Category Insights Strategist

Advantage Solutions; Bentonville (AR); On-site; USD 58,000 - 73,000; Full time

Job summary

Advantage Solutions is seeking a Category Insights Analyst to support clients with < $20M+ in retail sales in a regional market. You will accelerate information delivery, streamline reporting, and provide insights, forecasting, and pricing guidance to drive client growth.

You will collect and analyze data from NIQ, Circana, retailer and shipment datasets, collaborate with a regional sales office, and create ad hoc and standardized reports to inform strategic decisions and ADV client opportunities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree is required.
• Less than 1 year of relevant field experience (CPG preferred).
• Travel requirements: None.
• Direct Reports: None; indirect may be delegated.

Responsibilities

• Reporting using various data sources to provide insights that support region objectives.
• Develop retail trade & promotional pricing analyses to inform recommendations.
• Analyze market trends and retailer activities to act as SME for regional marketplace.
• Assist in line reviews, business overviews, and selling stories for client opportunities.
• Collaborate with Space Management to improve planograms supporting client objectives.

Skills

Analytics

Data visualization

Pivot tables / VLOOKUPs

Syndicated data

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Data visualization tools

Relational databases

Job description

Advantage Solutions is seeking a Category Insights Analyst to support clients with < $20M+ in retail sales in a regional market. You will accelerate information delivery, streamline reporting, and provide insights, forecasting, and pricing guidance to drive client growth.

You will collect and analyze data from NIQ, Circana, retailer and shipment datasets, collaborate with a regional sales office, and create ad hoc and standardized reports to inform strategic decisions and ADV client opportunities.