Senior Category Analyst - Portland, United States - Acosta Group
Description
**RESPONSIBILITIES**
**Essential Functions:**
+ Provide analytical support for category management analytics and projects that includes recommendations.
+ Participate in the development and maintenance of client-specific reporting that measures performance against strategies and objectives.
+ Build sales presentations using syndicated data and or other Thought Leadership materials that addresses business issues.
+ Set up and run team meetings with BM and clients to discuss client needs and upcoming projects.
+ Keep abreast of clients KPI's, strategies, innovation, and other important information.
+ Attend monthly sales meetings as needed for each client (remote)
+ Other duties as assigned.
**QUALIFICATIONS**
**Education Requirements:**
+ Bachelor's Degree (ideal)
+ Related work experience may be substituted for educational requirement.
+ Certification as a Professional Analyst or Category Management is ideal.
**Work Experience Requirements:**
+ 2+ years related experience.
**Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Requirements:**
+ Demonstrate an advanced degree of proficiency with Excel and PowerPoint. (Experience using Power Query and Power BI is a bonus)
+ Experience extracting and using syndicated data including HHPanel.
+ Clearly and concisely communicate relevant information.
+ Possess powerful storytelling ability to create convincing sales presentations.
+ Highly organized with excellent attention to detail.
+ Intellectually curious, creative and have a strong passion for learning.
+ Desire and willingness to help others.
+ Passion for working with Naturalbrands and have willingness to understand the difference between Conventional and Natural brand positioning.
+ Self-motivated and able to work independently.
+ **Responsibilities** Collaboratively work with Acosta Sales team (and at times client sales team) to uncover insights, trends, and shopper behaviors leading to recommendations to help achieve clients KPIs and initiatives.
+ Build tools like dashboards, $Opportunity reports, Post Promotional analysis to create visual representation of performance and opportunity.
+ Act as an indispensable consultative partner and help uncover potential growth opportunities for both client and retailer.
+ Comfortable and confident to present and field questions to customers in a live environment. Be willing to train both clients and sales team on Category Management principles.
+ Understand category management tools including the use of Syndicated Data resources from; SPINS, Circana (IRI) and or Nielsen.
+ Know how to extract and leverage insights from Mintel, Kantar, Dunnhumby and or Numerator.
+ Complete cross-functional projects with other CCI teams to share expertise with retailers not familiar with Natural products brand positioning.
+ Develop templates to speed up or automate processes.
**The incumbent(s) in this position should exhibit the following Acostavalues:**
**People Minded** Must show dignity and respect to all people.
**Integrity** Must exemplify the highest degree of ethical behavior.
**Results Oriented** Must show passion, pride and commitment to succeed
**Trust** Must be honest, sincere and confident
**Teamwork** Must build trusting relationships
**Innovation**
**ABOUT US**
**Acosta and Mosaic are the sales and marketing powerhouses behind the most recognized and proven brands with top retailers in the United States and Canada. We offer flexible services that maximize efficiency. Acosta has the talent and technology to build data-, reach- and relationship-driven strategies to execute those strategies, and the tools to monitor, track and optimize metrics-based results for customers and retailers.**
**Acosta and its subsidiaries, in good faith, believes that this posted range of compensation is the accurate range for this role at the time of this posting. Acosta may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range depending on candidate qualifications and locations. This range may be modified in the future.**
**Acosta et Mosaic sont les moteurs des ventes et du marketing derrire les marques les plus reconnues et prouves avec les meilleurs dtaillants aux tats-Unis et au Canada. Nous offrons des services flexibles qui maximisent l'efficacit. Acosta possde le talent et la technologie pour laborer des stratgies axes sur les donnes, la porte et les relations pour excuter ces stratgies, ainsi que les outils pour surveiller, suivre et optimiser les rsultats bass sur des mesures pour les clients et les dtaillants.**
**The Senior Analyst, Business Intelligence, serves as a category and retailer expert for assigned clients. Responsibilities include but not limited to creating top level presentations, presenting key findings and insights along with sharing actionable recommendations. Possess strong intellectual curiosity and a passion for driving client success. You use syndicated data, various other research materials and tools to understand what is driving business.**
**Acosta, and its subsidiaries, is an Equal Opportunity Employer**
**Job Category:** **Marketing**
**Position Type:** **Full time**
**Business Unit:** **Sales**
**Salary Range:** **$61, $92,300.00**
**Req ID:** **285**