Category Manager - Home Improvement Retail Analytics

Jeld-Wen Inc. • Charlotte, MN

29d

About The Position

The Category Manager – Home Improvement Retail Analytics is a highly collaborative, cross‑functional role partnering with sales, marketing, product management, and supply chain to support key retail customers, including Menards. This role leverages fact‑based data analytics to drive sales growth, improve category performance, and ensure vendor compliance across big-box home improvement retailers.

Requirements

• 5+ years experience in category management, data analysis, or similar field.
• Experience working at, or with, Menards or other big-box home center/home improvement retailers is required.
• Ability to analyze complex data sets, interpret results and make recommendations.
• Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint; Power BI experience highly recommended.
• Ability to work independently as well as cross functionally in a team setting.
• Demonstrated verbal and written communication skills in collecting and reporting out to all levels of management.
• Ability to execute and excel in high-paced, dynamic organization.

Responsibilities

• Enable data decision making through the development of reporting dashboards and analyses to drive actionable insights combining complex data sets from both internal and external sources.
• Continuously evaluate sales, POS, inventory, and order trends to identify and propose opportunities.
• Identify product gaps and pricing opportunities, making recommendations at a regional or national level to support key business goals and drive sales growth.
• Analyze promotional activity to include internal and external metrics.
• Analyze and report on profitability trends identifying opportunities to improve mix.
• Partner with sales team and demand planner to ensure the integrity of the sales input to the IBP process.
• Collaborate with sales team on sales inputs to annual and quarterly financial planning forecasts.
• Additional ad hoc analysis and reporting as needed.
• Develop financial analysis as input to financial proforma for new product launches, assortment changes, and business/line reviews.
• Develop and manage standard work and reporting related to vendor compliance policies for each of our retail partners.

Benefits

• Investing in People is one of our Core Values, we strive to attract & retain great people!
• As such, JELD-WEN offers competitive compensation & benefits packages.
• As a global organization, specific benefits may vary, however typically including medical & dental, generous leave policies, retirement program, etc.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed