Senior Category Development Analyst – Retail Sales Analytics

Role Overview

This position is responsible for conducting full category management reviews, analyzing business issues, and providing business insights and recommendations in the areas of assortment, pricing, promotion, and shelf presentation to drive business results. The Senior Category Development Analyst will work closely with the sales team to lead with insights and to develop appropriate recommendations and actionable plans to achieve both Hormel and retailer goals.

What You Will Do

Provides periodic and ad-hoc reporting based on issues discovered in the periodic reports that dig deep into markets and products issues with solid recommendations. Analyzes market gap opportunities for the partner retailer, executes a POS and Panel analysis to understand the performance dynamics, and performs a market visit to understand specific tactics and that support the share advantage.

Why It Might Be a Fit

Challenges the status quo, embraces technology, puts forward creative ideas, champions and implements process improvements, gathers the ideas of others, demonstrates good judgment about which ideas will work. Provide leadership to less experienced Category Analysts and assist in their training.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
• 1+ years of sales/marketing/analytics experience
• Pattern of initiative
• Proven problem solving and decision-making skills
• Ability to work in a team environment on a variety of complex projects
• Well-developed interpersonal, organizational skills and analytical skills
• Strong computer skills including Microsoft Excel
• Well-developed written and verbal communication skills
• Strong ability to present to and negotiate with the customer
• Proficient in working with Circana data

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental and vision coverage
• Discretionary annual merit increases
• Bonuses and profit sharing
• 401(k) with employer match
• Stock purchase plan
• Relocation assistance
• Paid time off
• Free two-year community/technical college tuition for children of employees

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