Sourcing Category Analytics Specialist

Krogerdc; Cincinnati, Northern (OH, KY); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare coverage

Paid time off

Employee Assistance Program

Employee discounts

Tuition reimbursement

Career growth and training programs

Job summary

Kroger is seeking a Sourcing Category Specialist for Center Store to deliver analytics and insights for category management. You will manage data gathering, summarization, and analysis across designated categories to drive cost savings and value.

The role emphasizes building analytics, supporting spend analyses, and collaborating with CoE and category management teams to optimize procurement decisions. On-site in Cincinnati with growth opportunities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required in business, information management, finance, retail, CPG, or data analytics.
• 1 year of data analysis experience including building SQL, queries, and data analysis tools.
• Familiarity with data modeling, data dictionary, data analytics and data profiling.
• Ability to synthesize analysis into compelling oral/written communications and presentations.
• Advanced Microsoft Office skills.

Responsibilities

• Deliver internal analyses and external business intelligence insights to the category management team.
• Map key business questions to data need and assess feasibility of data.
• Collect and validate data from internal systems and supplier sources.
• Develop spend analytics reports to drive data-backed decisions and improve performance.
• Perform calculations and combine data from multiple sources for presentation.

Skills

Data analysis

SQL

Microsoft Office

Education

Bachelor's Degree in business, information management, finance, retail, CPG, or data analytics

Tools

Data modeling

Job description

Kroger is seeking a Sourcing Category Specialist for Center Store to deliver analytics and insights for category management. You will manage data gathering, summarization, and analysis across designated categories to drive cost savings and value.

The role emphasizes building analytics, supporting spend analyses, and collaborating with CoE and category management teams to optimize procurement decisions. On-site in Cincinnati with growth opportunities.