Background: Large Retailer within the niche Grocery space seeks a Manager of Category Analytics. The Manager of Category Analytics will champion the use of advanced analytic techniques to answer a broad range of category planning and merchandising questions, informing both strategy and tactical execution.
What Will You Do:
- Lead the analysis of loyalty and transactional data in order to provide category specific insights and recommendations
- Develop and present fact-based business analytics for assigned categories including merchandising and space planning recommendations, promotion evaluation for effectiveness and efficiency and brand/category trends
- Create analytical tools and dashboards for category managers to leverage and make decisions relating to in-store merchandising, pricing, promotion and product assortment
- Outline best practices in terms of how analytics can provide strategic value in informing merchandising and category planning decisions
- Analyze data to inform innovative product solutions that meet the needs of customers and work directly with CPG manufacturers to develop those products
More Info:
- Leadership, strategic, hands-on, people management role
- Excellent benefits including strong total compensation
- Remote role
Responsibilities/Experience:
- 6+ years of analytical experience leveraging data to provide insights and strategic recommendations
- Analytics experience within Grocery or CPG is a MUST (i.e. category management, merchandising and space planning)
- Proficiency in SQL and leading BI tools is a PLUS (Tableau, Power BI)
- Marketing analytics is a NICE to have (a/b testing, segmentation, reporting, campaign analytics, predictive modeling, customer journey)