Category Analyst

Location: Los Angeles, California; additional locations in Irvine and San Diego, California. Must live in the target markets and travel at least 20% of working time, including up to five hours of driving. Work is primarily office-based with periodic warehouse duties.

Salary: $85,400–$128,100 per year.

Company

Produces, markets, and sells beer, wine, and spirits brands across operations in the United States, Mexico, New Zealand, and Italy.

What you will do

• Support space management projects and create category shelf schematics and planograms using standardized processes and retailer merchandising guidelines.
• Gather, cleanse, analyze, and validate data from syndicated, panel, and retailer loyalty sources.
• Partner with category leadership and sales teams to prioritize space, assortment, and other sales analytics initiatives.
• Develop category insights, solutions, presentations, scorecards, and reports for customer and business planning meetings.
• Analyze new item introductions, package changes, assortment performance, promotion effectiveness, seasonality, and post-promotion results.
• Track initiatives and communicate outcomes to internal and external partners.

Requirements

• At least two years of analytical experience, including internships, focused on food and beverage retailing, merchandising, or sales.
• Experience with syndicated and panel data such as Circana, Nielsen, or Numerator.
• Experience with retailer loyalty data such as Symphony AI, dunnhumby, or 84.51°.
• Ability to use space management software such as Blue Yonder JDA or Apollo.
• Above-average proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint, plus strong communication and influencing skills.
• Must live in the target markets and be able to travel at least 20% of the time.

Nice to have

• Bachelor’s degree.
• Power BI experience.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employment in an office environment with occasional warehouse work.
• Paid time off.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• 401(k) and other benefits for eligible employees.
• Physical work may include standing, walking, reaching, climbing, crouching, and occasionally lifting up to 40 pounds.