Category Analyst - RI
Listed on 2026-06-27
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Business
Business Analyst, Data Analyst, Business Development
Category Analyst
The Category Analyst will support category buyers at the corporate level in Woonsocket, RI with analysis, insights, and recommendations based on POS data to improve category and brand performance. This position will work directly with top level corporate and distribution management to establish benchmark reports and analysis to track and understand continuing business strategies and serve as a resource to the retail customer on behalf of the manufacturers/distributors.
They will also provide distribution partners with sales analysis based on distributor provided sales data. Serve as a customer facing (retailer, manufacturer, distributor levels) field operator helping to increase engagement through creation, communication, and leveraging of data/reporting.
Work both remotely and on-site with a major retail partner to maintain company relations, assist in retailer category management, and achieve desired sales/operational expectations.
Responsible for category insights, analysis, dashboards, and support to the retailer with an emphasis on Food/Beverage/DSD products.
Interface between company/employer, retailer, and distributor network to develop/maintain/enhance current and future business and revenue sources.
Build and maintain ongoing rapport with key retailer/network distributor contacts.
Organize and develop recurring analysis such as annual, year to date, quarterly, monthly, and weekly sales reports, including space/product rationalization analysis and zero scan reports.
Interface with buyers/customer service support team and coordinate retailer, distributor, and consumer issues and resolutions.
Assist retail partner in everyday operational tasks, including but not limited to, standardized and ad hoc reports, phone surveys, field support, correcting scan issues, interacting with distribution partners.
Schematic creation while using space/product rationalization.
New item setup, item maintenance, promo/TPR set up, zone alignments, maintain/update item list and store list.
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