What are the responsibilities and job description for the Data Driven Category Advisor position at Topco Associates LLC?
About the Role
We are seeking a highly skilled Data Driven Category Advisor to join our team. As a Data Driven Category Advisor, you will play a critical role in analyzing data to drive category strategy, assortment, distribution, merchandising, pricing, and promotional mix.
You will be responsible for providing data-driven, customer-focused insights that not only meet but exceed sales and own brand performance, and market share objectives. Your expertise will help shape decisions on category strategy, ensuring we lead in innovation, pricing, and promotions.
Key Responsibilities:
- Craft narratives, analyze performance, and create strategies to enhance assortment, pricing, and promotions.
- Leverage syndicated and internal data to deliver actionable insights.
- Develop data-driven, customer-focused category business plans in collaboration with Category Managers.
- Analyze data from various sources to identify trends and opportunities for optimization.
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, Analytics, or a related field.
- 2 years as an Analyst and/or 1 year in retail/CPG promotions, marketing, retail analytics, insights, consumer research, or business analysis.
- Proficiency with Data Platforms, including Circana/Nielsen, Numerator, SPINS, Mintel, SymphonyAI , 84.51° and other syndicated data sources.