activities to develop, present and implement category management initiatives.
• Provide relevant category and shopper insights to drive assortment, distribution, category placement and aisle recommendations.

Ability to identify and utilize appropriate resources is required.  Position will have interaction with customer and have high visibility with internal Management. This position will report to a Team Leader of Category Management.