Category Analyst

🕒 May 15

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OLIPOP PBC

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 2017

🧘 Wellness

👥 B2C

🛍️ eCommerce

Wellness • B2C • eCommerce

OLIPOP PBC is a company that offers a variety of beverages inspired by classic soda flavors. These beverages are designed as a healthier alternative to traditional sodas, featuring prebiotic soluble fibers and reduced calorie content, making them a functional and digestive-friendly option. Their product range includes flavors like Vintage Cola, Root Beer, Cream Soda, and Cherry Cola, among others. OLIPOP promotes its drinks as guilt-free indulgences that provide both nostalgic enjoyment and health benefits, catering to consumers interested in wellness and digestive health. The company also engages in direct-to-consumer sales and offers subscription services for ongoing savings.

📋 Description

• Leverage syndicated data platforms (e.g., SPINS, Nielsen) to generate insights and recommendations that inform Sales, Category Management, and cross-functional strategy. • Support Category Management on weekly/monthly data needs. • Partner with Category Management leadership to lead recurring category analysis and proactively identify trends, risks, and opportunities. • Partner in sales forecasting by analyzing historical performance, identifying growth drivers, and surfacing implications for future distribution opportunities. • Lead data analysis for key sales initiatives, including retailer performance analysis and various ad-hoc analyses (sku assortment, promotion, voids, new item launches). • Independently evaluate and validate business opportunities through rigorous analysis, clearly articulating the ‘so what’ and recommended next steps. • Conduct analysis and insights that prove or disprove opportunities. • Serve as a consultative partner to cross-functional teams by clarifying business questions, shaping analytical approaches, and prioritizing work based on business impact. • Autonomously manage concurrent projects and requests of varying importance, urgency, and impact with the ability to adjust priorities based on opportunities/needs.

🎯 Requirements

• 3–5+ years of experience in category, sales, or commercial analytics, preferably within the CPG industry. • Strong Excel/PowerPoint skills required; Previous experience working with SPINS, Nielsen or other syndicated research systems is required. • Ability to deliver insights across a variety of formats as needed to tell the story to the given audience (verbal, email, spreadsheets, charts, and presentations). • Ability to analyze, compare and interpret data, and make judgments based upon this knowledge. • Ability to clearly communicate insights and recommendations to influence audiences ranging from individual contributors to senior leaders and retail partners. • Demonstrated ability to frame data around business questions and draw actionable conclusions. • High level of accuracy and attention to detail. • Ability to work autonomously, prioritize, and multitask. • Strong planning, organization, and project management skills. • Excellent interpersonal, written/oral communication, and presentation skills. • Team-oriented with the ability to interact with all levels of employees in a professional and positive manner. • Self-starter/quick learner but knows when to ask questions. • Enthusiastic and comfortable working in an early-stage company. Ability to think rapidly in a growing and changing environment. • Experience working successfully with remote teams in multiple states, and working with collaboration tools, such as Zoom and Slack.

🏖️ Benefits

• Health insurance • 401(k) matching • Flexible work hours • Paid time off