Sr. Category Management Analyst

Do you enjoy creating sales stories? Are you looking for a role that will allow you to work cross functionally? The Krusteaz Company is looking for a Senior Category Management Analyst to join the team! The Senior Category Management Analyst will be responsible for driving business growth through actionable sales stories.

As an integral part of our CPG sales organization, you will work closely with the Category Manager, Sales Team, and cross functional partners to leverage syndicated POS data and insights to optimize pricing, promotion, shelving, and assortment with the goal of maximizing profit and shopper satisfaction.

Essential Functions: Other duties, responsibilities, and activities may change or be assigned at any time.


* Develop succinct customer reviews that leverage data visualization and storytelling to demonstrate how our brands can help drive category sales and profit growth for our customers with recommendations for distribution, shelving, pricing, and promotion.


* Create internal “how’s business” reviews that clearly show “what’s happening” with recommendations for what we should do to either enhance positive trends or reverse declining trends in sales and profits.


* Be a category and consumer expert. 


* Collaborate with Sales, Marketing, and Sales Ops to incorporate customer point of sales and loyalty data, consumer research, and shopper behavior to identify key business insights and incorporate into fact-based presentations.


* Provide Category Management cross-training to Sales and Marketing employees, as needed.


* Create planogram recommendations for business review presentations.


* Manage various databases with vendors to ensure information accuracy.


* Work with the Category Manager to manage and prioritize multiple requests and projects.


* Document procedures, tasks, and instructions.


* Utilize tools such as Circana Unify, Blue Yonder, Retail Link, Stratum, and others.

Position Requirements

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals qualified with disabilities to perform the essential functions.


* Strong Functional Knowledge of Category Management.


* Ability to turn data into insights, utilizing data storytelling, visualization, and navigation to clearly and succinctly communicate key business information.


* Commitment to continued self-development and learning as well as a commitment to develop and support team members.


* Maintain the vision and fortitude to challenge status quo to advance key business initiatives.


* Strong Excel and PowerPoint skills.


* Possess strong listening, written and verbal communication, and presentation skills.


* High degree of professionalism; viewed as competent, credible, an...