What are the responsibilities and job description for the Product Development Analyst position at Wild Fork Foods?
Description
As the Product Development Category Analyst, you are accountable for the analytics for the category performance, campaigns, planograms & market analysis. In addition to analytics, the role also is responsible to project manage the successful flow of new product development through the stage gate Product Development process. Reporting to the Head Non-Core Product Development, the Product Development Category Analyst is a key member of the Product Development team and is responsible for supporting continuous improvement in a fast-paced and demanding production & innovation environment. The scope of category analytics covers the Wild Fork business units in both the US & Canadian markets. Additionally, you will maintain positive relationships with Production Operations, Logistics, Supply Chain & Marketing as well as your vendor community and other internal and external contacts. You have a customer-centric approach and are comfortable flexing between regulatory execution and innovation/ product development.
This is an in-office role, Monday - Friday, based in Doral, FL.
Principal Responsibilities:
- Provide daily, week end & period end data analytics for all Categories for our store locations & website
- Provide weekly data analytics for Campaign performance
- Provide periodic data analytics for planogram and merchandising performance
- Monthly review of market and competitive conditions with view of competitive advantages and gaps
- Project manage the movement of new product through the Product Development stage-gate process
- Support the team in process building and continuous process improvement
- Work closely with the store operations team for weekly store visits to ensure successful execution of planogram & merchandising changes for new product introductions & campaigns
Knowledge, Skills and Experience:
- 3 years experience in analytics in Food Service or Retail sector (Food retail preferred)
- Deep understanding of trends in retail & food service environments
- Prior Food Service or Retail experience an asset
- Prior start up experience an asset, in Tech or Food-Tech environments
- Passion for Food & obsession for quality
- Strong command of various analytical tools in MS Office (Excel/ Smart Sheets as example)
- Support in Process & Continuous Improvement through the Product Development Function
- Establishes trust and inspires others
- Demonstrated effectiveness navigating cross divisional boundaries
- Command of negotiation and relationship building skills
- Makes effective organization and people decisions in a manner consistent with Wild Fork Foods values and ethics.
- Champions the organization and advocates solutions in the overall Company's best interest.
- Uses business knowledge, innovative thinking, and sound judgment in the solution of problems or the pursuit of business opportunities.
- Consolidates information from various sources including feedback from others to reach sound decisions.
- Considers the ultimate impact of decisions and actions on internal and external customers.
- Lean Six Sigma training or black belt certification is an asset
- Exceptional written, verbal communication & systems skills (including MS Office)
EOE, including disability/vets.
