Category Analyst

Job Overview

Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP) is seeking a highly motivated, analytically minded professional to join its Center of Excellence (COE) Category Management team. The role offers high visibility to leadership supporting various business functions and requires immediate contribution.

• Manage retailer item and distribution inputs for National Distribution Tracking (NDT) across multiple customers.
• Review and validate data submitted by category management teams to ensure accuracy, consistency, and completeness.
• Partner with IT to troubleshoot data issues and maintain reliable reporting outputs.
• Support reporting related to voids, new items, target items, and distribution performance.
• Conduct robust analysis using research, category management capabilities, analytical tools, and data visualization to identify and communicate business opportunities and challenges.
• Assist with ad hoc analytical requests for customer-facing teams, including Fountain Food Service (FFS) stakeholders.
• Support development and maintenance of JDA/Blue Yonder planograms and merchandising layouts.
• Organize and analyze category performance data to support retail recommendations, translating insight into retail action.
• Serve as a liaison between category management teams, IT, shopper insights, and customer-facing teams, establishing KDP as the indispensable partner for category management needs.
• Collaborate with internal cross-functional and customer-facing teams to develop both strategic and tactical solutions to business opportunities.
• Identify and remove process obstacles that impact execution efficiency.
• Contribute to the creation and maintenance of recurring business review materials and insight decks.
• Maintain spreadsheets, databases, and tracking tools used for distribution and category reporting.
• Perform data audits and quality checks to ensure reporting integrity.
• Provide category management reporting, trend analysis, customized reports, and special project work for the KDP cross-functional team and key stakeholders.
• Support continuous improvement efforts related to reporting processes and workflow efficiency.
• Develop and cultivate business relationships with the Commercialization team, establishing KDP as the indispensable partner for all category management needs.
• Deliver fully integrated consumer-driven category leadership based on marketplace insights and trends to guide strategic choices and tactical executions.
• Collaborate with multiple internal cross-functional teams and customer-facing teams on business opportunities, developing strategic and tactical solutions.
• Leverage critical thinking and problem-solving skills to recognize and anticipate issues and opportunities, translating insights into retail action.
• Serve as the expert on all category-related matters for cross-functional team members.

• Salary range: USD $62,500.00 – USD $82,900.00.
• Actual placement within the compensation range may vary depending on experience, skills, and other factors.
• Benefits (subject to election and eligibility):
  Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability, Paid Time Off (including paid parental leave, vacation, and sick time), 401k with company match, Tuition Reimbursement, and Mileage Reimbursement.
• Annual bonus based on performance and eligibility.

• Bachelor’s Degree (required).
• Minimum of 3 years of business experience in Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) with a focus on category management (preferred), business analytics, and/or shopper insights.
• Strong analytical/data skills and mindset.
• Syndicated data knowledge such as Circana (IRI).
• JDA Space Planning software experience (preferred).
• Experience with reporting tools such as Tableau or Micro Strategy (preferred).
• Exceptional communication skills – verbal, written, presentation, and follow-through.
• Ability to leverage facts and insights to build category selling stories and provide shelving guidance to retailer teams.
• Superior drive for results with demonstrated ability to build indispensable, collaborative partnerships with customers and internal business partners across functional teams.
• Highly skilled in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
• Travel: 10%.

Keurig Dr Pepper is an equal opportunity employer and recruits qualified applicants and advances in employment its employees without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, disability or association with a person with a disability, medical condition, genetic information, ethnic or national origin, marital status, veteran status, or any other status protected by law.