Stonewall Kitchen Family of Brands

Category Analyst

Stonewall Kitchen Family of Brands

full-time

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Origin:  • 🇺🇸 United States

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Job Level

Junior

Tech Stack

JavaScriptSQL

About the role

  • Analyze market trends, consumer insights, and sales data to develop category strategies that optimize assortment, pricing, promotion, and placement
  • Prepare and distribute monthly/weekly sales reports including consolidated distributor movement files, lost sales, broker sales, customer profitability, item rankers, executive summaries and channel reports
  • Compare and analyze variances of actual results to plans and forecasts
  • Partner with key retail accounts, sales representatives, and marketing to develop and present category reviews and growth recommendations using syndicated data
  • Identify retail sales opportunities through syndicated and shipment data analysis, including distribution gaps, white space in market, and merchandising, to support Stonewall Kitchen sales initiatives
  • Create and maintain both general and customer specific selling stories through determining the most compelling scan and shipment data insights
  • Act as a strategic category expert internally, collaborating with Marketing, Sales and Analytic teams

Requirements

  • BA Degree and 1-3 years of experience in Category Management within CPG working directly with Customers
  • Proficiency in syndicated data platforms (e.g., Nielsen, IRI, SPINS, Numerator)
  • Familiarity in working directly with headquarter level customers
  • Proven experience creating clear data stories in PowerPoint and/or Google Slides required
  • Proficiency with direct customer and distributor data (i.e. UNFI, KeHE, Whole Foods Market, Target, and Walmart)
  • Expert Microsoft Excel skills including lookup/reference functions, nested if-then statements, pivot tables, graphs/reporting tools, macro knowledge and SQL experience a plus
  • Expert PowerPoint skills including graphs, eye-catching graphics, simple and clear messaging with excellent written communication skills
  • Must be able to work in a fast-paced environment and handle multiple projects simultaneously
  • Must be a problem solving, detailed-oriented, self-starter, with strong organizational skills and a systematic approach to daily responsibilities
  • Some travel required
  • May be required to work in excess of 40 hours per week as business needs require