Category Growth Analyst – Data-Driven Insights

Local Bounti

United States

On-site

USD 75,000 - 77,000

Full time

5 days ago
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Job summary

Local Bounti is seeking a Category Analyst for the Commercial Operations Team to power the category strategy with accurate data and actionable insights. You will analyze consumer, shopper, and retail data, partner with Sales, Marketing, and Retail customers, and help drive category growth and profitability.

The role emphasizes data storytelling, dashboard creation, and strong collaboration in a fast-growing, mission-driven company.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in a business-related field or equivalent experience.
  • 1-3 years in category management, sales analytics, market research, or CPG analytics.
  • Advanced proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint.
  • Experience manipulating large datasets and creating executive-level presentations.
  • Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
  • Excellent communication and storytelling skills.

Responsibilities

  • Analyze category, brand, consumer, and retailer performance using syndicated data sources.
  • Develop actionable insights to support category growth strategies.
  • Monitor market trends, pricing, promotions, assortment, and distribution performance.
  • Build and maintain dashboards, scorecards, and recurring reports.
  • Support data collection and integration from multiple sources.
  • Document reporting processes and analytical methodologies.
  • Measure shopper marketing campaign effectiveness across channels.
  • Analyze shopper insights to identify engagement opportunities.
  • Prepare customer presentations integrating category insights with shopper trends.
  • Provide admin support to the commercial team and coordinate marketing projects.
  • Coordinate trade show assets, timelines, and vendor relations.
  • Assist with invoices, purchase orders, and marketing budgets.

Skills

Excel
PowerPoint
Data manipulation
Executive presentations
Analytical skills
Organizational skills
Problem solving
Storytelling
Communication
Shopper behavior
Category management
Forecasting & trend analysis
Retail analytics
Presentation skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, Economics, Statistics, Data Analytics, or related field

Tools

NielsenIQ
Circana (IRI)
SPINS
Numerator
Retailer POS data
JDA
Blue Yonder
Apollo
Power BI
Tableau
Alteryx
Superset

Job description

Local Bounti is seeking a Category Analyst for the Commercial Operations Team to power the category strategy with accurate data and actionable insights. You will analyze consumer, shopper, and retail data, partner with Sales, Marketing, and Retail customers, and help drive category growth and profitability.

The role emphasizes data storytelling, dashboard creation, and strong collaboration in a fast-growing, mission-driven company.

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