Category Analyst, Grocery

🔥 44 minutes ago

🌲 North Carolina – Remote

🌲 North Carolina – Remote

💵 $78.1k - $107.3k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟢 Junior

🟡 Mid-level

🧐 Analyst

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Mars

WebsiteLinkedInAll Job Openings

10,000+ employees

🍽️ Food & Beverage

👥 B2C

🏭 Manufacturing

💰 Debt financing on 2025-04

Food & Beverage • B2C • Manufacturing

Mars is a large, family-owned global consumer goods company with a portfolio of well-known, consumer-facing brands. The company operates across food and petcare categories and emphasizes R&D, supply chain, veterinary expertise, and associate wellbeing (including a pet-friendly culture). Mars recently announced the completion of an acquisition of Kellanova and highlights career mobility, benefits, and a purpose-driven approach.

📋 Description

• Serve as a trusted, category growth-driving partner to Grocery retailers • Deliver fact-based insights and category solutions that drive mutually beneficial category growth • Partner with customer management to align and execute category and brand strategies • Deliver strategic shopper, category, and market insights tailored to each retailer • Build and maintain strong internal and external relationships • Collaborate with Sales to develop and execute growth strategies • Develop Category Insights Reviews, shelving excellence strategies, JDA POGs, assortment optimization, price/promotion efficiencies, and merchandising effectiveness initiatives • Analyze syndicated data, shopper insights, retailer POS data, and marketplace trends • Use Nielsen, IRI, JDA, Kantar, CMI, and related category management tools • Create and maintain scalable tools, reports, scorecards, and templates • Identify category, shopper, and competitive trends and growth opportunities • Support annual customer planning and strategic initiatives with actionable recommendations • Manage multiple projects and serve as a trusted category expert for assigned customers • Develop and implement customer penetration plans for assigned retailers and distributors • Provide shelf layout, assortment planning, space-to-sales analysis, item placement, and planogram recommendations • Apply project management skills through ideation, development, piloting, testing, learning, and scaling • Influence annual planning in partnership with Sales • Analyze data and create planograms as a technical leader • Interface with customers at headquarters and represent fact-based selling to stakeholders

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree required • Demonstrated analytical skills and capability • 2+ years of experience within CPG Sales key accounts, retail, and/or analyst accountabilities • Ability to accommodate travel a minimum of 25-40% of time • Valid driver's license and clean driving record • Ability to work in a field-sales, home office • Successful completion of a drug and background screen • Strong written and verbal communication skills • Nielsen Scan data experience • Knowledge of JDA • Strong Excel and PowerPoint skills • External selling, negotiation, and influencing skills

🏖️ Benefits

• 401(k) plan • Company-sponsored medical insurance • Company-sponsored dental insurance • Company-sponsored vision insurance • Basic life insurance for employee and eligible dependents • Up to 18 weeks of paid parental leave • 120 hours of vacation per year • Paid sick time at 100% pay continuation for a maximum of 40 hours per calendar year • 12 paid holidays throughout the calendar year, including fixed and flexible holidays • Variable pay and general allowances may be included if eligible • Field-sales, home office work arrangement