Strategic Category Analyst

9 hours ago


Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Mars Full time $90,000 - $120,000 per year

Job Description
We have an exceptional opportunity for a Strategic Category Analyst to join the Mars Food, Category team based in Sydney.

As Strategic Category Analyst, you will bring your strong analytics skills and passion for identifying and delivering growth opportunities. You will analyse the performance of Mars Food categories and brands such as MasterFoods, Dolmio, Kan Tong and Ben's Original brands. You will present your data insights and recommendations to a thriving Category team to unlock growth opportunities for the category, customer, channel and Mars.

Your curious and genuine passion for data insights and analytics will be critical to identifying category growth opportunities.

What would be your key responsibilities?

  • Deliver insights and recommendations to the wider business based on an understanding of the shopper, channel & customer trends to unlock growth in store and online
  • Manage and deliver performance updates and market insights to the wider business via monthly reports
  • Track and monitor performance and return on investment of Category initiatives and partnerships via various data sources (Quantium, Unify, IRI).
  • Build strong relationships with a wide variety of internal stakeholders, influencing and driving the category agenda.

What are we looking for?

  • Experience within the FMCG / Consumer Products industry, ideally within category management and data analysis is preferred.
  • Proven ability to organise large sets of data, translating them into actionable customer category solutions.
  • Excellent influencing and negotiating skills with ability to form strong relationships at all levels.
  • JDA Space Planning, Quantium and Nielsen/IRI software experience will be highly regarded.
  • Advanced Excel skills; specifically relating to Pivot tables and VLOOKUP;

This is an exciting opportunity for a data driven individual with a genuine desire to make vital contributions to a team and business performance. We are seeking someone with a proactive and bigger picture mindset, who can bring solutions to life with ability to articulate their recommendations.

To Apply
Please ensure you have a discussion with your line manager before applying for this role. If you would like to discuss this opportunity in more detail please contact the hiring manager, Rebecca Lake. All applications need to be submitted via ITMS and before the deadline of midnight Tuesday, 10 August 2021. Should you have a referral for this position please speak with Sheenal Jackson in Talent Acquisition or Rebecca Lake about their experience.


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