Senior Category Insights Strategist (CPG Growth)

Saputo Cheese USA, Inc.; Dallas (TX); Hybrid; USD 74,000 - 97,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career development

Competitive compensation

Community involvement

Job summary

Saputo Cheese USA Inc. is seeking a seasoned Insights professional to translate market, shopper, and category data into actionable recommendations for our Retail business.

You will collaborate with Sales, Category Management, Marketing, and Innovation to identify opportunities and shape selling stories for growth. The role focuses on delivering insight-led recommendations across pricing, promotion, assortment, and distribution, while tracking performance and building dashboards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in related field or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years in category management, shopper/consumer insights, or sales/marketing analytics.
• Experience with Circana, Kantar, NielsenIQ or similar data sources.
• Strong Excel and PowerPoint; Power BI is a plus.
• Strong communication and storytelling; able to influence stakeholders.
• Travel occasionally (10-15%).

Responsibilities

• Translate market, shopper and category trends into growth opportunities.
• Deliver insight-led recommendations for retail customers across pricing, promotion, assortment, distribution, and shopper behavior.
• Track category, segment, brand, and SKU performance to identify drivers, risks, and opportunities.
• Create fact-based stories and opportunity assessments that help Sales teams influence customers.
• Combine syndicated data, internal sales data, and shopper or consumer insights to solve business questions and guide decisions.
• Partner with Category Management, Sales, Marketing, Innovation, Culinary, and other teams to support priorities and improve decision-making.
• Build and maintain dashboards, scorecards, trackers, and recurring reports that provide timely, decision-ready insights.
• Work with external data and analytics partners to maintain strong reporting quality, data integrity, and continuous improvement.
• Handle ad-hoc analysis with speed, rigour, and strong business judgment in a fast-paced environment.

Skills

Category management

Sales analytics

Marketing analytics

Data storytelling

Communication skills

Travel willingness

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, Economics, Statistics, or related field

Tools

Circana

Kantar

NielsenIQ

Excel

Power BI

Job description

Saputo Cheese USA Inc. is seeking a seasoned Insights professional to translate market, shopper, and category data into actionable recommendations for our Retail business.

You will collaborate with Sales, Category Management, Marketing, and Innovation to identify opportunities and shape selling stories for growth. The role focuses on delivering insight-led recommendations across pricing, promotion, assortment, and distribution, while tracking performance and building dashboards.