Associate Analyst, Category Strategy

Primarily responsible for customer and market analytics and insights, focusing on general category trends and reporting. Will contribute analysis and insights in the development of an overall understanding of key categories and sub-categories. Will also be the owner of planogram databases and creation. Job may include interfacing with customers and clients at presentations and reviews in support of the business.

Essential Job Duties & Responsibilities:

• Support all business units, including the North, West, Central and South regions, and the Department manager.
• The primary roles of this position will include but not be limited to:
  • Working with and creation of selling stories:
    • Supporting Business Managers and Analysts using syndicated, retailer and/or distributor data
    • Making success stories to be used across the region
    • Maintaining and pulling data from regional grocery, specialty & convenience stores, including updating custom attributes to help understand the categories and items
    • Main point of contact for the creation and manipulation of
      planograms:
      • Planogramming for Clients: Certain clients will utilize Shankman & Associates, Inc. for POG services
      • Planogramming for Customers: Under the direction of team members, the Associate Analyst will assist with any customer-based projects
• Maintenance of databases: The job will include keeping updated images
  and specs for items across several categories
• Creating periodic reports for customers, where possible. Other team
  members will be charged with analysis and delivery of reports to clients
• Using syndicated data to create periodic reports of customers in the region and pulling ad-hoc regional data for support of the teams needs. Reports will need to be in an easy-to-use pivot table.
• Pulling monthly attribute files when syndicated data refreshes.
• Managing inventory levels and distribution through gap analysis and
  providing necessary reports to other team members to find solutions.
• Other ad-hoc projects as needed.

Travel: The Associate Analyst will be expected to attend some meetings across the region with smaller customers and clients. This role may also assist with local trade shows and attend internal sales meetings.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's Degree in appropriate Business-related subject
• Demonstrated proficiency in analyzing data and identifying key points
• Strong attention to detail, as well as great adaptability
• Advanced skills in MS Office, especially Excel and PowerPoint
• Power BI and Power Query experience is a plus
• Space planning experience is a plus
• Possess strong speaking skills and an ability to present complicated material in an easy-to-process fashion to upper level and executive management from Shankman, clients and key accounts
• Must be able to work effectively in a team environment

Job Type:Full-time

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

This position requires frequent sitting, standing and walking in an office environment. Must be able to use a computer and other office equipment for extended periods of time.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to talk to and convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly. Required to hear at normal speaking levels with or without correction and can receive detailed information through oral communication. May be required to stand, particularly for sustained periods of time. Will move about on foot to accomplish tasks. Use hands to handle or feel and reach with hands and arms. Use fingers to pick, pinch or type.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability, and physical demands required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Work Environment

Hybrid work environment with flexibility for remote and in-office work. Sitting for prolonged periods of time are critical. Frequent use of company communication devices is required such as a computer, phone, and other office electronics. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability, and physical demands required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.