Sr. Category Management Analyst

Do you enjoy creating sales stories? Are you looking for a role that will allow you to work cross functionally? The Krusteaz Company is looking for a Senior Category Management Analyst to join the team! The Senior Category Management Analyst will be responsible for driving business growth through actionable sales stories. As an integral part of our CPG sales organization, you will work closely with the Category Manager, Sales Team, and cross functional partners to leverage syndicated POS data and insights to optimize pricing, promotion, shelving, and assortment with the goal of maximizing profit and shopper satisfaction.

Essential Functions: Other duties, responsibilities, and activities may change or be assigned at any time.

• Develop succinct customer reviews that leverage data visualization and storytelling to demonstrate how our brands can help drive category sales and profit growth for our customers with recommendations for distribution, shelving, pricing, and promotion.
• Create internal “how’s business” reviews that clearly show “what’s happening” with recommendations for what we should do to either enhance positive trends or reverse declining trends in sales and profits.
• Be a category and consumer expert.
• Collaborate with Sales, Marketing, and Sales Ops to incorporate customer point of sales and loyalty data, consumer research, and shopper behavior to identify key business insights and incorporate into fact-based presentations.
• Provide Category Management cross-training to Sales and Marketing employees, as needed.
• Create planogram recommendations for business review presentations.
• Manage various databases with vendors to ensure information accuracy.
• Work with the Category Manager to manage and prioritize multiple requests and projects.
• Document procedures, tasks, and instructions.
• Utilize tools such as Circana Unify, Blue Yonder, Retail Link, Stratum, and others.
  
  

Position Requirements

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals qualified with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Strong Functional Knowledge of Category Management.
• Ability to turn data into insights, utilizing data storytelling, visualization, and navigation to clearly and succinctly communicate key business information.
• Commitment to continued self-development and learning as well as a commitment to develop and support team members.
• Maintain the vision and fortitude to challenge status quo to advance key business initiatives.
• Strong Excel and PowerPoint skills.
• Possess strong listening, written and verbal communication, and presentation skills.
• High degree of professionalism; viewed as competent, credible, and knowledgeable.
• Works well in a team environment as well as independently.
• Flexible, with the ability to handle changing environment and priorities.
• Keen attention to detail.
• Ability to travel up to 10% of time.
  
  

Education and/or Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree or relevant work experience required.
• 5-6 years’ progressive or equivalent working experience in Category Management, Sales, Marketing, Sales Analysis, or equivalent required.
• 3 years’ experience working with syndicated data (i.e. Nielson, IRI, etc.) required.
• Space management software experience preferred.
  
  

Physical Demands and Work Environment:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, sit, talk, hear, and use hands and fingers to operate a computer and telephone along with reaching. Specific vision abilities include close vision requirements due to computer work. Moderate noise, ability to work in a confined area, and ability to sit at a computer for an extended period of time are also included.

The policy of The Krusteaz Company is to hire, train, and promote all persons in all job groups in accordance with law, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, marital or military status, national origin, gender identity, the presence of any sensory, mental or physical disability, genetic information, or any other status or characteristic protected by local, state, or federal law.

Get to know us:

• A people-focused company that cares: We're a 90-year-old company with the entrepreneurial spirit of a startup and a focused eye on the future. As a midsized, privately held company with a portfolio of beloved food and beverage brands, our people are the most important ingredient in our success.
• A valued and supported workforce: We place tremendous value in our employees and provide competitive pay and comprehensive benefits to ensure our employees can create the best life for themselves. Benefits include a top tier health insurance plan with lower-than-average employee cost share, generous PTO, 401(k) match, and more.
• An engaged and energized culture: At The Krusteaz Company, collaboration and ingenuity drive our fierce commitment to creating extraordinary product experiences that people love.
• A place to grow and make a difference: An entrepreneurial spirit has been at the core of our company since the beginning, attracting self-starters who are curious and love to learn and to share ideas.
  
  

Hybrid Work Model: At The Krusteaz Company, we have in-office "core days" of Tuesdays and Wednesdays where all corporate employees are expected to be onsite. Mondays, Thursdays, and Fridays are flexible remote days to allow for work/life balance. You may be asked to come in outside of a core day from time to time, based on business needs. We have found aligning our scheduled in-office days provides opportunity for employees to build connections and collaborate together.

Benefits: We are proud to offer generous benefits including comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance (starting at $50/month for employee-only coverage on the PPO Plan or starting at $25/month for employee-only coverage on the HDHP), 401(K) matching, 3 weeks of paid vacation, 10 paid holidays, 1 paid personal holiday, company provided life insurance and disability insurance, flexible spending account, healthcare saving account, voluntary accident insurance, voluntary critical illness insurance, and tuition reimbursement.

Salary Information: An employee in this position can expect a salary range between $100,524 and $165,851. We typically pay out between $113,000 and $144,000. The actual salary offered will carefully consider a wide range of factors, including internal equity, experience, education, certification, training, and location. All positions are eligible for additional incentives based on business performance.

We hope you'll take the time to get to know us!

The Krusteaz Company is not sponsoring new applicant employment authorization at this time and please, no third-party recruiters.