Category Insights Analyst at AMP in 63105

Summary: AMP is one of North America’s leading sales and marketing agencies specializing in outsourced sales and marketing services. The Category Insights Analyst will be responsible for providing analytical insights and reporting for clients, focusing on data analysis, reporting needs, and driving client development through pricing recommendations and promotional analytics. Responsibilities: - Reporting: Utilize various data sources, including consumption sales data and shopper insights to provide business insights that supports sales in delivering against ADV and client business objectives / core KPI’s for specified region - Trade & Pricing: Contribute to the development of retail trade & promotional pricing recommendations, supporting the Sales Team with in-depth pre- and post-promotional analysis. Insights and learnings to enhance trade effectiveness and efficiency for ADV Clients - Marketplace Expertise: Analyze market trends, competitive activities and channel shifts to act as SME for regional marketplace. Develop expertise on each retailer in assigned geography - Business Reviews: Assist the Category Analytics & Insights Manager in the development of line reviews, business overviews and selling stories to help support ADV client selling opportunities - Collaborate on Merchandising: Collaborate with Space Management team to develop best in class planograms to advocate for shelving standards to achieve our client’s objectives Required Qualifications: - Bachelor's degree - Less than 1 year experience in relevant field - Strong analytics, interpretive, and problem-solving skills with ability to turn data into actionable insights - Working knowledge of syndicated scan data and business reporting applications - Experience using data visualization tools - Ability to communicate complex quantitative analysis in a clear, precise, and actionable manner - Strong Excel skills including pivot tables and v-lookups - Aptitude for learning relational databases and multi-dimensional data tools Preferred Qualifications: - Professional certification in category management - Consumer Packaged Goods experience Required Skills: Syndicated scan data, Business reporting applications, Data visualization tools, Microsoft Excel, Relational databases, Multi-dimensional data tools