Strategic Category Analytics Specialist

Advantage Solutions; Charleston (SC); On-site; USD 58,000 - 73,000; Full time

Job summary

Advantage Solutions seeks a Category Insights Analyst to act as a crucial analytics resource for clients with sub-$20M in regional retail sales. You will accelerate information delivery, streamline processes, and deliver insights, reporting, forecasting, and sales planning support.

You will collect, analyze, and report information using tools and datasets (NIQ, Circana, retailer shipments) and collaborate with a regional office to produce ad hoc and standard reports for actionable insights.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• Less than 1 year experience in relevant field; CPG experience preferred.
• No travel requirements.

Responsibilities

• Report using diverse data sources to deliver insights that support regional KPI achievement for ADV and client objectives.
• Contribute to development of pre- and post-promotional analysis and pricing recommendations to improve trade effectiveness.
• Analyze market trends and retailer activity to develop SME-level knowledge for the assigned geography.
• Assist in creating line reviews, business overviews and selling stories to support client opportunities.
• Collaborate with the merchandising team to develop planograms that align with client objectives.

Skills

Analytics

Data visualization

Excel

Pivot tables

VLOOKUPs

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Syndicated data

Job description

Advantage Solutions seeks a Category Insights Analyst to act as a crucial analytics resource for clients with sub-$20M in regional retail sales. You will accelerate information delivery, streamline processes, and deliver insights, reporting, forecasting, and sales planning support.

You will collect, analyze, and report information using tools and datasets (NIQ, Circana, retailer shipments) and collaborate with a regional office to produce ad hoc and standard reports for actionable insights.