Category Management Analyst
Category Management Analyst
Colombia - Remote
Come build something that matters.
It takes great people to achieve greatness. People with a sense of purpose and integrity. People with a relentless pursuit of excellence. People who care about making things better For Those Who Make The World™. Sound like you? Join our top-notch team of more than 50,000 diverse and high-performing professionals globally who are making their mark on some of the world’s most beloved brands, including DEWALT®, BLACK+DECKER®, CRAFTSMAN®, STANLEY®, CUB CADET®, and HUSTLER®.
The Job:
As a Category Management Analyst, you’ll be part of our Outdoor Power Group (OPG) Category Management team.
Our high-performing analytical team is responsible for driving margin growth, portfolio optimization and strategy through best-in-class analytics, insights, and reporting.
•Data Analysis & Reporting: Collect, clean, and analyze sales, inventory, and market data relevant to assigned product categories. Support ad hoc reports to highlight trends, performance metrics, and opportunities. Assist in building regular reporting cadence materials.
•Market & Competitor Analysis: Gather information on competitor products, pricing, promotions, and market share. Support the review of competitive product assortments, industry trends, and commercial environments. Provide analysis and define our product range by brand and retail channel. Summarize findings in concise reports to support category strategy development.
•Strategy Execution & Communication: Assist Category Manager in translating market intelligence into actionable insights to drive category growth, product prioritization, and go-to-market plans.
•Financial Reporting and Tracking: Support building a 3-year horizon and strategic estimate reflecting product assortment, margin mix, and wins/losses. Provide category financial analysis for annual quoting and product line review process.
•NPD & Core Product Pricing: Partner with the pricing team to support the establishment of market-based pricing for NPD and Core SKUs annually. Provide the pricing team with the required information to support pricing strategies.
•Process Improvement: Identify and suggest improvements to reporting processes, data management, or workflow efficiencies.
•Product Lifecycle Management: Collaborate with product management teams on product lifecycle decisions, including margin analysis, SKU productivity, SKU rationalization, and product development prioritization.
The Person:
You love to learn and grow and be acknowledged for your valuable contributions. You’re not intimidated
by innovation. Wouldn’t it be great if you could do your job and do a world of good? In fact, you
embrace it. You also have:
• Bachelor’s Degree is required
• 3+ years of experience in a matrixed environment within brand marketing, finance or sales roles
• 2+ years of demonstrated Channel Marketing, Revenue Growth Management, Analytics, or
equivalent success
• Excellent English communication, will be expected to collaborate with and influence teams
cross-functionally on a regular cadence
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Power BI; general proficiency in PowerPoint
• Experience with Salesforce, SAP, Infor XA is preferred.
• Strong analytical, quantitative, and financial modeling skills include the ability to effectively
utilize data from multiple sources to drive decisions.
• Capable of fostering ongoing relationships with cross-functional partners, including Product
Managers, Brand Managers, Category Directors, Channel Managers, Sales Account Managers,
Product, and Pricing Managers, to facilitate collaboration and information sharing.
The Details:
You’ll receive a competitive salary and a great benefits plan.
And More:
We want our company to be a place you’ll want to be – and stay. Being part of our team means you’ll
get to:
• Grow: Be part of our global company with 20+ brands to grow and develop your skills along
multiple career paths.
• Learn: Have access to a wealth of learning resources, including our digital learning portal.
• Belong: Experience an awesome place to work, where we have mutual respect and a great
appreciation for a wide range of perspectives and experiences.
• Give Back: Help us continue to make positive changes locally and globally through volunteerism,
giving back, and sustainable business practices.
What’s more, you’ll get that pride that comes from empowering makers, doers, protectors, and
everyday heroes all over the world. We’re more than the #1 tools company. More than a driving force in
outdoor power equipment. More than a global leader in industrial. We’re visionaries and innovators. As
successful as we’ve been in the past, we have so much further to go. That’s where you come in.
Join us!
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We Don’t Just Build The World, We Build Innovative Technology Too.
Joining the Stanley Black & Decker team means working in an innovative, tech-driven and highly collaborative team environment supported by over 43,500 professionals in 60 countries across the globe. Here, you’ll get the unique chance to impact some of the world’s most iconic brands including STANLEY TOOLS, DEWALT, CRAFTSMAN, MAC TOOLS and Black + Decker. Your ideas and solutions have the potential to reach millions of customers as we work together to write the next chapter in our history. Come build with us and take your career to new heights.
Who We Are
We’re the World’s largest tool company. We’re industry visionaries. We’re solving problems and advancing the manufacturing trade through innovative technology and our Industry 4.0 Initiative. We are committed to ensuring our state-of-the-art “smart factory” products and services provide greater quality to our customers & greater environmental and social value to our planet. We are unique in that we have a rich and storied history dating back to 1843, but that hasn't stopped us from evolving into a vibrant, diverse, global growth company.
Global Benefits & Perks
You’ll be rewarded with a competitive salary plus receive entitlements and benefits unique to your country of hire.
What You’ll Also Get
Career Opportunity: Career paths aren’t linear here. Being part of our global company with 60+ brands gives you the chance to grow and develop your skills along multiple career paths.
Learning & Development:
Our lifelong learning philosophy means you’ll have access to a wealth of state-of-the-art learning resources, including our Lean Academy and online university (where you can get certificates and specializations from renowned colleges and universities).
Diverse & Inclusive Culture:
We pride ourselves on being an awesome place to work. We respect and embrace differences because that’s how the best work gets done. You’ll find we like to have fun here, too.
Purpose-Driven Company:
You’ll help us continue to make positive changes in the local communities where we work and live as well as in the broader world through volunteerism, giving back and sustainable business practices.