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Category & Shopper Insights Specialist -- **SEEKING RECENT UTK OR local college GRADUATES who love to DIG INTO DATA & TELL A STORY**
📍 Knoxville, TN (100% Onsite)
💰 Competitive Compensation Package to reach six figures
🏥 Exceptional Benefits Program
A leading consumer products organization in Knoxville, TN is seeking a Category & Shopper Insights Specialist to join a highly collaborative team supporting strategic growth initiatives across retail partners, brands, and innovation efforts.
This role is ideal for a recent college graduate who has experience diving into data, pulling details and then explaining the data through reporting. Strong computer skills & insight creation are the skills needed for success.
What You'll Do
- Serve as a trusted advisor to cross-functional teams by delivering retailer, category, consumer, and shopper insights.
- Support strategic decisions related to distribution, shelving, pricing, and promotional execution.
- Develop compelling, data-driven recommendations for internal stakeholders and retail partners.
- Lead and support category management initiatives that influence business performance and retailer engagement.
- Analyze syndicated, shopper, category, and retailer data to identify opportunities and trends.
- Collaborate closely with retail sales, marketing, brand, and innovation teams on a daily basis.
- Present insights and recommendations to key stakeholders at multiple levels of the organization.
What We're Looking For
- Bachelor's degree required.
- Some experience working with data & creating insights or reports to understand what is behind the data.
- Experience working with syndicated data sources such as Nielsen, Circana/IRI, retailer data, loyalty data, or similar platforms a big plus but not required
- Strong analytical, presentation, and storytelling skills.
- Advanced Excel and PowerPoint capabilities.
- Ability to influence decisions in a highly cross-functional environment.
Why Consider This Opportunity?
- Highly visible role with direct impact on business strategy.
- Daily collaboration with Retail, Brand, Innovation, and Category Management leaders.
- Strong career growth and development opportunities.
- Industry-leading benefits package.
- Competitive compensation.
- Stable, growth-oriented organization with a strong consumer brand portfolio.
Interested in learning more?
Please apply directly or message me confidentially for additional details. READY TO INTERVIEW & HIRE BY YEAR END.