Category & Planogram Analyst (12-month contract)

awc; Mississauga; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Arterra Wines Canada (AWC) is seeking a Category & Planogram Analyst to translate category insights into actionable assortment, merchandising, and planogram solutions across its retail network. You will partner with Category Leadership, Sales, and Retail Operations to optimize shelf space, store layouts, and shopper experience while maintaining planograms for national and regional C&G customers.

The role emphasizes data-driven decision making, cross-functional collaboration, and timely execution

Qualifications

• 2-3 years of experience in Category Management, Category Development, Space Planning, Merchandising, or related retail discipline.
• University degree in Business, Marketing, Analytics, or related discipline.
• Hands-on experience developing and maintaining retail planograms, with proficiency in planogram software BlueYonder / JDA.
• Strong understanding of category management fundamentals, including assortment optimization, shelf-space allocation, merchandising principles, and shopper behaviour.
• Demonstrated analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate sales and category data into insights.

Responsibilities

• Support Category Leadership and Customer Partnerships: Act as a key category partner for assigned national and regional Convenience & Gas (C&G) customers, building strong relationships and developing an understanding of their shoppers, assortment strategies, and growth priorities.
• Turn Category Insights into Action: Leverage sales performance, shopper insights, market trends, and category analytics to develop actionable recommendations that help retail customers optimize assortment, improve merchandising, and drive category growth.
• Develop Customer Assortment and Planogram Solutions: Create and maintain data-informed wine planograms tailored to C&G customers, incorporating shopper behaviour, category performance, merchandising principles, and retailer requirements.
• Own AWC Retail Planogram Development and Maintenance: Manage the creation, maintenance, and optimization of planograms across AWCs retail network.
• Coordinate Planogram Execution: Collaborate with Retail Operations and other internal stakeholders to communicate planogram updates, coordinate implementation, and support effective in-store execution.
• Champion Planogram Expertise and Best Practices: Serve as the team's planogram subject matter expert and software power user, supporting internal stakeholders with planogram development, technical guidance, and merchandising best practices.
• Drive Process Improvement and Collaboration: Create merchandising guidelines, planogram standards, and tools that improve consistency and efficiency.

Skills

Analytical

Detail-oriented

Category Management

Merchandising

Data analysis

Education

University degree in Business, Marketing, Analytics, or related discipline

Tools

BlueYonder

JDA

Job description

Job Description

Reporting to the Director, Category Leadership & Consumer Insights, the Category & Planogram Analyst plays a key role in translating category insights, shopper behaviour, and retail strategies into actionable assortment, merchandising, and planogram solutions.

The role supports Convenience category leadership for national and regional & Gas (C&G) customers while owning planogram development and maintenance for Arterra Wines Canada's (AWC) owned retail network.

Working closely with retail customers, Sales, Category Development, and AWC Retail Operations, the Analyst helps optimize shelf space, improve store layout and shopper experience, and unlock category growth opportunities.

As the team's planogram subject matter expert, this role also supports the development of merchandising best practices, tools, and processes to strengthen category execution across Arterra and its retail partners.

About You

You are an analytical, detail-oriented category professional who enjoys turning data and shopper insights into practical retail solutions. You understand how assortment, shelf space, and merchandising influence shopper behaviour and category performance, and you take pride in developing accurate, effective, and visually compelling planograms.

You are equally comfortable working with data, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and engaging directly with retail customers. You are organized, proactive, and capable of managing multiple projects and competing deadlines without losing sight of the details.

You thrive in a collaborative environment where you can take ownership of your work, solve problems, and contribute ideas that improve both business results and ways of working.

Key Responsibilities

• Support Category Leadership and Customer Partnerships: Act as a key category partner for assigned national and regional Convenience & Gas (C&G) customers, building strong relationships and developing an understanding of their shoppers, assortment strategies, and growth priorities. Support customer meetings, category reviews, and in-store visits to identify opportunities and strengthen Arterra's position as a trusted category partner.
• Turn Category Insights into Action: Leverage sales performance, shopper insights, market trends, and category analytics to develop actionable recommendations that help retail customers optimize assortment, improve merchandising, and drive category growth. Prepare clear, compelling category reviews and customer presentations.
• Develop Customer Assortment and Planogram Solutions: Create and maintain data-informed wine planograms tailored to C&G customers, incorporating shopper behaviour, category performance, merchandising principles, and retailer requirements. Support scheduled assortment reviews, planogram refreshes, and ad hoc customer requests.
• Own AWC Retail Planogram Development and Maintenance: Manage the creation, maintenance, and optimization of planograms across AWCs retail network. Partner with Category Development and Retail Strategy teams to optimize space allocation, prioritize growth opportunities, and ensure effective merchandising aligned with shopper needs and commercial priorities. Lead planogram updates associated with assortment changes, store relocations, fixture modifications, and new store layouts.
• Coordinate Planogram Execution: Collaborate with Retail Operations and other internal stakeholders to communicate planogram updates, coordinate implementation, and support effective in-store execution. Work with third-party planogram agencies when required, ensuring accuracy, quality, and timely delivery.
• Champion Planogram Expertise and Best Practices: Serve as the team's planogram subject matter expert and software power user, supporting internal stakeholders with planogram development, technical guidance, and merchandising best practices. Help translate category recommendations into practical, retail-ready schematics.
• Drive Process Improvement and Collaboration: Create merchandising guidelines, planogram standards, and tools that improve consistency and efficiency. Identify opportunities to streamline workflows, strengthen collaboration with internal teams and external partners, and continuously improve planogram development and execution.

Experience & Qualifications

• 2-3 years of experience in Category Management, Category Development, Space Planning, Merchandising, or related retail discipline.
• University degree in Business, Marketing, Analytics, or a related discipline, or equivalent relevant experience.
• Hands-on experience developing and maintaining retail planograms, with proficiency in planogram software BlueYonder / JDA.
• Strong understanding of category management fundamentals, including assortment optimization, shelf-space allocation, merchandising principles, and shopper behaviour.
• Demonstrated analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate sales and category data into p