Analyst, Category Strategy Insights HDM (Retail)

Location: Chicago/Aon Center, Chicago, IL, United States

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

Company

hirify.global is a corporation producing and marketing consumer food products.

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, 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.
• Recommend improvements to 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, 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 build audience-appropriate PowerPoint storylines.
• Strong organizational, prioritization, and time-management skills, with the ability to adapt to ambiguity and changing business needs.

Culture & Benefits

• Performance-based bonus eligibility.
• Healthcare, prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage for employees and eligible dependents.
• Paid time off, company holidays, leave programs, and flexible work arrangements where applicable.
• Training, learning opportunities, wellbeing programs, employee assistance, and family support.
• Financial benefits including 401(k), life insurance, accidental death and dismemberment, and disability coverage.