Category Analyst

Retail & Consumer Goods
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree + 1 year in retail/sales data or CPG OR High School diploma + 4 years in category development or analytics.
  • Experience with syndicated and shopper data sources like Nielsen, IRI, and PowerBI.
  • Experience collaborating with larger retailers.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
  • Ability to work autonomously in fast-paced environments.

Responsibilities

  • Deliver detailed category analysis including the 4Ps.
  • Provide actionable insights and recommendations to customers.
  • Leverage data to identify growth opportunities and guide strategic decisions.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement plans.
  • Lead visual merchandising and digital shelf setup.
  • Maintain modular item data integrity for accuracy.
  • Develop comprehensive omnichannel category business plans.

Benefits

  • 401k with company match.
  • Healthcare coverage.
  • Performance-based incentives.
  • Inclusive workplace culture.
  • Comprehensive total rewards package.
Full Job Description
Position Summary

Purina's sales category team ensures we proudly stand as a leader in the pet care industry, while being seamlessly integrated into the world's largest food and beverage company. We give you the high charge of helping develop and present customer omni-business plans, providing financial analysis, leveraging analytical data/insights, and developing category plans to achieve overall category growth around sales, market share, and profit objectives. Your collective experiences at Purina will far surpass your achievements in growing category sales as we work to innovate the pet care industry.

  • Deliver consistent, detailed, and accurate category analysis (4P) overview
  • Provide timely, value-added insights, and recommendations to the customer that develops proper relations, rapport, and helps achieve category and customer objectives
  • Utilize syndicated data, consumer data (loyalty and point of sale), internal data, and shopper data to uncover opportunities and provide analytical recommendations
  • Work cross-functionally to drive action and implementation
  • Strong initiative & ability to perform in ambiguous environment
  • Leads work on setting the visual store set and digital shelf recommendations
  • Owns Modular (plan-o-gram) item maintenance to ensure data integrity
  • Assist in the development and implementation of strategic omnichannel category business plans, including business, market, competitive, and shopper trends
  • Partner with Category Managers to perform omnichannel category/brand analysis for the retail customer


Requirements
  • Bachelor's degree +1 year experience working with retail/sales data or within a CPG environment OR High School diploma +4 years experience in category development, business analytics or marketing


Other:
  • Experience working with syndicated and shopper data (Nielsen, IRI, Retail Link, Scintilla, MADRID, PowerBI)
  • Experience working with larger retailers


Don't meet all the qualifications listed under "other"? These are preferred, but not required. When you apply for a role with Nestlé Purina, we ensure that individual confidentiality is held to the highest regard. We are intentional about creating an inclusive workplace for everyone. We consider our associates our most valuable assets. Please apply for full consideration.

The approximate pay range for this position is $69,000 to $92,000. Please note that the pay range provided is a good faith estimate for the position at the time of posting. Final compensation may vary based on factors including but not limited to knowledge, skills and abilities as well as geographic location. Nestlé offers performance-based incentives and a competitive total rewards package, which includes a 401k with company match, healthcare coverage and a broad range of other benefits. Incentives and/or benefit packages may vary depending on the position. Learn more at About Us | Nestlé Careers (nestlejobs.com)

REQUISITION ID
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