Category Insights and Analytics Lead

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$77,500.00/yr - $/yr

As a strategic advisor, the Category Insights and Analytics Lead will collaborate closely with stakeholders, providing expertise on category, brand, and market trends to identify and exploit growth opportunities. By fully integrating into the client community, the manager will gain a comprehensive understanding of their strategic priorities, channel strategies, and available resources. This role involves democratizing these insights and strategies to internal partners, ensuring alignment, and maximizing the effectiveness of category management initiatives.

The Category Insights and Analytics Lead will play a pivotal role in shaping and executing category and brand strategies by thoroughly understanding client goals, capabilities, organizational structures, and their operational channels. This role demands the ability to transform in-depth analytics into actionable insights, focusing on various aspects such as macro-trends, competitive landscapes, pricing, promotions, assortments, space management, and shopper trends. The successful candidate will be adept at leveraging these insights to support and drive strategic decisions that align with both client and company objectives.

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• Full-Time Benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision, Life)
• 401(k) with company match
• Training and Career Development
• Generous Paid Time-Off

• Act as lead contact for Advantage with the client’s upper category management leadership.
• Present insights and strategic initiatives to client directors and Advantage key account managers.
• Collaborate with Advantage’s syndicated category analysts on impactful retailer presentations with strong storytelling.
• Ability to provide consumer/shopper insights, not just data processing.

• 5–10 years in retail analytics or category management (not financial/data-only analytics).
• Strong presentation skills and comfort with executive-level interactions.
• Familiarity with Circana or Nielsen.
• Background in meat department analytics (fresh or frozen) preferred.

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