Senior Category Analyst @ SharkNinja

Our purpose is to positively impact people’s lives every day in every home around the world! We work very hard to provide our consumers with high-quality, exciting 5-star products that make life easier. We thrive on passion and innovation and are looking for great people, with great ideas, who want to build the next big thing and develop while they do.

Job Description: Category Analyst

Part of Strategic Sales and Analytics organization, the Category Analyst plays a critical role, in working with their Category Manager, focusing on the health of a category and if we’re set up to win. This role will be responsible for crafting compelling sell-in stories, serve as the expert on POS performance, market trends, competitors’ performance and future market projections. The Category Analyst works directly with sales to ensure every item is winning and set up to win versus its benchmark. This is an excellent position for a highly motivated, team member who likes to work in a fast-paced environment and data driven atmosphere.

Lists:

Drive actionable reporting to drive winning at each subcategory.
Serve as the category expert internally, generating and presenting actionable insights on pricing, promotional impacts, positioning, competitive landscape and market needs to develop comprehensive strategies.
Manage delivery of daily, weekly, monthly deliverables reporting on the health of the business
Identify category gaps/opportunities, craft sales stories with strategic recommendations that differentiate Shark from competitors, helping to increase distribution, space and displays.

Core Skills:

Build partnerships, both internal and external facing, with customer service mindset
Ability to drive objective analytics
Innate curiosity and desire to find creative solutions
Act as the voice of the market and category

Education and Experience:

Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience
2+ years of relevant work experience within category management or sales analysis
Experience working for consumer goods company preferred
Demonstrated ability to multi-task and detail oriented, ensuring deadlines are met
Ability to handle multiple projects in a fast-paced work environment
Ability to present and calibrate on critical challenges to internal and external partners
Effective communication and interpersonal skills
Experience pulling and analyzing syndicated data (IRI, Nielsen, NPD, GFK, etc)
Advanced Microsoft Excel/ Office skills

At SharkNinja, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion are vital to our global success. Valuing each unique voice and blending all of our diverse skills strengthens SharkNinja’s innovation every day. We support ALL associates in bringing their authentic selves to work, making an impact, and having the opportunity for career acceleration. With help from our leadership, associates, and our community, we aim to have equity be a key component of the SharkNinja DNA.

YOUR ROLE in leading our SUCCESS DRIVERS & representing our UNIQUE MINDSET

Lead us to be “RARELY SATISFIED”
Make things better each day; “PROGRESS OVER PERFECTION”
Use your knowledge of our consumer, understand that “DETAILS MAKE THE DIFFERENCE”
Deliver something great; “WINNING IS A TEAM SPORT”
Be clear and honest, “COMMUNICATING FOR IMPACT”

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