Category Management Analyst, Sr. jobs in Massachusetts

Category Management Analyst, Sr. provides insights and recommendations to optimize new product introductions, distribution, shelving, price and promotional mix by analyzing marketing and customer data. Analyzes and assesses category/brand performance to develop enhanced marketing and sales plans and promotions. Being a Category Management Analyst, Sr. implements category plans and effective sales materials working with internal groups, suppliers, and others. Requires a bachelor's degree. Additionally, Category Management Analyst, Sr. typically reports to a manager or head of a unit/department. The Category Management Analyst, Sr. contributes to moderately complex aspects of a project. Work is generally independent and collaborative in nature. To be a Category Management Analyst, Sr. typically requires 4 to 7 years of related experience. (Copyright 2024 Salary.com)

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Category Analyst
  • Blount Fine Foods
  • River, MA OTHER
  • Bringing our love of food to families for five generations!  Blount Fine Foods is a family-owned and operated manufacturer, marketer, and developer of premium fresh prepared foods. We are an engaging team, bringing restaurant-quality products to America including single-serve grab-n-go fresh soups, mac & cheese, and entrées in grocery stores across the country, as well as for hot bars and restaurants. Help us create the finest food experiences including those with specialty certifications that include organic, gluten-free, and low sodium, among others. Join a proven team for growth, success, and a satisfying career!

    Summary – The Sales Analyst is tasked with driving the short and long-term health and success of Blount’s owned and licensed CPG brands. Success will be measured by the development and execution of fact-based dashboards, reporting, and analytical models used to enhance decision making across the marketing and sales function to produce desired results. This role will work closely as part of the marketing and sales teams to track key activities, evaluate their success, and identify how they contribute to the sales pipeline and ensure they are offering an adequate return on investment (ROI).  We expect this role to leverage syndicated data sources and weave this quantitative analysis with qualitative information to drive our business forward. Additional internal systems, reporting and portals will be integral to leverage and understand in creating a full view and analysis of the business.  The Sales Analyst will work proactively with cross-functional teams, including Sales & Marketing, R&D, Communications, Operations, and Customer Service to understand data points applicable to each group and to advise on areas for tracking data. 
    Essential Duties:
    • Sales and Promotional Analysis
    • Conducts category reviews and analysis, including category management, space management, product evaluation and promotional planning for strategic accounts.
    • Analyze retailer and shopper behavior, leveraging data and insights for actionable recommendations.
    • Identify trends and opportunities for brands and competitors.
    • Manages and analyzes syndicated and non-syndicated category data resources.
    • Develops and shares best-practices within the sales, marketing, and forecasting teams.
    • Identify opportunities to create analytics communications, reports and dashboards for the marketing and sales teams.
    • Develop materials and presentations to assist sales team in driving Blount brand across key retailers.
    • Partner with Sales team to build A/B testing methodologies to better understand promotion incrementality and fatigue.
    • Business Performance
    • Lead efforts to define and implement frameworks for measuring, reporting, and analyzing sales performance for Blount and Panera Brands to gain alignment on key issues facing the business.
    • Strategically analyze the brand’s strengths and opportunities vs category trends/key competitors and identify growth area or risks for our core franchises.
    • Develop dashboards and standardize reporting for Blount and Panera brands to share ongoing insights to key stakeholders (sales, marketing, and operations).
    • Active participant and expert in trade planning, allocation, and analysis.
    • Forecasting
    • Leverage market data and insights to develop forecasting models to project the sales for core brands and new product initiatives.
    • Maintain and communicate internally and externally periodic updates to forecasts.
    • Strong data skills – must be comfortable analyzing large quantities of data and have passion for data analysis, with a curiosity to get to the root of a problem and solve it
    • Demonstrated experience working across marketing functions, collaboratively with sales and sales operations.
    • Experience working with retail customers across Grocery, Mass, and Club Channels
    • Understanding of marketplace data from syndicated sources and knowledge of resources to obtain information.
    • Proven ability to formulate recommendations based upon robust research, market insights, and assessment of risk/rewards.
    • Strong presentation skills with the ability to adjust style, content, and format as required to suit the audience.
    • Ability to manage multiple priorities in fast-paced environment, work collaboratively with cross-functional teams, and ensure high quality deliverables with high attention to detail.
    • Applies initiative and independent judgment to resolve non-routine problems.
    Education and/or Experience: 
    • Bachelor’s degree (B.A.) from a four-year college or university required: MBA preferred;
    • 5 years of related experience in a brand or category management role with a CPG company being a strong advantage. 
    • Working knowledge of Microsoft Excel (pivot tables, v-lookups and more). Depth of experience with Tableau, Syndicated data sources (IRI/Nielsen) and PowerBI.
    Our Total Compensation Package Includes:
    • Medical, dental and vision benefits
    • 401k with Company match
    • Paid time off including vacation, sick time and holidays
    • Education Assistance Program
    • Life Insurance and Short-Term Disability
    • Discounts on Blount products at Company retail locations
    • Discretionary Annual Bonus Program
  • 15 Days Ago

