Category Analyst

**CATEGORY MANAGEMENT ANALYST**

30 Eglington Avenue West, Mississauga

Hybrid, 3 days on site

Permanent, full-time

The person acts as a Space Planning expert, to support business needs by building and enhancing planogram’s based on retailer POS sales and shopper insights for the Keurig Canada business and their partners. He or she liaises with Commercial Strategy & Sales functions to build customer recommendations in order to demonstrate our category leadership while maximizing our mutual volume and profit. This position reports to the Manager, Category Management (Coffee, Brewers and Accessories).

**RESPONSIBILITIES**
- Support Key Account Managers in building planograms for the various Retailers in the coffee, brewers and appliance markets and turn them into meaningful observations & solutions to stimulate category growth;
- Work collaboratively with key internal stakeholders from Commercial Strategy or Sales ensuring internal strategic alignment on planogram recommendations;
- Accountable in presenting planogram execution resulting in fact-based tactics that will drive the retailers’ Category and Keurig Canada sales growth;
- Lead analysis collected from a range of different sources (ex. Nielsen, NPD, Shopper Intelligence) including also retailer databases (ex: Dunnhumby, IR/Circana, LDIA). Identify business opportunities & recommendations.
- Analyze, prepare and present merchandising and assortment recommendations to key internal and external partners such as planograms;
- Bringing forward suggested improvement in the data process (better, faster) that leads to decision making and enhance category leadership;
- Support sales on any adhoc customer analysis.

**QUALIFICATIONS**
- University degree in business, administration or any other relevant field;
- High proficiency in Planogram management software (JDA/Blue Yonder Space planning)
- Minimum 1 years’ experience in category management in consumer goods
- Experience Nielsen (Workstation Plus, MarketTrack, Homescan, Connect Express)
- Experience working with retailer POS/Loyalty databases (ex: Dunnhumby, IRI, LDIA) is an asset;
- Advanced level of Excel
- Proficient with Microsoft Office suite (Word and Powerpoint).

**COMPETENCIES**
- Bilingualism (French & English) an asset
- Strong analytical and critical thinking;
- Attention to details;
- Independent, dynamic person with excellent teamwork skills;
- Excellent time management and priority-setting skills;
- Ability to work in a constantly changing, fast-paced environment;
- Aptitude to work in a collaborative, cross-departmental work environment.
- Build easily strong internal and external relationships
- Ability to juggle with many sources of data

**Total Rewards **Requirements **Company Overview**

Keurig Dr Pepper (NASDAQ: KDP) is a leading beverage company in North America, with a portfolio of more than 125 owned, licensed and partners brands and powerful distribution capabilities to provide a beverage for every need, anytime, anywhere. We operate with a differentiated business model and world-class brand portfolio, powered by a talented and engaged team that is anchored in our values. We work with big, exciting beverage brands and the #1 single-serve coffee brewing system in North America at KDP, and we have fun doing it

Together, we have built a leading beverage company in North America offering hot and cold beverages together at scale. Whatever your area of expertise, at KDP you can be a part of a team that’s proud of its brands, partnerships, innovation, and growth. Will you join us?

We strive to be an employer of choice, providing a culture and opportunities that empower our team of ~28,000 employees to grow and develop. We offer robust benefits to support your health and wellness as well as your personal and financial well-being. We also provide employee programs designed to enhance your professional growth and development, while ensuring you feel valued, inspired and appreciated at work.

Keurig Dr Pepper is an equal opportunity employer and affirmatively seeks diversity in its workforce. Keurig Dr Pepper recruits qualified applicants and advances in employment its employees without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, disability or association with a person with a disability, medical condition, genetic information, ethnic or national origin, marital status, veteran status, or any other status protected by law_._