Category Insights Trainer & Instructional Designer

Acosta; Rogers (AR); Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Acosta is recruiting an insights partner to transform category, shopper, syndicated, POS, and retailer data into actionable recommendations. This hybrid role works in the office 3 days per week and partners with cross-functional teams to deliver advanced analytics and business insights that influence assortment, pricing, promotion, distribution, and profitability.

You will leverage data-driven storytelling to identify opportunities, improve performance, and support profitable outcomes for

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree preferred; related work experience acceptable
• Category Management Certification preferred
• 3+ years related work experience

Responsibilities

• Analyze complex category, shopper, syndicated, POS, retailer and internal performance data to diagnose business performance and provide actionable recommendations across the 4-Ps.
• Translate data into clear, compelling business stories that connect analytics to client priorities and retailer strategies.
• Lead the category review process from discovery to delivery.
• Build executive-ready presentations using syndicated, shopper, retailer, POS data to influence client decisions.
• Understand client KPIs that drive profit, sales, share, distribution and category growth; deliver scorecards and recommendations.
• Collaborate with clients, sales teams, category management and internal stakeholders to align insights and execution plans.
• Summarize results of analysis and create case studies to support future client engagement.
• Identify performance drivers, opportunities, risks and prioritized actions across assortment, pricing, promotion, shelving, and distribution.

Skills

Storytelling

Excel

PowerPoint

Power BI

CPG industry knowledge

Data storytelling

Education

Bachelor’s degree

High School Diploma/GED

Tools

Circana/IRI

Retailer portals

AI-enabled tools

Job description

Acosta is recruiting an insights partner to transform category, shopper, syndicated, POS, and retailer data into actionable recommendations. This hybrid role works in the office 3 days per week and partners with cross-functional teams to deliver advanced analytics and business insights that influence assortment, pricing, promotion, distribution, and profitability.

You will leverage data-driven storytelling to identify opportunities, improve performance, and support profitable outcomes for