Job Title: Category Analyst
Location: Irving, TX
Job Type: Contract
Job Responsibilities:
- Bachelor's degree, emphasis in business or marketing related fields
- Strong familiarity using space planning software (JDA, Apollo or Spaceman)
- Proven ability to think strategically & take insight into action.
- A deep sense of accountability, ownership, and passion
- Project Management experience and strong communication skills with cross functions
- Demonstrated ability to synthesize & leverage multiple data points/insights (shopper, consumer, category, product) to create retail strategies that unlock growth.
- Familiarity with syndicated data, software and measures (IRI, Nielsen, demographic data, panel data, etc.) and digital category manager tools (i.e. Numerator)
- 2+ years' experience in category management is a plus.
- Beer, Wine & Spirits background in a sales or category capacity a plus