Data & Insights Analyst

Data & Insights Analyst

Company Description

Bright Path Brands is a boutique CPG brokerage in Austin helping better-for-you brands navigate top-tier retail with strategy, relationships, and results. Founded by Kat Eastham, we specialize in retail strategy, buyer relationships, trade planning, and category management at retailers like Whole Foods Market. We're a small, fast-moving team building something special, and we bring a genuine passion for the brands and products we represent.

Role Description

We're bringing our data analysis in-house and looking for a part-time data analyst who genuinely loves CPG and wants to grow with us. This is a contract role to start, around 20 hours a week, with a clear path to full-time as Bright Path scales and the fit is right. You'll have real ownership over how reporting evolves here and direct impact on our brand partners' success.

Daily responsibilities include:

• Pulling and analyzing weekly sales data from the Whole Foods supplier portal
• Building client-facing dashboards and weekly performance reports
• Flagging trends, issues, and opportunities across our brand portfolio
• Supporting forecasting, run rate, trade planning, and other operational data as needs evolve
• Contributing to presentations for client reviews and Whole Foods category meetings
• Jumping on ad-hoc analysis and special projects as priorities shift

Qualifications

• Genuine passion for CPG, natural products, and emerging brands
• Strong Excel skills and comfort working with retail sales data
• Familiarity with syndicated data sources like Nielsen or IRI is a plus
• Ability to communicate data clearly to non-technical partners
• Self-starter who thrives in a fast-moving startup environment
• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent work experience preferred

Compensation: Contract role, $40–$50/hour depending on experience, roughly 20 hours per week to start, with a path to full-time for the right fit. Remote, Austin-based preferred.