Category Analyst

Job title: Category Analyst

Company: Quantum


Job description: Do you have what it takes to be a winner in a competitive market? As part of their team, our client is looking for someone to support the implementation of pricing strategies to increase the business’ competitiveness and profitability while meeting the customers’ needs and expectations.As Category Analyst, you will:– Analyze data from various sources to gain internal, competitors’ and market insights on pricing and assortment, and to share insights with the Category Management team.
– Support the team in translating these insights into a Pricing Strategy that will increase revenue sales and profitability for the region.
– Collaborate closely with internal and external stakeholders, i.e., regional Category Management, Purchasing, Information Technology, Business Process, and vendor partners, to discuss pricing and assortment analytics and effectively respond to changing market needs and trends including the development of Pricing Database and Dashboard.
– Monitor the development of pricing analysis methods at respective countries’ including impact to regulations on duties and taxes as well as additional market insights, and industry trends.
– Support projects and tenders related to pricing and assortment analytics, competitive analysis and reporting as well as preparation of various reports required by the Management to ease decision-making process.
– Provide recommendation and insights through reporting and presentations to buyers.
– Prepare analysis insights on consumer industry trends and its vision.
– Analyze category dynamics, performance, and trends to identify future growth opportunities of the segment and develop retailer-specific recommendations.
– Utilize consumers, shoppers and industry insights from multiple platforms and information sources to create compelling business reviews.
– Analyze range and assortment of the planogram’s creation based of product performance, in-store leadership principles, and category best practices.
– Manage multiple projects with differing timelines and stakeholders.
– Optimize and develop reporting tools to improve data quality.About you:– 2 to 5 years previous experience within a similar role within a similar environment.
– Critical thinker and be able to analyze large amounts of data to support category recommendations to the buying team.
– Willingness to travel to customer sites.
– Advance Excel skills are essential for the role.
– Retail Link experience a plus for the role.
– Experience with JDA Space Planning or Spaceman is highly desirable.If you think you are the right candidate for the role. Please send your detailed resume to Karen Thomas at karen.thomas@quantum.ca.REFER AND EARN A $50 GIFT CARD! For more details, click here.OUR VIRTUAL DOORS ARE OPEN! We’re also bringing the interviews to you by various web applications, virtually! Contact us today for your next opportunity.Services de Gestion Quantum LtéeDepuis sa fondation à Montréal en 1968, Quantum a acquis une renommée enviable et est devenue le partenaire de ressources humaines de choix des entreprises privées ou du domaine public. Notre mission d’excellence et notre engagement indéfectible…

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Location: Mississauga, ON

Job date: Thu, 06 Feb 2025 05:01:08 GMT

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