Strategist Advanced Analytics

Job Location: Hershey, PA
This position can also be remote. 
 

Summary:
 
The Strategist – CatMan Advanced Analytics will serve as a strategist to help drive development and implementation of category initiatives across the business. This role will support customer teams across all classes of trade to meet Hershey objectives. The role will help synthesize business trends, competitive trends, financial insights, human insights and consumer data etc., to identify opportunities. This role will utilize advanced analytics and modeling techniques to help drive strategy & growth across the entire business. 

Responsibilities:
 
• This position will provide management with objective, comprehensive, consumer-based insights and actionable recommendations based upon that information. This includes using tools and data such as Tableau, PowerBI, Alteryx, R, Python, Syndicated Data Analysis.
• Lead customer team strategic projects, providing analytical thought leadership and direction to drive category and Hershey growth through store clustering and geospatial analytics. 
• Develop new processes to analyze and grow the business.
• Synthesize and analyze multiple internal and external data sources including POS, HH Panel, inventory, shipments, P&L statement and other data sources.
• Apply statistical modeling, machine learning, simulation, and optimization techniques to address business challenges and opportunities.
• Support Sr. leadership to identify and solve for key business issues through regular and ad hoc business analysis.
• Effectively utilize the company's analytical tools and processes to ensure corporate objectives are met.
• Develop and deploy analytical best practices for field Category Management and Sales teams. 
• Communicate complex analytical results and recommendations to business stakeholders in a clear and concise manner.
• Stay abreast of industry trends, best practices, and emerging technologies in retail, CPG and analytics industries. 

Qualifications:
Education: Bachelor's Degree Required
Experience: Previous Category Management and/or CPG Sales experience (approximately 5-7 years) required, and strong analytical background (advanced analytics/modeling). Tableau, Alteryx, R, Python, SQL, and Syndicated Data Analysis experience preferred. 
 

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