Category Analyst in Minneapolis

Job Description

Hiring: Associate Category Manager – Dairy / CPG

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Location: Minneapolis, MN - Hybrid - usually Tues/Wed in office

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Job Type: 6 months

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Pay Rate: $30-34/hr on W2

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We are looking for an Associate Category Manager with strong CPG Category Management and hands-on Space Planning/Planogram experience to support Dairy category growth and retail strategy.

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What You'll Do

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• Support category strategies and business plans using shopper, consumer, and market insights.

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• Analyze sales, share, assortment, pricing, promotions, and category performance.

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• Develop actionable insights using syndicated data such as Circana, Nielsen, Numerator, POS, and panel data.

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• Support planogram development, space planning, assortment optimization, and shelf execution.

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• Conduct sales-by-store analysis and identify opportunities to improve category performance.

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• Own weekly/monthly reporting, category scorecards, pricing analysis, digital performance, and promotional recaps.

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• Support category reviews, new item launches, seasonal analysis, and post-promotion/post-planogram analysis.

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• Partner with buyers, sales, consumer insights, eCommerce, creative, and other cross-functional teams.

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• Translate data and analytics into clear recommendations and presentations.

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What We're Looking For

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• Bachelor's degree .

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• 2–3+ years of CPG, Category Management, Category Insights, Customer Management, or Sales Strategy experience.

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• Hands-on Space Planning / Planogram experience is required.

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• Experience with planogram development and execution.

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• Knowledge of shelving standards and space-planning tools such as JDA, POG Gen, Shel IQ, or similar.

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• Experience working with Circana, Nielsen, Numerator, POS, panel, or loyalty data.

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• Strong analytical skills with advanced Excel proficiency.

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• Strong PowerPoint skills and ability to present data-driven insights.

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• Retail experience strongly .

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• Strong communication, organization, relationship-building, and problem-solving skills.

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Ideal Background

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We are especially interested in candidates coming from:

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CPG | Grocery | Food & Beverage | Dairy | Retail | Category Management | Space Planning | Planogramming | Merchandising