Modern Retail & Category Management Foundations

Overview:  Build a stronger foundation in modern retail and category management by helping teams understand how category management supports better decisions, stronger alignment, and more practical action in today’s retail environment. This topic is especially helpful for onboarding, foundational capability building, or creating a common language across functions. 

How This Can be Tailored:

This session can be delivered virtually or in person and tailored to your business context, strategic priorities, and audience. Depending on your needs, the content can incorporate your internal terminology, category management process, retail/customer structure, strategic focus areas, and the level of capability you want to build across the team. It can also be adapted for retailer, supplier, or cross-functional audiences. 

Possible Takeaways:

  • Participants may leave with:

    • a category management foundations framework
    • a shared terminology/reference guide
    • a category process overview
    • discussion prompts or team alignment tools
    • sample templates or examples that support stronger application back on the job

Possible eLearning Prework:

  • Possible eLearning prework may include:

    • Retail Fundamentals
    • Fundamentals of Category Management

Delivery Format:
Available virtually or in person, and can also be integrated into a broader blended learning solution. 

 

Prepare your team for success in the ever-changing industry by mastering adaptive category management techniques tailored to contemporary challenges and opportunities.

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Instructor-Led Training FAQ:

  • What will individuals learn? Each training session (in-person or virtual) has well-defined learning objectives that focus on the most important elements of the topic area.  This is tweaked to meet the unique and specific needs of your team or organization.
  • What is required of individuals? Instructor-led training is designed to be highly interactive, requiring individual engagement online through features like chat, whiteboards, breakout rooms, contests, quizzes, and more. Participants may also have prework assignments and/or post-class homework.
  • Want to customize your training?  Opt for customized training to zero in on areas for skill enhancement. Tailoring your training allows a focus on precise needs, offering flexibility with extended or additional sessions. Customized sessions can also be integrated and complemented with other topics to create a bespoke custom training program. 

 Additional Instructor-Led Topics Available

 In addition to the featured topic areas above, CMKG can also support organizations with customized instructor-led training in the following areas: 

  • Excel Foundations for Retail and Category Teams
  • PowerPoint for Clearer, More Effective Business Communication
  • Collaboration and Joint Business Planning
  • Data to Insights: Strengthening Analytical Thinking
  • Data Visualization for Stronger Communication
  • Presentation Skills and Fact-Based Storytelling
  • Category Management in eCommerce and Omni-Channel Retail
  • Working with Limited Data to Make Better Decisions
  • Private Label Strategy and Capability Building
  • Critical Thinking for Better Business Decisions
  • Business Acumen for Retail and CPG Teams

Looking for something more specific?
We can tailor a topic, combine multiple topics, or design a broader blended learning solution based on your team’s needs, priorities, and desired outcomes.