# Category Analyst **Company**: Red Bull North America, Inc. **Location**: New Bern, North Carolina **Work arrangement**: onsite **Experience**: mid **Job type**: full-time **Salary**: $72,000 - 108,000 **Category**: Sales **Apply**: https://jobs.redbull.com/en/category-analyst-ref35137a?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply **Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_20cd39fc-9d8 ## Description We are looking for a Category Analyst to join our team in New Bern, North Carolina. As a Category Analyst, you will be responsible for analysing customer data and market trends to inform business decisions. You will create presentations, sales content, and executive summaries to drive category and brand objectives. Your goal will be to identify opportunity gaps and track results from in-store merchandising initiatives. Responsibilities: - Creation of presentations using a persuasive selling format, founded on research and analysis to achieve category and brand objectives. - Creation of sales content, including sell sheets for execution of category and brand objectives. - Create templates and executive summaries to analyze brand & market trends. - Identify opportunity gaps in volume, share, pricing, promotion, shelf space and product distribution. - Track, measure, and communicate results from in-store merchandising initiatives. - Research mindset, seeking to always answer the questions of how and why and provide depth to audiences. - Track record for building winning customer relationships. - Strategic and start-up attitude, eager to launch and elevate the brand and category to a new channel of trade. - General analytic curiosity and willingness to adopt/learn new approaches to analyzing data. - Apply third-party research resources, including Kantar, to inform and direct strategy for the channel and the category. - Work with the Shopper and Consumer insights teams to identify key shopper groups or purposes within the channel and specific retailers. - Generate and interpret reports with syndicated and internal sales sources to support Red Bull’s category development strategy. - Support team needs in a timely and efficient manner demonstrating a sense of urgency, tenacity, and commitment to quality and customer service. Requirements: - 2-4 years related work experience - Strong storytelling skills using data/research/analysis - Ability to present industry and category information in a way that establishes rapport, persuades others, and provides the audience with a clear understanding of the business issue at hand - Broad general knowledge of the CPG industry - Advanced Excel skills include pivot tables, slicers, and formulas to automate and add value to reports; Tableau a plus - Space planning software experience is a plus - Excellent oral and written communication skills - Expert in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word - Self-starter, detail-oriented, highly organized, ability to multitask and work in a team-oriented environment - Understands the need for accuracy, timeliness, and a sense of urgency when required - Enjoys working in a fast-paced, quickly evolving role - Strong customer service aptitude and retailer-facing experience - Ability to work with all levels of the organization from Field Level to Executive Management - Bachelor’s Degree preferred - Fluent in English, additional language skills an advantage Benefits: - Comprehensive Medical, Dental and Vision Plans - 401k Match - Family Leave - PTO & Paid Holiday Schedule - Pet, Legal, and Life Insurance - Tuition Reimbursement The base salary range for this position is $72,000 - 108,000 + cash incentives. Actual salary offers may vary based on work experience. ## Skills ### Required - Advanced Excel - Microsoft PowerPoint - Microsoft Word - Tableau - Data Analysis - Communication - Project Management ### Nice to have - Space planning software - Additional language skills --- Source: [Apply at jobs.redbull.com](https://jobs.redbull.com/en/category-analyst-ref35137a?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply)