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Food Lion · 21 hours ago

Category Analyst II (Hybrid)

Salisbury, NC

Full-time

Hybrid

Mid Level

3+ years exp

Food Lion is a grocery store chain committed to providing a fulfilling work experience for its associates. The Category Analyst II is responsible for analyzing various categories, managing item assortment, pricing, and promotional planning, while collaborating with multiple departments to achieve financial targets and enhance market share.

Retail

Responsibilities

Provide support to Category Merchandising & Pricing (CMP) departments that will support achievement of departmental strategies and initiatives

Work collaboratively across departments to meet budgeted key performance metrics, which include, but are not limited to:Sales, Movement, Margin, Shrink/Reclaim, Market Share, and Net Contribution metrics. These key performance metrics are meant to be comprehensive in nature, but are not limited to the list above due to changing nature of business priorities

Responsible for all aspects of analysis for assigned categories that will support achievement of Banner strategy. This will include, but not be limited to:

Executing best practice promotional planning, feature/display activity, and in-store marketing investments to effectively grow market share while meeting financial targets

Recommending appropriate assortment mix changes as each Category moves through review

Ensuring the on-shelf Category assortment presentation and item mix reflects the unique needs of each Category while aligning with the Category role

Reviewing planograms and test sets to ensure compliance to standards

Developing best practice shelf placement principles, planogram production and versioning as well as evaluating the effectiveness of merchandising tactics used

Assisting the CM or Assistant Category Manager (ACM) with negotiating the most advantageous programs with vendors and actively seeking out new opportunities to reduce costs while maintaining an optimal item mix

Establishing, monitoring, and adjusting base and promotional pricing to deliver financial targets

Develop and present different pricing scenarios to the CM or ACM that address:

Seasonal pricing plans

Evaluate vendor offers to determine the optimal cost/retail relationship to deliver optimal profitability

Address any banner-wide margin gap exercises

Cost change impact to category profitability for lead item selection

Review and approve the retail price recommendations of the Markdown team. Calculate the financial impact to the categories and incorporate into the forecast

Collaborating with the CM to manage vendor allowances to ensure targets are met

Serving as the market resource expert for assigned Categories

Qualification

Category AnalysisPricing StrategyVendor NegotiationRetail ExperienceMicrosoft Office SuiteRelationship ManagementPromotional PlanningSupply Chain KnowledgePlanogram Review

Required

3-5 years combined experience in retail, merchandising, category, pricing, logistics, supply chain, procurement, and distribution

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent combination of education and related work experience

Experience with the following computer programs: SEGA, DSS, WMS, Relex, Inforem, Revionics, MSP, Syndicated Data (IRI/Nielsen), Market Track (Ad Tracking)

Knowledge of applicable practice areas, i.e., Fresh or Center Store categories

Basic professional level of knowledge for company, business and industry practices

Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite of Programs

Relationship management experience with vendors, brokers and third party consultants

Negotiation experience

Retail experience