Associate Category Manager - Target

Volt; Indianapolis (IN); Remote; USD 47,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k)

Job summary

Volt seeks an Associate Category Manager to drive category principles with strong data analytics and shopper insights. You will develop reports, perform assortment and planogram analyses, and synthesize learnings from syndicated data into actionable category recommendations.

The role focuses on cross-functional collaboration, weekly and monthly reporting, and timely planogram updates across multiple retailers. This remote contract opportunity requires a background in CPG and seasoned analytics.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 2-3 years' experience in Category Management, Customer Management, Insights or Sales Strategy.
• CPG experience required.
• Knowledge and interpretation of syndicated data sources: Circana, Nielsen, POS/Panel, Loyalty Card Data, Numerator.
• Ability to develop strong relationships with external & internal partners to drive results.
• Understanding of client Assortment and Planogram execution processes.
• Ability to link analytics from traditional data sources with new capabilities and tools to develop insights into action.
• Strong working knowledge and execution of shelving standards and associated shelving software tools (JDA, POG Gen, etc.).
• Excellent planning, analytical, and communication skills; proficient in PowerPoint and Excel.
• Own weekly and monthly reporting, including weekly category scorecards, pricing, digital performance, ad recaps; monthly Circana share reporting.
• Support category reviews and transitions/revisions by preparing new-item recaps, seasonal analysis and post-revision results.
• Execute planogram activities, including product library updates, prefill information, sales-by-store analysis, create and manage planogram folders, and own Shel IQ execution.

Responsibilities

• Drive category management principles through data analytics and consumer/shopper insights.
• Develop reports with sales/share reporting, opportunity gap analysis, assortment assessment, planogram analysis, and pricing studies.
• Synthesize learnings from syndicated data to create clear category insights and recommendations.
• Co-develop strategic business plans to achieve category objectives.
• Identify trends, opportunities, and challenges to inform decisions in a fast-paced environment.
• Drive planogram development and implementation to support the Category Growth Plan.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to tailor solutions for customer initiatives.
• Complete thousands of planograms within tight timeframes for seasonal updates.
• Pull POS, ad recaps, and Circana share data weekly and monthly to highlight drivers.

Skills

Category Management

Data Analysis

CPG Industry

Report Development

PowerPoint & Excel

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related field

Tools

JDA

POG Gen

Circana/Nielsen data

POS/Panel data

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

We bring you tomorrow's opportunity, today.Volt is immediately hiring an Associate Category Manager

Responsibilities

• Drive category management principles through the application of strong data analytics and consumer/shopper insights.
• Use multiple data sources to develop reports that include sales/share reporting, opportunity gap analysis, assortment assessment, planogram analysis, post promotion analysis, item tracking, pricing studies, financial performance, sales, and other performance trackers.
• Become our customers' first call for by synthesizing learnings from various syndicated data sources to create clear and impactful category insights and recommendations.
• Co-develop strategic business plans and strategies for achieving category volume, contribution, and share objectives.
• Conduct detailed category decompositions and deliver insights-to-action by identifying trends, opportunities, and challenges to core business areas in an extremely fast paced environment.
• Drive planogram development and implementation to support the Category Strategic Growth Plan.
• Work with teams across functions (Consumer Insights, eCommerce, Center of Excellence) to develop tailored solutions that support customer key initiatives.
• Space Planning: In January need to complete nearly 4,000 planograms within a 4-5-week window. Around March, we'll have another 4,000 planograms to complete for our seasonal Fall revisions.
• Data & Analysis: Every Monday, this person will pull POS reporting for our Target buyers and highlight key business drivers. They'll also pull the prior week's ad recap and pricing details for Target. At the beginning of each month, they'll pull IRI share results and highlight key changes.
• This is a fulltime, contract remote opportunity.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree, with 2-3 years' experience in Category Management, Customer Management, Insights or Sales Strategy.
• CPG experience required.
• Knowledge and interpretation of syndicated data sources: Circana, Nielsen, POS/Panel, Loyalty Card Data, Numerator.
• Ability to develop strong relationships with external & internal partners to drive results.
• Understanding of client Assortment and Planogram execution processes.
• Ability to link analytics from traditional data sources with new capabilities and tools to develop insights into action.
• Strong working knowledge and execution of shelving standards and associated shelving software tools. (JDA, POG Gen, etc.)
• Excellent planning, analytical, and communication skills are required, along with proficiency in PowerPoint and Excel.
• Own weekly and monthly reporting, including weekly category scorecards, pricing, digital performance, ad recaps; monthly Circana share reporting.
• Support category reviews and transitions/revisions by preparing new-item recaps, seasonal analysis and post-revision results.
• Execute planogram activities, including product library updates, prefill information, sales-by-store analysis, create and manage planogram folders, and own Shel IQ execution.
• Support key team and buyer priorities including weekly buyer status follow ups, store walks, data pulls, promotional recaps.

Pay rate

$34.00 - $35.00 per hour.*Pay range offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors, including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc.

Benefits

Volt offers benefits (based on eligibility) that include the following: health, dental, vision, term life, short term disability, AD&D, 401(k), Sick time, and other types of paid leaves (as required by law), Employee Assistance Program (EAP).

Volt is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits any kind of unlawful discrimination and harassment.

Volt is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment on the basis of race, color, religion or belief, national origin, citizenship, social or ethnic origin, sex, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, marital status, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, or any other status protected by the statutes, rules, and regulations in the locations where it operates.

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Volt does not discriminate against applicants based on citizenship status, immigration status, or national origin, in accordance with 8 U.S.C. § 1324b. The company will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in a manner that complies with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and other applicable laws.