Sr Customer Account Specialist - Walmart Inc (Account Analyst)

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At Nestlé USA, we’re all working towards the same goal – to delight and deliver for our consumers. With a rich portfolio of beloved brands, including DiGiorno, Toll House, and Coffee mate, in 97% of U.S. households, we have a unique opportunity – and responsibility – to be there for every moment in our consumers’ lives.

 

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This position is not eligible for Visa Sponsorship.

 

 

The Sr. Customer Account Specialist is directly responsible for calling on the key indirect groups supporting the Wholesaler account team. This is a unique opportunity to be the contact for assigned customer(s) and category(ies) in order to drive category growth and achieve annual sales and commercial spend targets.

 

Location: The ideal candidate will be located in Rogers or Bentonville, AR.  

 

Responsibilities: 

• Drive category growth and achieve annual sales and commercial spend targets.
• Develop category driving business plans such as new item presentations, 4P focused initiatives, and other customer presentations. 
• Where appropriate, support in Business Planning tools through proper distribution tracking, promotion administration, forecasting, and deduction management. 
• Utilize key tools from the Data and Reporting Team to support 4P objectives. 
• Identify insights and specific opportunities based on analysis of category reports generated by the Data and Reporting Team and provide recommendations 
• Partner with CMI to transform shopper insights into action
• Partner with the Data and Reporting team to transform 4Ps analytics and insights into action.
• Effectively manage commercial spend in ISW to achieve sales volume goals and trade spend goals, including administration, record keeping, tracking and follow-up
• Collaborate with Sales Finance Manager on financial reconciliation on a monthly basis
• Responsible for timely and effective communication of customer/category and forecast information
• For customer presentations, develop/customize category plan based selling stories regarding assortment, new items, pricing, promotions, display/merchandising tactics, analyses and plans.
• Participate in the development of Customer Category Business Plan(s) with customer(s) and work with customer personnel to drive the execution of the customer category plan.
• Improve selling capabilities and adding customer value through improved analytics and insights, and continuous improvement
• Ensure timely and professional participation in career development programs
• Drive one's own development through the adoption of capability tools
• Develop critical behaviors through robust PDP process
• Act as Peer Coach and provide training to analysts