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Mars is a family-owned global consumer goods company known for products across food and petcare. Its work brings together consumer brands, research and development, manufacturing, supply chain operations, and veterinary expertise. The company also highlights internal career mobility, associate wellbeing, and a pet-friendly culture. Following its announced acquisition of Kellanova, Mars offers a broad range of roles for professionals interested in consumer products, innovation, operations, and purpose-led business.
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Category Analyst, Grocery - Mars, North Carolina Remote

Provide grocery shopper, market, and sales analysis for Mars Snacking. Develop planograms, assortments, pricing, and merchandising strategies that support retailer category growth.

USUnited StatesNCNorth Carolina
$78,059 – $107,331 / year
RemoteFull-timeJuniorMiddleEnglish RequiredAnalyst

Description

  • Partner with grocery retailers to support category growth.
  • Provide fact-based insights and category solutions that benefit both retailers and the business.
  • Align category and brand strategies with customer management teams.
  • Deliver retailer-specific shopper, category, and market insights.
  • Build and sustain effective internal and external relationships.
  • Work with Sales to develop and execute growth strategies.
  • Develop category reviews, shelving strategies, JDA planograms, assortment optimization, pricing and promotion efficiencies, and merchandising effectiveness initiatives.
  • Evaluate syndicated data, shopper research, retailer point-of-sale data, and marketplace trends.
  • Use Nielsen, IRI, JDA, Kantar, CMI, and related category management tools.
  • Build and maintain scalable tools, reports, scorecards, and templates.
  • Identify category, shopper, and competitor trends along with growth opportunities.
  • Support annual customer planning and strategic initiatives with actionable recommendations.
  • Manage multiple projects and act as the category expert for assigned customers.
  • Create and implement customer penetration plans for assigned retailers and distributors.
  • Recommend shelf layouts, assortments, space-to-sales allocations, item placement, and planograms.
  • Apply project management practices across ideation, development, piloting, testing, learning, and scale-up.
  • Shape annual planning in collaboration with Sales.
  • Analyze data and develop planograms as a technical category leader.
  • Engage customer headquarters stakeholders and represent fact-based selling.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree.
  • Demonstrated analytical ability.
  • At least two years of experience in CPG sales key accounts, retail, and/or account analyst responsibilities.
  • Availability to travel 25–40% of the time.
  • Valid driver’s license and clean driving record.
  • Ability to work in a field-sales and home-office environment.
  • Successful completion of drug and background screening.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills.
  • Experience with Nielsen Scan data.
  • Knowledge of JDA.
  • Strong Excel and PowerPoint skills.
  • External selling, negotiation, and influencing capabilities.

Benefits

  • 401(k) plan.
  • Company-sponsored medical insurance.
  • Company-sponsored dental insurance.
  • Company-sponsored vision insurance.
  • Basic life insurance for employees and eligible dependents.
  • Up to 18 weeks of paid parental leave.
  • 120 vacation hours per year.
  • Paid sick time with 100% pay continuation for up to 40 hours per calendar year.
  • 12 paid holidays annually, including fixed and flexible holidays.
  • Variable pay and general allowances may be available to eligible employees.
  • Field-sales and home-office work arrangement.

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