Category Development Analyst
GALLO is a family-owned company with a 90+ year legacy, recognized as a Glassdoor 'Best Places to Work.' The Category Development Analyst will translate data into actionable recommendations to support sales teams, build scorecards, and influence assortment and space decisions, while contributing to training and cross-functional initiatives.
Responsibilities
- Translate data into actionable recommendations using IRI, Nielsen, Spectra, Blue Yonder, SMIS and chain data
- Support sales teams, build scorecards, forecast performance, and influence assortment and space decisions
- Inform Plan-O-Grams, new-item presentations, commerce marketing, and annual business reviews
- Partner on special projects that optimize set flow, adjacencies, and merchandising methodology
- Guide space planners, control business expenses responsibly, and contribute to training and cross-functional initiatives
- Take initiative, learn from experiments, and hold yourself and teammates accountable while championing best practices and future-focused change
Skills
- Bachelor's degree plus 1 years of sales or category development experience reflecting increasing levels of responsibility; OR Associate's degree plus 3 years of sales or category development experience reflecting increasing levels of responsibility; OR High school diploma or State-issued equivalency certificate plus 5 years of sales or category development experience reflecting increasing levels of responsibility
- Computer skill requirements include: basic MS Word, MS PowerPoint and MS Excel
- Required to obtain Liquor License as required by state/locality
- Required to travel by air and car as part of job duties
- Required to travel to company offices, sites, and/or meeting locations for onboarding, training, meetings, and events for development, department needs, and business delivery up to 5% of the time, with or without reasonable accommodation. This may be in addition to travel requirements, if applicable, as listed in this job description
- Required to be 18 years or older. This may be in addition to other age requirements, if applicable, as listed in this job description
- Bachelor's degree in Food & Consumer Product Goods or Food Marketing plus 3 years of sales or category development experience reflecting increasing levels of responsibility; OR Bachelor's degree plus 3 years of Gallo winery sales or affiliated or non-affiliated distributor sales or category development experience reflecting increasing levels of responsibility
- 1 years Gallo Category development experience
Benefits
- Medical and dental coverage
- 401k plans
- Profit sharing
- Pet insurance
- Company holidays
- Access to an employee wine shop
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