Category Analyst
4 days ago
Job Description:
Category Analyst - Contract through 31 July 2026.
At Mars, we believe in inspiring moments of everyday happiness. As part of our Category Development team, you'll help shape the way we support our customers, streamline processes, and bring our iconic brands to life across our key grocery partner. This is more than a Sales Ops role — it's your opportunity to connect people, performance, and purpose every day.
Reporting to the Head of Category Development, and working alongside our Category Development Leads for Grocery, this role is responsible for analysing segment-level trends and performance to identify future growth opportunities and formulate appropriate recommendations for our Grocery customers. There will be a deliberate focus on current in market performance to an 18-month time horizon.
What are we looking for?
- Degree qualified with experience in a large scale FMCG business with category & customer understanding and analytical skills
- Experience working and delivering results in a blue chip FMCG organisation.
- Excellent analytical skills and the ability to interpret data from a mix of data sources and translate insights into relevant strategies and tactics (actions / initiatives) and execute with our customers in a clear, simple and engaging way
What will be your key responsibilities?
- Analyse segment, customer & channel trends, and performance to identify future growth opportunities and formulate appropriate recommendations, ensuring sustainable category growth
- Develop and deliver relevant periodic reporting and analysis to underpin the category leadership agenda; lead the advancement of our reporting utilising automation & predictive analytics tools
- Responsible for range and assortment analysis needed for customer range reviews and for the creation of planograms based on assortment performance, Product Quadrant Analysis (PQA), our Merchandising Must-Haves (MMH) & our Pictures of Success (PICOFS) embedded in our Perfect Store program
- Support Category Development Leaders with store level analysis on customers & strategic test and learns utilising tools such as Nielsen, Quantium & Synergy
- Responsible for range and assortment analysis needed for customer range reviews and for the creation of planograms based on assortment performance, Product Quadrant Analysis (PQA), our Merchandising Must-Haves (MMH) & our Pictures of Success (PICOFS) embedded in our Perfect Store program
What can you expect from Mars?
- Work with diverse and talented Associates, all guided by the Five Principles.
- Join a purpose driven company, where we're striving to build the world we want tomorrow, today.
- Best-in-class learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University.
- An industry competitive salary and benefits package, including company bonus.
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