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Job title

Category Development Analyst

Company Wyeth
Wage between $0.00 - $0.00 Annually
Location United States, Arkansas, Bentonville
Employment type Full Time
Education Not Specified
Year Experience 4 - 5 Years of Practical Experience
Travel None
Published on 5/1/2007
Description
Category Development Analyst - Wal*Mart

Wyeth Consumer Healthcare is a worldwide leader in the research, development, manufacture and marketing of innovative products, including three of the five top selling OTC brands in the U.S.: Advil, Robitussin, and Centrum.

Our success is built on strong, caring leadership, a commitment to fostering long-standing customer relationships, and a continuous stream of innovative products. It all adds up to the ideal environment for self-motivated, enthusiastic professionals who are not content to rest on past achievements, but instead are always seeking new challenges.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

As a Category Development Analyst you will be charged with finding creative ways to analyze and drive Category & Wyeth brand sales and profits, with an emphasis on base and non-promoted sales. In this role you will be responsible for analyzing IRI and POS consumer data with designated key customers or customer base to optimize category and Wyeth brand performance. Additional responsibilities include potential data base management and store level data analysis.

Additional responsibilities include:
Achieving and maintaining distribution objectives through category management analysis.
Analyze retailer POGs to identify share of shelf opportunities and develop recommendations to achieve fair share of shelf space for Wyeth brands.
Analyze Category promotions to identify optimal promotional strategy.
Analyze market level and/or account-specific pricing strategies.


Position Requirements:
Four-year college degree
Must possess sound computer proficiency (particularly with Microsoft software applications such as Excel, Word and PowerPoint); solid analytical, written, and verbal communication skills, and the ability to demonstrate independent judgment.

1-2 years Category Management experience, or 3+ years of equivalent CPG industry experience.
Basic understanding of Category Management practices and principles. This could include experience as an account manager engaged in
Category Management activities with leading retailers.
Basic knowledge of syndicated data sources (IRI, Spectra, etc.) and retailer provided store-level POS data.
Basic knowledge of space planning/management software.

Wyeth offers competitive compensation and benefits programs, including child-care subsidies, flex-time, business casual attire, educational assistance and professional development programs.


For more information and to apply online, please visit us at: www.wyeth.com/careers

Wyeth is an Equal Opportunity Employer, M/F/D/V.

Search Firm Representatives:

Please Read Carefully.

Wyeth is not seeking assistance or accepting unsolicited resumes from search firms for this employment opportunity. Regardless of past practice, all resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at Wyeth via-email, the Internet or directly to hiring managers at Wyeth in any form without a valid written search agreement in place for that position will be deemed the sole property of Wyeth, and no fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Wyeth as a result of the referral or through other means. Note: Any search agreement entered into prior with Wyeth to January 2004 is hereinafter void.

Search firms are essential to the recruitment and staffing efforts at Wyeth and we value the partnerships we have built with our preferred vendors. For this reason, Wyeth has established and regularly maintains a preferred vendor list. Please note that even preferred vendors need to have a written search agreement signed by the Vice President, Strategic Staffing at Wyeth in place for the specific position in order for a fee to be paid for any candidate referrals.df-tc

Experience/Skills
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Other desired skills:
Category Development Analyst
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