Category Advisor

Job Title: Category Advisor Department: Legal Reports To: Chief Legal Officer FLSA Status: Exempt Location: Remote SVP Worldwide is the world’s largest consumer sewing machine company, proudly home to the iconic brands SINGER®, HUSQVARNA® VIKING®, PFAFF®, and CREATIVATE™. Together, our brands represent nearly 500 years of combined leadership, empowering sewists around the world and shaping the evolution of sewing for generations. Our purpose is clear: to create, elevate, and celebrate sewists around the world. With global operations spanning R&D, manufacturing, distribution, and sales, SVP Worldwide brings together heritage craftsmanship and modern innovation to serve a worldwide community of makers. Our expanding portfolio includes sewing and embroidery machines, accessories and notions, garment care, and creative software — offering meaningful opportunities to innovate, collaborate, and make an impact. Guided by our values — customer-first thinking, curiosity and creativity, inclusion, and transparency — we’re building a connected, inclusive culture where people can grow their careers while helping define the future of sewing. Position Summary: The Category Advisor is responsible for providing data-driven insights and strategic recommendations to support category growth and improve the overall customer experience at Walmart. This role serves as a trusted partner to Walmart merchants, leveraging shopper insights, category analytics, and industry best practices to influence assortment, shelving, pricing, and promotional strategies. The Category Advisor collaborates cross-functionally with internal sales, marketing, and supply chain teams to develop fact-based category plans that align with Walmart’s goals and policies. Success in this role requires strong analytical capabilities, deep understanding of Walmart systems and processes, and the ability to translate complex data into clear, actionable recommendations that drive mutual growth.

Responsibilities

• Be the go-to advisor for Walmart in the Sewing Machine category, guiding decisions across distribution, assortment, pricing, shelving, and promotions.
• Lead the modular relay process, drawing planograms that are as clean and logical and stitch together a story at the shelf.
• Analyze shopper behavior and performance trends to uncover underlying market and category dynamics, identifying key drivers and causal factors.
• Must be able to provide fact-based recommendations across a variety of management levels resulting in buy-in and improvement in category performance.
• Build shopper centric strategies that connect consumer needs to Walmart’s goals.
• Use Scintilla and other data sources to uncover new growth opportunities.
• Partner with Replenishment, Modular Planning, Space Planning, and internal Category Management to execute with precision.
• Influence aisle level space, flow, and merchandising to improve the overall shopping experience.
• Provide structured analysis, precise communication, and composed project leadership in dynamic environments where deadlines frequently shift.

You Bring (requirements, Preferred Skills)

• Bachelor’s Degree
• 3+ years Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) experience, including 3+ years in Category Management
• Actual modular drawing experience (JDA/Blue Yonder) required
• Scintilla Charter expertise required
• Strong understanding of Walmart’s modular process.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, and Excel required; working knowledge of PowerPoint is required, working knowledge of Microsoft Access a plus.
• Ability to analyze complex, unstructured data sets, extract meaningful insights, and communicate findings clearly and effectively to diverse audiences.
• Exceptional interpersonal and persuasive communication skills to influence decision-making.
• Experience with shopper insight platforms preferred
• Expertise in collaborative teamwork and strategic, innovative problem-solving.

We Offer

You

• Full benefits package; medical, dental, vision
• 401k plan
• Competitive PTO accrual as well as additional wellness days
• Hybrid work schedule
• Work environment that harbors a culture of collaboration and community
• Learning and development opportunities

Requirements

You will need to be able to complete all physical requirements of the job with or without a reasonable accommodation, including:

• Occasionally move about inside the office to access file cabinets, meeting rooms, copier/printer etc as well as have the ability to remain in a stationary position 50% of the time
• Required to retrieve or reposition products like sewing machines weighing up to 50 pounds
• Any additional physical requirements

The Employer retains the right to change or assign other duties to this position. Work Environment/Location/Flex Arrangement: SVP Worldwide offers a fast-paced and ever-changing environment. As part of our Flexible Workplace Policy, this position will be hybrid based in our company HQ in Nashville, TN. Why You Will Love Being a Part of the SVP Worldwide Team: We take care of our team! We offer a competitive benefit package including: multiple health plan options comprised of vision and dental plans, 401K plan, life insurance, disability insurance, pet insurance, parental leave, generous employee discounts and paid time off benefits including wellbeing days. At SVP Worldwide, we celebrate diversity, equity, and inclusion and strive to employ a unique workforce that is reflective of our consumers across the globe. That means understanding, respecting and valuing diversity- unique styles, experiences, identities, ideas and opinions – while being inclusive of all people. SVP Worldwide is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions based on merit and qualifications. SVP Worldwide prohibits discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual identity, gender identity, marital status, veteran status, nationality, citizenship, age, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, or any other unlawful consideration. In The News In 2021, SVP Worldwide was acquired by Platinum Equity (www.platinumequity.com), a global investment firm with more than $25 billion of assets under management and a portfolio of approximately 50 operating companies that serve customers around the world. Platinum Equity has committed to fully support SVP Worldwide’s continued growth and to bring additional financial and operational resources to help accelerate the company’s efforts. Like what you see? Then come “sew” and grow your career with us! Follow us on LinkedIn and get updates from SVP Worldwide!