Category Insights & Analytics Leader

HireMinds; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

HireMinds client is a global consumer brand expanding its commercial analytics team. The Category Insights & Analytics Manager will lead a team of analysts to deliver category, shopper, consumer, and sales insights that shape strategic decisions across Sales and Marketing.

This leadership role focuses on transforming data into actionable recommendations, building dashboards, and partnering with Sales to develop joint business plans.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in Category Management, Shopper/Consumer Insights, Sales/Commercial Analytics, or related field.
• Experience leading analysts or insights professionals.
• Strong experience with syndicated data platforms (Circana/IRI, NielsenIQ, Numerator).
• Advanced proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint.
• Ability to translate complex data into actionable recommendations.
• Excellent communication, storytelling, and presentation skills.
• Experience partnering with Sales and presenting to senior leadership.

Responsibilities

• Lead team delivering category, shopper, consumer, and sales insights to support Sales and Marketing decisions.
• Transform data into actionable recommendations beyond reporting.
• Develop dashboards and scorecards to monitor category performance.
• Evaluate pricing, promotions, assortment, and overall performance.
• Support annual planning and customer business reviews with data-driven insights.
• Partner with Sales to create customer presentations and joint plans.
• Support line reviews, assortment decisions, and growth initiatives.
• Build data-driven selling stories for customer meetings.

Skills

Leadership

Data storytelling

Communication

Influence cross-functional teams

Presentation skills

Storytelling with data

Tools

Circana (IRI)

NielsenIQ

Numerator

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

HireMinds client is a global consumer brand expanding its commercial analytics team. The Category Insights & Analytics Manager will lead a team of analysts to deliver category, shopper, consumer, and sales insights that shape strategic decisions across Sales and Marketing.

This leadership role focuses on transforming data into actionable recommendations, building dashboards, and partnering with Sales to develop joint business plans.