Shopper & Category Insight Analyst
About The Position
Serves as the analytical engine of the Commercial Voice, responsible for gathering, integrating, and analyzing shopper, category, and customer data to identify growth opportunities and inform customer-specific recommendations. This role combines data analytics with customer merchandising and planogram development, translating insights into actionable assortment, shelf, and category solutions that drive retailer performance. The Analyst supports category strategies, customer selling initiatives, and retail execution through fact-based analysis, planogram optimization, and performance measurement. While accountable for delivering accurate and actionable outputs, the role does not own enterprise-level storytelling or strategic narrative development.
Requirements
- BA or BS in business, marketing, analytics or related field
- 2–4 years of experience in CPG, category management, shopper insights, or analytics
- Strong analytical skills with ability to interpret POS, syndicated, and shopper data
- Working knowledge of key CPG data sources (Circana, Numerator, retailer portals, etc.)
- Ability to translate data into clear, actionable insights
- Proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint
- Experience with planogram tools (e.g., Blue Yonder/JDA)
Nice To Haves
- MBA preferred
Responsibilities
- Collect, integrate, and harmonize data across syndicated sources, retailer POS, shopper metrics, and internal systems.
- Analyze data to identify category trends, performance drivers, and growth opportunities.
- Develop structured, data-driven insights to support decision-making.
- Translate analysis into tactical, customer-specific recommendations aligned with category strategies.
- Provide clear outputs to support retailer engagement and selling materials.
- Ensure insights are grounded in data and aligned to shopper behavior.
- Develop planograms and merchandising recommendations aligned to shopper insights and category priorities.
- Support assortment optimization and shelf productivity initiatives.
- Track and assess the effectiveness of merchandising and promotional programs.
- Maintain dashboards and recurring reporting cadences.
- Support seasonal reporting (e.g., BTS, Holiday, readiness, promotional analysis).
- Assist in the development, fielding, and initial analysis of custom shopper research.
- Translate research findings into usable outputs for category and customer teams.
- Support key business rhythms including war rooms, readiness tours, and promotional recaps.
- Deliver timely insights to inform planning cycles and execution reviews.
Benefits
- Free Admission to Crayola Experience for Employees
- Community Volunteerism Opportunities
- Annual Bonus Potential for all Full-Time Employees
- Company Matched 401k & Employee Value Sharing Plan
- Comprehensive Healthcare Benefits for Eligible Employees
- Education Assistance Program
- Wellness Programs
- Employee Resource Groups
- Generous Product Discounts Onsite & Online
- Company Sponsored Employee Events
- Discounts on a wide variety of products and services – automotive, electronics, fitness, travel and entertainment
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
