Category Marketing Analyst, Personal Care

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 We are hiring a Category Marketing Analyst responsible for monitoring, analyzing and reporting of PLZ’s Personal Care product categories.  This position acts as the category expert in identifying opportunities in the market by assessing trends, analyzing sales data and identifying key customer opportunities consistent with overall company strategies and category marketing plans driving tactics that support category growth.

Key Responsibility:

• Develop an understanding of the Category and participants to understand their strategies and positioning in the market, as well as customer analytics and trends.
• Analyze sales data, identification of market shifts/trends that impact the business, and creation of actionable insights specific to individual category capabilities.
• Research industry trends, competitive data, benchmark data, understand cost drivers and emerging technologies.
• Develop customer presentations, provide financial analysis, leverage analytical data/insights, and develop category plans to achieve overall category growth around sales, market share, and profit.
• Ad-Hoc business reporting as needed to answer time sensitive questions.
• Craft product messaging documents that serve as the keystone for internal and outbound sales, packaging, product information sheets and sales presentations.

 Qualifications:

• The Category Analyst should be results-oriented, possess highly developed quantitative analysis skills, and be a strong communicator. This is a highly cross-functional role interfacing with a broad array of internal teams as well as senior leaders and executives.
• College degree in marketing, finance, or related 
• Should have a minimum of 3-5 years of experience in category and/or product marketing
• Excellent analytical skills
• Actively using scanned sales data including Nielsen or IRI
• Actively using 3rd party resources for data and insights
• Proven ability to turn data into actionable insights
• Specific category knowledge preferred
• Manufacturing industry experience a plus
• Ability to engage, influence and collaborate cross functionally

 PLZ Corp offers a robust suite of benefits including:

• Medical, Dental & Vision benefits.
• Company paid Life and Short-Term disability.
• Voluntary benefits including additional life, disability, and hospital/accident insurance.
• 401k & company provided match.
• Paid Time Off
• Bonus incentive programs (Note, bonuses are subject to the rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on various factors, including, without limitation, individual and organizational performance.)

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status or other protected status. EEOE/M/F/Vet/Disabled. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.