The Category Analyst is a foundational role that completes a wide variety of important analytical assignments for the Category Management and Sales teams. The CA demonstrates strong technical skills, the ability to interpret data, draw conclusions, develop insights and presentations, execute space management projects and interact with retailers.
Requirements
- Manages or Assists in Space Management Projects
- Assists CLM with implementation of space management analysis and designs category shelf schematics following Constellation’s standardized space planning processes, tools, and space strategies.
- Assists in gathering, cleansing, analyzing, and validating data from multiple data sources and loading into planograms.
- Works with CLM and Sales partners to determine account priorities, and pursues most impactful initiatives pertaining to space, assortment, and other sales analytics.
- Assists CLM in drawing, updating, validating, and finalizing planograms for assigned projects by utilizing the merchandizing guidelines provided by the retailer.
- Updates, manages, and refines scorecards and reports to measure results.
- Support space and assortment opportunities aligned with the strategic direction of Category Leadership activities.
- Train to become an expert user of space planning and assortment software, processes, and solutions.
- Performs or Assists general analysis for assigned customer(s) or projects
- Supports the CLM and Sales partners in the development of category insights, solutions, and presentations, including but not limited to new item introductions, package expansion/reduction, assortment analysis (pre/post), promotion effectiveness, seasonality, and post-promotion analysis.
- Assist in the preparation of CM analysis and create slides for various meetings.
- Attend and participate in business planning meetings as necessary.
- Updates scorecards and reports for assigned customer(s) and summarizes the results in a concise manner.
- Manages and tracks progress across all initiatives, summarizes and routinely reports on outcomes to both internal and external partners.
- Seeks clarification or understanding as necessary.
Benefits
- Paid Time Off
- Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance
- 401(k)
- Relocation Assistance
