Sr Manager Category Insights (Remote)

Lensa; St. Louis (MO); Remote; USD 111,000 - 146,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading sales and marketing agency is seeking a Sr Insights Manager in St. Louis. The role involves providing actionable insights and analysis to clients, focusing on category management and product development. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience in the retail sector and strong analytical skills.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in category management or business analytics.
• Experience in the Discount Retail Channel.

Responsibilities

• Provide clients with customized brand and product solution analysis.
• Deliver deep dive category reviews and product innovation proposals.

Skills

Category Management

Business Analytics

Consumer Research

Presentation Skills

Creative Problem-Solving

Strategic Thinking

Team Collaboration

Tools

PowerPoint

Excel

Outlook

Teams

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Summary

Sr Insights Manager

The Company is one of North America’s leading sales and marketing agencies specializing in outsourced sales, merchandising, category management, and marketing services to manufacturers, suppliers, and producers of food products and consumer packaged goods. The Company services a variety of trade channels including grocery, mass merchandise, specialty, convenience, drug, dollar, club, hardware, consumer electronics, and home centers. We bridge the gap between manufacturers and retailers, providing consumers access to the best products available in the marketplace today.

Travel and/or Driving Requirements

• Ability to travel to Japan or overseas as needed.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide clients with relevant, actionable, and customized brand, category, and product solution analysis based on overseas best practices.
• Offer insights based on retailer best practices across areas including merchandising, operations, supply chain, category management, and product development.
• Engage with clients and DTV to understand strategies and objectives.
• Prioritize tasks focusing on strategic activities that deliver stronger ROI.
• Deliver deep dive category reviews, product innovation proposals, and ad hoc reports with industry and trend analyses.
• Utilize data metrics, tools, market intelligence, and analytics to identify opportunities and deliver insights, demonstrating leadership in research tools.
• Access and interpret information from various sources, draw conclusions, and support business cases with tailored observations and recommendations.
• Create compelling presentations emphasizing storytelling, visualizations, headlines, data, and consumer insights.

Required Skills And Background

• 5+ years of experience in category management, product development, business analytics, or consumer research.
• Experience in the Discount Retail Channel in a corporate or store operations role.
• Understanding of principles of Category Management including assortment, pricing, promotion, merchandising, and shopper analysis.
• Experience with syndicated and non-syndicated data resources; proficiency with Nielsen and Homescan preferred, IRI a bonus.
• Deep grocery retail knowledge across various categories and channels.
• Strong presentation skills and ability to craft insightful business cases.
• Advanced skills in PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, Teams.
• Effective team collaboration, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Organized, detail-oriented, capable of multi-tasking, and independent work.
• Creative problem-solving and strategic thinking abilities.
• Proactive, positive, and self-starting attitude.
• Comfortable with exposure to senior management.
• Global/intercultural fluency, receptive to different cultures and languages.

Environmental & Physical Requirements

Work primarily in an office environment, sitting for extended periods, with the ability to hear, enter data, and lift up to 10 lbs.

Additional Information

Responsibilities may include additional duties assigned by supervisors. The company reserves the right to alter responsibilities and reassign roles. Reasonable accommodations are provided for disabilities as required by law.

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Location

Saint Louis, MO, US

Requisition ID

2025-435479

Employment Type

Full Time

Category

Professional

Salary Range

USD $111,700 - $145,200 per year

Seniority Level

• Mid-Senior level

Job Function

• Marketing and Sales

Industries

• IT Services and IT Consulting