Category Insights Lead — Data-Driven Growth

Dreyer; Walnut Creek (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream, headquartered in Walnut Creek, CA, is seeking a data-driven professional to lead category leadership through insight-based data and research tools. This role supports the Commercial Planning process with distribution forecasting and reporting, enabling DGIC’s sales strategy with actionable insights.

You will champion category strategies for key partnerships, build cross-functional insights, and drive analytics across Circana, ThoughtSpot, and Power BI to elevate DGIC’s

Qualifications

• Experience in sales planning, sales operations or sales reporting in the CPG industry.
• History in data management and insight building using Circana, IRI, ThoughtSpot, Power BI and other data sources.
• Commercial experience, strong collaboration and influencing skills; self-starter and results-driven.
• Knowledge of customer best practices, market intelligence and shopper trends.

Responsibilities

• Develop data-driven insights and category strategies to drive DGIC growth.
• Enable key customer category strategies for high-profile accounts.
• Support annual planning and quarterly category calls with the Sales team.
• Integrate advanced data tools (ThoughtSpot, Circana, Excel) into DGIC planning.
• Drive and enable new reporting tools for the DGIC sales team.
• Serve as the data and insights resource for cross-functional teams.

Skills

Data analysis

Sales operations

Category management

Commercial collaboration

Education

BS/BA Preferred

Tools

ThoughtSpot

PowerBI

Circana (IRI) Unify

JD Edwards ERP

Job description

Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream, headquartered in Walnut Creek, CA, is seeking a data-driven professional to lead category leadership through insight-based data and research tools. This role supports the Commercial Planning process with distribution forecasting and reporting, enabling DGIC’s sales strategy with actionable insights.

You will champion category strategies for key partnerships, build cross-functional insights, and drive analytics across Circana, ThoughtSpot, and Power BI to elevate DGIC’s