Amazon · 2 weeks ago
Category Analyst
Austin, TX
Full-time
Onsite
Entry, Mid Level
$50K/yr - $107K/yr
2+ years expAmazon is a leading global e-commerce company, and they are seeking a Category Analyst to deliver data-driven recommendations through category-level insights. The role involves analyzing various data sources to inform business decisions and collaborating with cross-functional teams to achieve business objectives.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)DeliveryE-CommerceFoundational AIRetail
Responsibilities
Utilizes advanced analytical methods to identify patterns, relationships, and trends across multiple data sources. Synthesizes information to construct a data-driven narrative with business-driving recommendations that can be understood and actioned-upon by a broad audience
Explains complex data and analytical approaches in simple terms that connect results with merchandising, customer, competitive, and marketing problems
Supports category-level insights, ad-hocs, and reports as needed
Collaborates with cross-functional partners across the analytics organization (assortment analytics, pricing, promotion, etc) and acts as project manager to translate stakeholder business questions into analyses that inform business decisions and align with business objectives
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree or equivalent
Bachelor's degree in a quantitative discipline (e.g., analytics, statistics, applied mathematics, or computer science)
2-4 years of relevant experience (e.g. analytics, category and assortment management, retail operations, business analysis, or related fields)
Experience using multiple large enterprise databases to query and prepare data for analysis
Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, Tableau / QuickSight or other similar data visualization platforms, competitive databases (Nielsen)
Experience using multiple large enterprise databases to query and prepare data for analysis
Strong ability to translate data into actionable analytical insights which drive business decisions
Understands customer, market, and industry trends and emerging challenges
Demonstrates strong knowledge of the Whole Foods Market product mix, supply base, and retail operations
Communicates structured information in a clear, concise, and organized fashion
Able to effectively lead meetings, present information, and respond to questions in both one-on-one situations and group meetings
Advanced ability to plan, estimate, organize, and lead multiple projects
Collaborates with stakeholders and cross-functional Team Members at various levels of the organization to achieve business objectives by required deadlines
Builds trust and nurtures relationships with stakeholders
Impacts overall team effectiveness
Preferred
Experience in Grocery / CPG business
Benefits
Equity
Sign-on payments
Medical
Financial
Other benefits
Company
Amazon
Amazon is a tech firm with a focus on e-commerce, cloud computing, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$8.11BKey Investors
AmazonKleiner Perkins
2023-01-03Post Ipo Debt· $8B
2001-07-24Post Ipo Equity· $100M
1997-05-15IPO
Leadership Team
Douglas J. Herrington
CEO, Worldwide Amazon Stores
Werner Vogels
VP & CTO
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