Hybrid Category Insights Strategist

Saputo, Inc.; Milwaukee (WI); Hybrid; USD 62,000 - 81,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Development opportunities that enhance

Meaningful compensation & benefits

Community involvement

Job summary

Saputo Cheese USA Inc. is seeking a data-driven Insights Lead to drive joint business planning for our Retail and Foodservice customers. You will monitor trends across sales, assortment, pricing, and shopper behavior and develop recommendations to elevate sales performance.

The role requires 3+ years in marketing or consumer insights, and experience with Circana, Nielsen, or similar data sources. This hybrid role offers development opportunities and meaningful benefits.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience.
• 3+ years in marketing, category management, consumer insights or related field.
• CPG preferred; dairy experience a plus.
• Proficiency in MS Office Suite.
• Knowledge of PowerBI is a plus.
• Experience with Circana syndicated POS data.
• Experience with Nielsen, Kantar, Stratum, or Foodservice insights is a plus.
• Strong problem-solving skills with attention to detail.
• Curiosity and analytical mindset with ability to drive growth through analytics.
• Excellent time-management and organizational skills.
• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills with ability to influence across levels.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and work independently with minimal guidance.
• Some travel may be required.

Responsibilities

• Lead insights related to joint business planning with Retail and Foodservice customers.
• Monitor trends across sales, distribution, assortment, pricing, promotions and shopper behavior to uncover insights and recommendations.
• Track category, segment, brands, and SKU performance and explain findings.
• Synthesize data from multiple sources and present recommendations to address business issues.
• Collaborate with Category Management, Marketing, Innovation, Culinary, and Sales to drive insights.
• Work with data vendors to provide best-in-class reporting.
• Own the new item review and verification with primary POS data in collaboration with supplier partners.
• Build and maintain standardized reports, scorecards, and trackers.
• Answer ad-hoc analytical requests from Sales and Category teams.

Skills

PowerBI

MS Office

Circana data

Nielsen data

Kantar data

Stratum data

data visualization

analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Saputo Cheese USA Inc. is seeking a data-driven Insights Lead to drive joint business planning for our Retail and Foodservice customers. You will monitor trends across sales, assortment, pricing, and shopper behavior and develop recommendations to elevate sales performance.

The role requires 3+ years in marketing or consumer insights, and experience with Circana, Nielsen, or similar data sources. This hybrid role offers development opportunities and meaningful benefits.