Analyst III, Category Insights & Analytics

Location: Bengaluru, Brookfield GCC, India; onsite

Company

A leading consumer packaged goods company focused on category leadership, shopper insights, and retail growth.

What you will do

• Develop data-driven category review decks and business presentations for customer reviews, category planning, and internal decision-making.
• Analyze syndicated, customer, shopper, competitive, and internal data from Circana, Nielsen, Kantar, Numerator, and in-house tools.
• Identify category trends, shopper behavior patterns, competitive dynamics, business risks, assortment gaps, and growth opportunities.
• Translate complex analysis into clear, compelling insights and actionable recommendations for cross-functional stakeholders.
• Support assortment, shelving, innovation, pricing, merchandising, sales performance, and category growth initiatives.
• Deliver accurate, high-quality, and timely reporting and analytical outputs while tracking post-review actions.

Requirements

• 5–8 years of experience in category management, category insights, shopper insights, retail analytics, space planning, or a related analytics role.
• Intermediate experience with syndicated, shopper, and retail data platforms such as Circana, Nielsen, Kantar, SymphonyAI, or similar tools.
• Intermediate to advanced proficiency in Microsoft PowerPoint and Excel, with working knowledge of Power BI or other visualization tools.
• Strong analytical thinking, problem-solving, attention to detail, and ability to identify trends, opportunities, and business risks.
• Ability to turn complex data into actionable insights, business recommendations, and stakeholder-ready stories.
• Strong communication, stakeholder management, prioritization, and collaboration skills.

Nice to have

• Planogramming or space planning experience, including assortment and shelf optimization.
• Knowledge of category growth strategies, assortment optimization, sales projections, and retail performance measurement.
• Experience with distribution metrics such as Total Distribution Points (TDP) and velocity.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative, dynamic, and insight-led work environment.
• Professional development and growth opportunities.
• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• Work focused on ownership, curiosity, collaboration, customer and category mindset, and continuous improvement.