Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. First Quality is a family-owned consumer products company that manufactures personal care and household products for retailers and healthcare organizations. The Category Analyst will support the Analytics Team through recurring report production, data preparation and validation, shopper-focused analysis, and ad-hoc insights for Sales and Marketing. The role also contributes to category reviews, process standardization, tool adoption, and cross-functional growth initiatives in a remote CPG environment.
Responsibilities
- Own the creation, production, and maintenance of recurring reports, including monthly Category Performance Scorecards, weekly retailer reports, and feature/promo trackers
- Perform data preparation, validation, and reconciliation to ensure high accuracy and consistency in systems and deliverables
- Support ad-hoc data and analysis requests to deliver timely insights for Sales and Marketing
- Conduct basic analysis and dig into data to help answer not just “what happened,” but the “why” from a shopper perspective — identifying trends, behaviors, and opportunities that drive category growth
- Support promotion performance reviews, assortment/line reviews, and innovation initiatives with accurate data and preliminary insights
- Contribute to standardizing reporting and analytics processes across business units and retailers to enable more consistent, holistic insights and faster delivery
- Help document processes and best practices to improve efficiency and team knowledge sharing
- Partner with Sales and Marketing teams to provide reliable data support for customer meetings, category reviews, and strategic initiatives
- Assist with tool adoption (including advanced analytics platforms) to help the team maximize their capabilities
- Contribute to scalable analytics as the business expands through innovation, new retail partnerships, and new growth areas
Skills
- Bachelor's degree required in Business Administration, Marketing, Analytics, Statistics, Economics, Data Science, or a related quantitative field
- Strong academic record with demonstrated analytical and quantitative skills through coursework or projects
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel (pivot tables, core formulas, charts)
- Comfort working with large data sets from multiple sources, including cleaning, standardizing, and combining data to ensure accuracy and consistency
- Strong attention to detail, analytical mindset, and ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
- Ability to present data clearly and build compelling stories by linking insights to business context
- Good written and verbal communication skills with the ability to explain findings to non-technical stakeholders
- Self-starter who takes initiative, works well independently, and proactively seeks solutions with minimal oversight
- Collaborative team player who is eager to learn and contribute to cross-functional success
- Genuine interest in consumer-packaged goods (CPG), retail dynamics, shopper behavior, and data-driven decision making
- This is a remote position. Employees work from a home office or other remote location with reliable high-speed internet access
- Regular use of a computer workstation is required, along with virtual meetings during standard business hours
- Must be willing to travel approximately once per month, which may include overnight travel
- 1-3 years of professional experience (internships or co-ops in analytics, category management, retail, CPG, or market research preferred)
- * Experience with syndicated retail data platforms (e.g., Circana/Nielsen)
- * Familiarity with data visualization tools such as Power BI or Tableau
- * Experience creating and delivering PowerPoint presentations
- * Exposure to more advanced Excel capabilities (e.g., data modeling, macros)
Benefits
- Bonus opportunities
- Paid time off (three-week minimum)
- Medical, dental and vision starting day one
- 401(k) with employer match
- Paid parental leave
- Child and family care assistance (dependent care FSA with employer match up to $2500)
- Bundle of joy benefit (years’ worth of free diapers to all team members with a new baby)
- Tuition assistance
- Wellness program with savings of up to $4,000 per year on insurance premiums
- This is a remote position. Employees work from a home office or other remote location with reliable high-speed internet access.
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