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Jr Category Analyst

  • Gent (Gent)
  • Project / Product management

Job description



Jr Category Analyst

Alpro, HQ Ghent (Belgium)

Sales Excellence Team

As Jr Category Analyst in the sales excellence team you support the team in different types of analyses and reporting in order to drive excellent sales performance. This job will provide you the opportunity to get a profound understanding of how our business works as well as the chance to work with a wide variety of functions in the organization (Sales, marketing, finance, etc).

About the job

·  Together with your colleagues in the Sales Excellence team, you prepare scenarios for the assigned market(s), including the coordination of the overall price strategy process, providing analytical support and advice regarding retail price movements, trade term architectures and advice on the validation of the national sales plan, in order to ensure consistency and coordination between Sales, Marketing and Finance on strategy.
·  You develop and update the customer business planning tool for the assigned market(s); you estimate economic impact for the company and retailers; you monthly monitor the actual performance versus the detailed plan; and you ensure consistency with the company's strategic guidelines.
·  You develop and manage analytical tools (e.g., promo/DTM planning, client KPI Scorecards, Profit Pool and Trade Terms analysis) in collaboration with your colleagues in the Sales Excellence team, Finance, IT and the local Sales organization for the assigned market(s).
·  You contribute to the development of sales concept-sell presentations linked to joint business planning within assigned market(s); you run the 'rolled up' monthly category pillar reports, providing analysis on overall trajectory of EU4 Plant Based category. You seek to automate and streamline local category and shopper metrics reporting.
·  You provide analytical support and coordinate efforts during trade term negotiations by the customer development team within the assigned market(s), in order to inspire and support others in their operations. You support the tracking and monitoring of the implementation of agreed joint strategies with EU4 markets in order to get a full picture of the activities.

About you

To be able to achieve the above and to be successful in this role we believe you need to have:

·  a Master Degree, preferably in Economics or Commercial Engineering
·  Strong analytical & critical thinking skills (incl Statistical)
·  Strong drive and curiosity to learn
·  Strong interpersonal & project management skills
·  Strong IT and excel literacy

About us

Alpro, the European plant-based pioneer of Danone, brings health through food to as many people as possible by producing healthy, tasty plant-based food and drink in a way that respects the planet. One Planet. One Health .
Our delicious plant-based products are made from soya, almonds, hazelnuts, cashew, rice, oats or coconut.
We want to invite people to join the movement for a healthier world and because of our efforts to combine social and environmental goals with financial success, Alpro is B Corp certified.

By joining us you will become part of one of the leading and most innovative food companies in the world.

We believe that everyone has talent, something which comes natural to you. Your uniqueness is something which brings both excellence as well as energizes you.

What’s next

Interested? Hit the apply button!

Contact: Joke Delrue (HR Business Partner – joke.delrue@alpro.com)

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