Sr. Category Insights Analyst

The Home & Garden business unit of Spectrum Brands is based in St. Louis, Missouri with distribution, manufacturing and sales offices throughout the US and globe. We are a leading supplier of consumer products nationally for the home, lawn and garden, insect and weed control markets. We deliver groundbreaking products of exceptional value and top-notch quality to consumers with our well-recognized brands including Spectracide, Hot Shot, Cutter, Repel, Black Flag, Garden Safe, EcoLogic and Liquid Fence.

This position is a senior individual contributor in the Category Management and Revenue Growth Management Team responsible for data analysis and reporting, database management and data visualization in order to drive understanding of key retailed product assortment and grow our portfolio.

Analytics & Reporting

• Create category strategy and vision of Category Insights & Analytics department
• Provide monthly account-level data reporting with analysis of product and brand performance drivers using using Power BI, Nielsen/IRI data, and other various pricing and promotion tools.
• Analyze POS (point of sale) data to answer ad hoc questions from Marketing and Sales utilizing a strong proficiency of data mining skills
• Utilize consumer panel data to identify consumer demographic and purchasing trends
• Collects and harmonizes pricing data to model and make strategic pricing decisions
• Makes strategic recommendations to team lead to implement long term Revenue Growth Management Principles
• Creates, manages and attends Retailer meetings and content to maximize sales through analyses of:
  
  
  
  • New distribution and white space opportunities
  • Risk to existing item distribution
  • Merchandising opportunities
  
  
  
  

• Maintain a toolkit of category and consumer insights for Sales to leverage in customer presentations
• Coach and Mentor more junior level employees to help develop and build out Market Insights, Category Management and Revenue Growth Management functions.

• BS/BA in Business, Marketing, Statistics or 5 years of equivalent education required
• 5+ years' experience in data analysis, data visualization and database management using XXX tools
• 2-4 years of experience in supporting a consumer-packaged goods marketing and/or sales organization

• High proficiency of Excel, PowerPoint, Word & Outlook
• Strong technical proficiency in data modeling and data science
• Strong knowledge of Power BI and/or Tableau
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Motivated and driven to excel in both independent and team environments
• Ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams
• Ability to handle a variety of tasks and situations in a calm and effective manner
• Attention to detail and technical learning capacity
• Excellent organizational and time management skills
• Strong Analytical Skills - Demonstrate data-mining skills and judgment with data quality in order to provide actionable insights

Working conditions are normal for an office environment. Ability to work from home 2-3 days a week.

The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this job/classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.

Spectrum Brands is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer.