Here at Kraft Heinz, our US Sales team aspires to be an Indispensable Partner with aGrowth and Winning Mindset, acutely focused on Superior Execution every day. This is our guiding compass to grow something great and make life delicious!
The Category Analyst is a critical member of our Customer Development Organization that is able to distill insights from a variety of data sources to develop business plans that drive category and Kraft Heinz volume. This position leads all activities relating to optimizing assortment and space management for assigned categories and customers by using a broad set of analytical tools.
We are looking for a team member who will be the expert on key Kraft Heinz categories, Walmart’s shoppers, insight development, efficient assortment recommendations, and optimal shelf placement.
The Category Analyst will own Walmart’s modular reset process, which entails automating and drawing best-in-class planograms using JDA Space Planning and ShelfIQ. In addition, this team member will own the on-going maintenance of all refrigerated and frozen categories’ planograms for which Kraft Heinz advises. This team member will conduct assortment analysis, white space discovery, regionality analysis, and SKU optimization recommendations to the advising team and customer in preparation for the reset process. The Category Leadership Analyst will specifically support the Kraft Heinz captaincies within Walmart’s Chilled and/or Dry Grocery categories.
The Category Analyst will leverage Scintilla, Circana, Numerator, and PowerBI to develop and provide both routine reporting and in-depth analytics to be provided to the advising team and customer. This person’s goal will be to discover trends in purchase frequency, buy rate, shopper demographics, cross-shop, penetration, and category leakage within POS & shopper data in order to develop business-growing recommendations. The Category Analyst will achieve this by pulling data from multiple sources, manipulating large sets of data in MS Excel and building presentations in MS PowerPoint.
The ideal candidate will be intellectually curious, an expert in heavy technical skillsets and large data management, excel at consumer insights and storytelling, and possess strong time & project management skills.
Essential Functions & Responsibilities
Expected Experience & Required Skills
Work Environment & Schedule
This position is considered a normal office environment with limited travel or visits to external locations; offices are open workspaces Additionally, this role requires work a salaried, exempt schedule to best execute against customer and internal expectations.
Physical Requirements
This job description is not designed to cover or contain all duties or responsibilities that are required of the role. Duties or responsibilities may change or be added with or without notice.
Location(s)
Rogers Sales
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New Hire Base Salary Range:
$77,800.00 - $97,300.00Bonus: This position is eligible for a performance-based bonus as provided by the plan terms and governing documents.
The compensation offered will take into account internal equity and may vary depending on the candidate's geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors
Benefits: Coverage for employees (and their eligible dependents) through affordable access to healthcare, protection, and saving for the future, we offer plans tailored to meet you and your family’s needs. Coverage for benefits will be in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable plans and associated governing plan documents.
Wellbeing: We offer events, resources, and learning opportunities that inspire a physical, social, emotional, and financial well-being lifestyle for our employees and their families.
You’ll be able to participate in a variety of benefits and wellbeing programs that may vary by role, country, region, union status, and other employment status factors, for example:
Physical - Medical, Prescription Drug, Dental, Vision, Screenings/Assessments
Social - Paid Time Off, Company Holidays, Leave of Absence, Flexible Work Arrangements, Recognition, Training
Emotional – Employee Assistance Program , Wellbeing Programs, Family Support Programs
Financial – 401k, Life, Accidental Death & Dismemberment, Disability
Location(s)
Rogers SalesKraft Heinz is an Equal Opportunity Employer – Underrepresented Ethnic Minority Groups/Women/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity and other protected classes. In order to ensure reasonable accommodation for protected individuals, applicants that require accommodation in the job application process may contact NAZTAOps@kraftheinz.com for assistance.
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