Danone · 4 hours ago
Category Analyst, Walmart Advisor
Rogers, AR
Full-time
Hybrid
Entry, Mid Level
$75K/yr - $85K/yr
1+ years expDanone is a leading company in the food and beverage industry, and they are seeking a Category Analyst to join their Category Advisor Team. This role involves optimizing category performance through data analysis and planogram management, ensuring effective execution of category strategies for customers.
Consumer GoodsDairyFood and BeverageFood ProcessingHealth Care
Responsibilities
Develop planograms that demonstrate an understanding of customer’s overall category strategy and visual merchandising standards
Analyze multiple categories simultaneously, allocating fixture space based on performance, sales potential, and incrementality
Review planograms with customer and be able to articulate rationale for space decisions
Ensure data integrity of all planograms and planogram assignments, including ownership and maintenance of product, performance, and image libraries
Demonstrate advanced knowledge of BLUE YONDER Space Planning and ability to efficiently create planograms in a fast-paced environment
Develop necessary planogram reporting tools to support business decision making, including the design and automation of reports
Collect and mine through market research and customer-based shopper insights and run correlation analysis to really understand which levers drive category growth at the customer(s)
Perform competitive analysis by category to identify trends, opportunities and challenges to core business areas
Perform category and channel analysis for customer(s) to drive category growth period over period
Discover and share category trends, fair share opportunity gaps, and share of wallet and leakage opportunities for customer(s)
Create reports that include Customer market and rest of market performance, distribution grids, new product tracking, velocity reports, and pricing & promotion analysis
Establish strong knowledge of the customer/category
Qualification
Required
4 year college degree in Business or related field (Finance, etc.)
1-3 years previous work experience
Knowledge of syndicated data required, proficient in shopper/panel data and space management
Expert in Excel to migrate multiple data sources into reporting tools
Occasional travel required
Preferred
Knowledge of syndicated data and space management preferred
Benefits
Medical
Dental
Vision
Prescription Drug Coverage
401k Plan
Wellness Program
Life Insurance
Tuition Reimbursement
Flexible Time Off
Paid Parental Bonding Leave
Company
Danone
Danone is a global leader in three health-focused, fast-growing categories: Dairy & Plant-Based products, Waters, and Specialized Nutrition.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$1.56B2025-04-01Post Ipo Debt· $863.88M
2024-04-26Post Ipo Debt· $700M
2007-07-13IPO
Leadership Team
Antoine de Saint-Affrique
CEO
Véronique Penchienati-Bosetta
Group Deputy CEO, Geographies, Categories and Global Marketing & Sales
Recent News
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