SAS Sr Category Analyst

SAS Sr Category Analyst

Job Location s:
Matthews, NC 28105, USA

The SAS Sr Category Analyst supports Category Merchandising Teams by developing and delivering reports and analyses on merchandising, pricing, financials, and customer behavior. Working within platforms, the Category Analyst optimizes assortment and collaborates with stakeholders to ensure alignment with Category Directors and manufacturer goals. Focused on schematic assortments, they partner with the schematic analyst team to maintain product assortments using software programs for assigned categories.

The Company is one of North America's leading sales and marketing agencies specializing in outsourced sales, merchandising, category management and marketing services to manufacturers, suppliers and producers of food products and consumer packaged goods.

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities

• Responsible for achieving deliverables according to brand timeline for assortment creation, partnering with other departments on said deliverables.
• Assist Category Managers in tailoring assortment specific to each market, accommodating regional/local items, unique clusters and assessing set sizes, while following national guardrails.
• Responsible for reporting data errors to the appropriate party for resolution, and providing assortment analytics to appropriate supporting departments.
• Assist category managers in understanding store space limitations and develop innovative solutions to meet company objectives.
• Responsible for monitoring store scanning, and continuously evaluating each step in the process for opportunity, even providing POS‑reset analysis to check on the implemented changes performance.

Direct Reports:
This position does not have supervisory responsibilities for direct reports.

Indirect Reports:
This position may have guidance or mentoring responsibilities for indirect reports.

Travel and driving are not essential duties or functions of this job.

Education Level (Required):
Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent job-related experience.

Field of

Experience:

4‑6 years of experience with planograms or floor plans.

Experience with analysis in a professional setting. Experience in merchandising is a plus.

• Knowledge of industry products and understanding of space planning processes.
• Collaborates effectively across departments and customer teams.
• Thrives in deadline‑driven environment.
• Highly organized, reliable, and skilled in drawing insights to influence decisions and drive results.
• Excellent communication abilities.
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy; intellectually curious, eager to problem‑solve, and a quick learner.
• Microsoft Office experience:
  Proficient in Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.

Office / Sedentary Requirements. Incumbent must be able to perform the essential functions of the job. Work is performed primarily in an office environment.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this position. The Company is committed to providing equal opportunity in all employment practices without regard to age, race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, religion, physical or mental disability, or any other category protected by law. As part of this commitment, the Company shall provide reasonable accommodations of known disabilities to enable an applicant or employee to apply for employment, perform the essential functions of the job, or enjoy the benefits and privileges of employment as required by law.