Senior Category Analyst

Bridgestone Americas • Nashville, TN

2d

About The Position

In this role, you will be analyzing industry data to inform business and product decisions, blending historical data from available industry reports, public information, field reports or purchased sources as input to analyses identifying and analyzing industry/geographic trends and competitor market strategies and monitoring current/potential customer trends, partnering with other areas of the business (e.g., Marketing, Pricing, Product, etc.) to model the outcome of implementing potential business strategies and will work directly with external stakeholders and providers.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and minimum of 3 years of category management experience
• Proficient in Tableau desktop or Alteryx or similar data blending tool
• Strong Understanding of Consumer Replacement Tire Industry
• Excellent communication skills, including experience presenting to various levels of management
• Experience analyzing data to solve a wide variety of business problems
• Self-starter with strong time management and organizational skills
• Able to engage in consultative manner with management and other analysts when helping solve/manage content deliverables
• Team player with ability to collaborate with others

Nice To Haves

• Advanced knowledge of Alteryx and Tableau
• Knowledge and utilization of GFK, Circana, and other industry reports.
• Experience with customer and geographic segmentation
• Extensive consumer tire industry product knowledge

Responsibilities

• Serve as an advisor to internal teams and customers to help support key initiatives and decision-making with strategic customers.
• Design KPI based scorecards of strategic initiatives to help drive achievements and identify areas of improvement.
• Build and maintain fact-based product assortment strategies by blending internal and industry/syndicated data sources specific to the customer.
• Identify trends and opportunities about Tire Industry or Consumer buying habits that can be leveraged as insights for strategic growth initiatives.
• Cultivate internal and external relationships to build mutual understanding and reach mutually beneficial outcomes.
• Coach and share best practices to enhance team knowledge, efficiency, and effectiveness.
• Analyzes complex data, forming conclusions and recommendations, producing insights that will help shape effective strategies to achieve business outcomes.
• Use data storytelling to influence stakeholders with presentations that lead to actionable insights and solutions.
• Subject matter expert and owner of syndicated sell out data from GFK and Circana.
• Own ongoing market analysis presentations for internal and external consumption, utilizing several sources including internal data as well as Industry/syndicated data sources.
• Understand evolving market dynamics with respect to mergers, acquisitions etc. from both manufacturer and retailer standpoint.

Benefits

• A supportive and engaging onboarding experience to ensure a smooth transition into our team.
• The opportunity to develop and grow, through training and regular mentorship.
• Corporate Social Responsibility activities.
• A truly global, dynamic and challenging work environment.
• Agility and work/life effectiveness and your long-term well-being.
• A diverse and inclusive team.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 101-250 employees