Sr Manager Category Insights (Remote)

Youradv; St. Louis (MO); Remote; USD 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a talented professional to drive impactful insights in category management and product development. This role involves analyzing data to provide customized solutions for clients, enhancing their business strategies. You will leverage your expertise in consumer research and analytics to deliver presentations that tell compelling stories and support strategic decisions. Join a dynamic team that values creativity and collaboration, and play a key role in bridging the gap between manufacturers and retailers. If you have a passion for data and a desire to influence market trends, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in category management, product development, or consumer research.
• Strong analytical skills with a focus on data-driven insights.

Responsibilities

• Provide actionable brand and product solutions based on best practices.
• Deliver deep dive category reviews and product innovation proposals.

Skills

Category Management

Business Analytics

Consumer Research

Presentation Skills

Problem-Solving Skills

Communication Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Multi-tasking

Strategic Thinking

Tools

Nielsen

Homescan

Excel

PowerPoint

Outlook

Teams

Job description

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:

• Provides client with relevant, actionable and customized brand, category and product solution analysis based on overseas best practices applied to client’s business.
• Provides client with relevant, actionable and customized insights based on retailer best practices across multiple areas including merchandising, operations, supply chain, category management and product development.
• Engages with client and DTV to understand strategies and objectives.
• Prioritizes tasks with a focus on strategic versus tactical activities that deliver stronger ROI.
• Delivers a range of formal, deep dive category reviews, product innovation proposals and ad hoc reports on an agreed to timeline, that include industry and trend analyses.
• Utilizes a broad range of data metrics, tools, market intelligence and analytics to identify opportunities and deliver insights to client. Be a recognized leader in the knowledge of research tools.
• Accesses relevant information from a range of sources, interprets results and draws conclusions to support the business case for each project and makes tailored observations and recommendations based on data.
• Develops creative presentations with an eye toward story-telling, focused on flow, visualizations, headlines, data and consumer insights.

Required Skills and Background:

• 5 years+ of working experience with a focus on category management, product development, business analytics and/or consumer research.
• Experience working in the Discount Retail Channel in a corporate or store operations role.
• Understanding and application of principles and practices of Category Management (analysis of assortment, pricing, promotion, merchandising, shopper) required.
• Significant experience working with a wide range of syndicated and non-syndicated data resources & demonstrated ability to provide insights from data.
• Proficiency with Nielsen and Homescan data platforms preferred, with IRI capabilities a bonus.
• Extensive grocery retailer acumen, with knowledge of best in class retailers across a variety of categories and channels.
• Strong presentation building skills, with ability to craft thoughtful and insightful business cases.
• Excellent PowerPoint building skills as well as advanced computer skills (Excel, Outlook, Teams).
• Ability to work effectively and collaboratively, as part of a team; Good communication and interpersonal skills.
• Well-organized and detail oriented.
• Ability to multi-task, set priorities, and work independently.
• Proven creative thinking / problem-solving skills.
• Think and act strategically as well as tactically in the performance of the job.
• Act proactively, positively and constructively; self-starter.
• Comfortable with exposure to senior management.
• Strong global/intercultural fluency skills: the desire and ability to comprehend and adapt to different cultural situations and perspectives, being receptive to foreign languages and open to different ways of thinking.

Supervisory Responsibilities

Direct Reports: This position does not have supervisory responsibilities for direct reports.

Indirect Reports: Does not have direct reports, but may delegate work of others and provide guidance, direction and mentoring to indirect reports.