Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Advantage Solutions is a sales and marketing agency providing outsourced sales, merchandising, category management, and marketing services. The Category Insights Senior Analyst delivers consumer and marketplace insights, analyzes business data, develops reports, and partners with sales and clients to support business growth and strategic decisions.
Responsibilities
- Strategic Business Insights: Keep a pulse on the business, bringing the right insights and market data to measure DSMP tactical execution. Leverage key learnings to inform plan adjustments and partner with sales and Category Analytics & Insights team for in-market execution
- Trade & Pricing: Contribute to the development of retail trade & promotional pricing recommendations, supporting the Sales Team with in-depth pre- and post-promotional analysis. Insights and learnings to enhance trade effectiveness and efficiency for Clients
- Business Reviews & Market Assessments: Provide insights and data from a variety of sources in the development of line reviews, business reviews, and impactful customer specific selling stories to help support ADV client selling opportunities
- Project Management: Prioritize and manage project schedule by monitoring progress, coordinating activities, and resolving issues
- Client/Customer Partnership: Build strong, value-added relationships with clients/customers and internal stakeholders. Transform insights and implications into actionable recommendations that inform strategic direction
Skills
- Bachelor's degree required
- 3 to 5 years of CPG or retail data analytics experience
- No regular travel expected
- Expert in turning multiple data sources into compelling, business-driving insights
- Strong syndicated data and reporting application experience
- Advanced experience with Circana Unify Office Platform
- Proficiency with data visualization tools like Power BI, Tableau, or Looker
- Advanced Excel skills (pivot tables, v-lookups)
- Strong communication and storytelling skills; able to simplify complex analysis for diverse audience
- Strong syndicated data and reporting application experience (e.g., NIQ, Circana)
- Proficiency with data visualization tools like Power BI, Tableau, or Looker
- Advanced Excel skills (pivot tables, v-lookups)
- Strong communication and storytelling skills; able to simplify complex analysis for diverse audiences
- Incumbent must be able to perform the essential functions of the job. Work is performed primarily in an office environment. Typically, requires the ability to sit for extended periods of time (66%+ each day), ability to hear telephone, ability to enter data on a computer and may require the ability to lift up to 10lbs
- Certification in Category Management
- Familiarity with database tools like Alteryx or MS Access
Benefits
- Remote
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