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Category Analyst
  • SharkNinja
  • Needham, MA OTHER
  • Our purpose is to positively impact people's lives every day in every home around the world! We work very hard to provide our consumers with high-quality, exciting 5-star products that make life easie...
  • 27 Days Ago

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Sr Analyst, Procurement Risk Management
  • ABIOMED Inc.
  • Danvers, MA FULL_TIME
  • Job Title Sr Analyst, Procurement Risk Management Function Procurement Sub Function Strategic Sourcing Location Danvers, MA, United States; Aachen, North Rhine Westphalia, Germany Date Posted Oct 13 2...
  • 21 Days Ago

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Category Management Director
  • Jobs for Humanity
  • Orchard, MA FULL_TIME
  • Job Description Category Manager, Director Procurement Full-Time Boston, MA or Springfield, MA 5 open positions: 1- HR & Law, 1- Brand, Product & Affiliated Distribution, Third Party and New Markets 2...
  • 1 Month Ago

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Sr. Director, Category Performance Improvement and Merchandise Sourcing
  • EG America LLC
  • WESTBOROUGH, MA FULL_TIME
  • Position SummaryKey Function: Directing EG America's merchandise sourcing strategies and conducting extensive category reviews resulting in improvements to overall profitability of the category. This ...
  • 17 Days Ago

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Sr. Counsel
  • MFS Investment Management
  • Boston, MA FULL_TIME
  • At MFS, you will find a culture that supports you in doing what you do best. Our employees work together to reach better outcomes, favoring the strongest idea over the strongest individual. We put peo...
  • 4 Days Ago

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E-Commerce Marketing Associate (Analytical) (Hybrid Remote) (Entry-Level)
  • Reli.
  • Reli. is a rapidly growing eCommerce company selling on Amazon (www.amazon.com/reli), Walmart, Shopify (ShopReli.com), a...
  • 4/19/2024 12:00:00 AM

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E-Commerce Marketing Associate (Analytical) (Hybrid Remote) (Entry-Level)
  • Reli.
  • Tampa, FL
  • Reli. is a rapidly growing eCommerce company selling on Amazon (www.amazon.com/reli), Walmart, Shopify (ShopReli.com), a...
  • 4/19/2024 12:00:00 AM

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E-Commerce Marketing Associate (Analytical) (Hybrid Remote) (Entry-Level)
  • Reli.
  • Charlotte, NC
  • Reli. is a rapidly growing eCommerce company selling on Amazon (www.amazon.com/reli), Walmart, Shopify (ShopReli.com), a...
  • 4/19/2024 12:00:00 AM

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E-Commerce Marketing Associate (Analytical) (Hybrid Remote) (Entry-Level)
  • Reli.
  • North Philadelphia, PA
  • Reli. is a rapidly growing eCommerce company selling on Amazon (www.amazon.com/reli), Walmart, Shopify (ShopReli.com), a...
  • 4/19/2024 12:00:00 AM

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E-Commerce Marketing Associate (Analytical) (Hybrid Remote) (Entry-Level)
  • Reli.
  • Atlanta, GA
  • Reli. is a rapidly growing eCommerce company selling on Amazon (www.amazon.com/reli), Walmart, Shopify (ShopReli.com), a...
  • 4/19/2024 12:00:00 AM

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E-Commerce Marketing Associate (Analytical) (Hybrid Remote) (Entry-Level)
  • Reli.
  • Dallas, TX
  • Reli. is a rapidly growing eCommerce company selling on Amazon (www.amazon.com/reli), Walmart, Shopify (ShopReli.com), a...
  • 4/19/2024 12:00:00 AM

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Category Management Analyst - Target
  • Buyers Support Group
  • Minneapolis, MN
  • bsg is a retail service organization providing sales, strategy, and analytics to our retail partners. Retail is our pass...
  • 4/17/2024 12:00:00 AM

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PAID INTERNSHIP - Category Management Analyst
  • Monster Energy Company
  • Corona, CA
  • Position Summary Analyze and interpret category information in order to identify opportunities and enhance category perf...
  • 4/16/2024 12:00:00 AM

Massachusetts is the 7th-smallest state in the United States. It is located in the New England region of the northeastern United States and has an area of 10,555 square miles (27,340 km2), 25.7% of which is water. Several large bays distinctly shape its coast. Boston is the largest city, at the inmost point of Massachusetts Bay, and the mouth of the Charles River. Despite its small size, Massachusetts features numerous topographically distinctive regions. The large coastal plain of the Atlantic Ocean in the eastern section of the state contains Greater Boston, along with most of the state's po...
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Income Estimation for Category Management Analyst, Sr. jobs
$113,104 to $166,832

Category Management Analyst, Sr. in Saint Petersburg, FL
As a category analyst or category manager, data expertise is the key that unlocks the insights required to make better marketing decisions.
November 28, 2019
Category Management Analyst, Sr. in Lubbock, TX
They will be an expert in an analysis on retailer category performance and opportunities.
January 28, 2020
Category Management Analyst, Sr. in Appleton, WI
The Insights and Category Management Analyst leverages analysis to uncover opportunities and develop actionable recommendations to elevate Kao's relationships with our retail customers to a strategic level.
January 31, 2020