Category Analyst

We're a leader in the pet care industry, which means we're not only ahead in volume, profit and market share, but our associates dare to Stand Taller. We innovate new products, impart new agilities into existing processes, constantly advance pet nutrition, and always pay it forward in the form of service for our communities and families. Are you up for the dare?

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Position Summary

It takes ALL of us to do what we do at a world-class level, but it's the insights, data, and subject matter expertise our Category Analysts bring to the table that makes us a long-standing leader in the larger Pet Care Category. We give you the high charge of helping develop customer 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. You'll partner closely with a Category Manager to grow the category in ways that will challenge you to think outside of what sits on the retail shelf. Your collective experiences at Purina will far surpass your achievements in growing category sales.
We offer opportunities at the global scale and cross-functional experiences that will diversify your knowledge, insight, and your background. So, if your full potential could be unleashed, what would you add to the mix?
• 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• Supports work on setting the visual store set recommendation (set room or digital)• Works directly with the Category Development Team on special projects and day to day requests for insights• Will have some responsibility for Modular (plan-o-gram) development, production, & item maintenance to ensure data integrity• Presents category insights to customers• Assist in the development and implementation of strategic omnichannel category business plans, including business, market, competitive, and shopper trends• Perform distribution opportunity analysis• Leverage analytical insights to develop actionable stories• Sizes category opportunities and initiatives through 4P analytics• Completes ad-hoc assessment work to support planning and assessment needs• Partner with Category Managers to perform omnichannel category/brand analysis for the retail customer

Requirements• Bachelor's Degree from an accredited institution• 1+ years' of experience in category development, business analytics, store/merchandising/distribution, or marketing

Other• Experience with syndicated and shopper data (Nielsen, IRI, Retail Link, MADRID, PowerBI)• Experience working with larger retailers or CPG• Apollo/JDA (or other space management) skills

Must be able to travel up to 10%, or as business needs require

REQUISITION ID:
208154

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