Analyst, Category Strategy Insights MCCS

Location: Chicago/Aon Center, United States

New hire base salary: $77,800–$97,300 per year, plus eligibility for a performance-based bonus.

Company

hirify.global is a global food and beverage company with a large consumer products and retail business.

What you will do

• Deliver routine reporting and ad hoc analyses using customer, syndicated, POS, and shopper/panel data.
• Analyze shopper behavior and category dynamics, including purchase frequency, buy rate, penetration, cross-shop, leakage, and demographics.
• Integrate Circana, Numerator, retailer, customer, and internal datasets to build a holistic view of category performance.
• Translate complex analyses into customer-ready stories and insights using PowerPoint and Power BI.
• Develop fact-based recommendations for distribution, assortment, shelving, space productivity, merchandising, pricing, and promotion.
• Partner with customer teams and internal stakeholders while managing multiple projects, timelines, and reporting frameworks.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business, analytics, economics, marketing, statistics, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Demonstrated analytical capability, including experience working with large datasets and producing clear, defensible insights.
• Experience with retail POS, syndicated, and/or panel data and related analytical approaches.
• Strong proficiency with Microsoft Excel for data manipulation and structured analysis.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to create clear, audience-appropriate PowerPoint storylines.
• Strong organization, time management, prioritization, adaptability, and ability to meet deadlines in an evolving environment.

Culture & Benefits

• Healthcare coverage is available for employees and eligible dependents.
• Benefits include medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, disability, life insurance, and accidental death and dismemberment coverage.
• Paid time off, company holidays, leave of absence programs, flexible work arrangements, recognition, and training are available.
• Wellbeing resources, employee assistance, family support, and physical, social, emotional, and financial wellbeing programs are offered.
• Participation in a 401(k) savings plan is available.