Category Management Analyst

About the role

At Nestlé USA’s Coffee & Beverage Division, the Analyst, Category Strategy role plays a critical part in driving category growth across iconic brands such as Starbucks, Coffee-Mate, Nescafé, Nesquik, Natural Bliss, and Seattle’s Best Coffee by transforming shopper, category, customer, and marketplace insights into actionable recommendations that strengthen business performance.

This position plays a critical role in building a category-first perspective across the business, leveraging syndicated data, consumer insights, market intelligence, and internal business performance metrics to influence strategic decision-making. Working cross-functionally with Sales, Brand Marketing, Consumer Insights, Commercial Development, Revenue Management, eCommerce, and Category Management teams, the Analyst helps translate data into actionable strategies that accelerate growth across Nestlé’s Coffee and Beverage portfolio.

Responsibilities

• Analyze category, shopper, consumer, customer and competitive trends to identify growth opportunities, identify risks, and inform strategic decision-making.
• Generate data-driven insights and recommendations that shape category strategies, customer plans, and commercial priorities.
• Build & enhance analytical tools, dashboards, and reporting frameworks that enable performance tracking and strategic planning.
• Support development of category visions, growth strategies, and long-range business plans across Coffee & Beverage categories.
• Evaluate opportunities to optimize distribution, assortment, shelf placement, and merchandising execution to drive category performance.
• Champion innovative analytics, reporting capabilities, and insights solutions that improve business efficiency & decision quality.
• Strengthen organizational capabilities by sharing analytical expertise, category knowledge, and best practices across cross-functional teams.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of relevant experience in category management, sales, marketing, or related fields.
• 2+ years of experience in Analyst, Category Development, or Sales Support roles within the Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) industry.
• Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant discipline.
• Proficiency with syndicated data sources (Circana) is required.
• Experience working with large datasets.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Teams).
• Basic understanding of financial principles.
• Knowledge of the CPG industry.
• Strong persuasive communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with others.
• Capacity to build diverse and collaborative relationships.
• Clear and concise communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Comfort in presenting and communicating cross-functionally.
• Adaptability to work in a dynamic, changing, matrix environment.

Pay

The approximate target compensation range for this role is $80K to $104K. Final compensation may vary based on factors including but not limited to background, knowledge, skills, and abilities as well as geographic location of the position.

Benefits

Nestlé offers performance-based incentives and a competitive total rewards package, which includes a 401k with company match, healthcare coverage and a broad range of other benefits. Incentives and/or benefit packages may vary depending on the position.