Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Bimbo Bakeries USA is the largest baking company in the world and employs associates across the United States. The Senior Analyst of Category Management delivers strategic insights to support the sales team by analyzing syndicated and customer-specific data. The role identifies market trends, sales opportunities, competitive threats, consumer trends, and pricing anomalies while collaborating with internal stakeholders.
Responsibilities
- Utilizes category leadership skills and processes to create actionable and relevant insights that can be applied to retailer specific category strategies and tactics
- Be able to sell and influence internal stakeholders
- Understand and apply shelving principles and guidelines
- Modular/Planogram strategic ideation and execution, followed by tracking of results
- Analyses of performance within account and ROM to develop actionable recommendations
- Collaborate with sales to couple insights with strategic initiatives and/or sales objectives
- Advanced analytical reporting of panel and pos measures in IRI and Luminate
- Understands and leverages opportunities within demographic measures to capture and retain customers in defined categories
Skills
- Bachelor's degree required; an equivalent combination of education, training, and relevant experience may be considered
- Two to three years of related sales, category management, or analytical experience required
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications
- **Advanced** Scintilla reporting experience in both pos and shopper behavior **required**
- Demonstrated ability to analyze complex data, identify meaningful insights, formulate recommendations, and translate findings into clear presentations and customer-ready action plans
- Strong research and problem-solving skills, with the ability to interpret diverse data sets and develop actionable business recommendations
- Intermediate knowledge of planogram tables, formulas, and libraries, and coding of highlights and JDA modular drawing
- Excellent written, verbal, presentation, and interpersonal communication skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders and support effective decision-making
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment, manage competing priorities, and deliver high-quality work within tight timelines
- Proven initiative and leadership, including the ability to work independently, take ownership of projects, and drive work through completion
- Experience in integrating AI systems technologies into everyday analytics
- Five or more years preferred
- **Required** experience in category management, shopper insights, or space management
- Experience with Power BI preferred
Benefits
- Annual Bonus Eligibility
- Comprehensive Benefits Package
- Paid Time Off
- 401k & Company Match
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