Louisiana Fish Fry Products · 3 hours ago
Category Insights Manager
Baton Rouge, LA
Full-time
Onsite
Entry, Mid Level
2+ years expLouisiana Fish Fry Products is seeking a Category Insights Manager who will transform data into actionable insights to drive category growth across key grocery retailers. This role involves collaborating with Sales, Marketing, and cross-functional teams to support strategic planning and optimize assortment based on analytics and market trends.
Food and BeverageFood ProcessingSeafood
Responsibilities
Analyze category and competitive data using IRI and internal systems to identify growth drivers and whitespace opportunities
Create and deliver insight-driven recommendations for key retail partners (e.g., Walmart, Kroger, Publix, Albertsons) to inform shelf placement, brand blocking, pricing, and promotion strategies
Lead insights development for category line reviews and customer presentations, using compelling, data-backed storytelling
Monitor shifts in consumer behavior, market conditions, and emerging food trends to inform business strategy
Build and maintain performance dashboards and scorecards to track market share, velocity, distribution, and competitive dynamics
Collaborate with Sales, Marketing, and Innovation teams to align insights with commercial objectives and retailer-specific strategies
Serve as an internal subject matter expert on food and grocery shopper behavior, macro trends, and category performance
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Business, Economics, or a related field
Strong analytical, critical thinking, and communication skills, with the ability to distill complex data into clear, strategic narratives
Proficient in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint; experience with Power BI is a plus
2–3 years in one or more of the following: Category analyst or associate manager role at a CPG company or agency, shopper insights, consumer research, or trade marketing
Exposure to syndicated data (Nielsen, Circana, SPINS) or retailer POS tools (Walmart Scintilla, 84.51°, etc.)
Excel skills should include: VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP and INDEX-MATCH for data merging and lookups, proficiency with PivotTables for summarizing large datasets, data cleaning using formulas such as TEXT, LEFT/RIGHT/MID, TRIM, and SUBSTITUTE, conditional formatting and dynamic tables for visualization, IF, SUMIFS, COUNTIFS, and other logical/statistical formulas, creating and maintaining dashboards using charts, slicers, and named ranges
PowerPoint skills should include: Designing insight-driven presentations tailored to internal and retail-facing audiences, creating clean, visually compelling slides using charts, graphics, and iconography, building storytelling decks for line reviews, Joint Business Planning (JBP), and executive meetings, integrating Excel data using linked tables and dynamic charts, applying consistent formatting, master slides, and visual hierarchy for clarity and professionalism, communicating complex data in clear, concise, and actionable ways
Company
Louisiana Fish Fry Products
Louisiana flavor emerged over generations from a convergence of cultures united by our land and water.
201-500 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
unknown2021-08-02Acquired
Leadership Team
Gary Galeziewski
CFO
Recent News
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