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Senior Lead Category Management Analyst

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102900.00 - 128600.00 USD / Year
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The Senior Lead Category Analyst will leverage fact-based analytics and customer research to develop consumer-relevant retail assortments and planograms. Improving the store model is a pillar of Ace’s long-term retail strategy, and developing the most efficient, productive and differentiated assortments/planograms for our retailers is a key element of this pillar.

Job Responsibility:

  • Provide leadership, mentoring and guidance across all analysts
  • Development of assortment optimization strategy, execution of training, and ensuring consistent usage of methodology across analyst team
  • Support the Department Manager in elevating the team’s ability to mine data and develop analytical insights
  • Enhance current tools and build additional tools that allow for deeper and more insightful data analytics
  • Continual efficiency and optimization of Category Analyst tools to decrease time spent on mining data and increase time spent analyzing and aligning cross-functional team to an optimized, data-supported retail product assortment
  • Have limited ownership of strategic categories for Ace, but with less complexity so that they can dedicate time to implementation of assortment optimization strategies and team leadership

Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s degree in economics, business, statistics, data science or related field
  • 7+ years retail or consumer packaged goods experience
  • Strong analytical and structured problem solving skills
  • High degree of curiosity and structured problem solving skills
  • Ability to analyze, evaluate and interpret complex data
  • Confident presenting in larger groups across multiple levels of the organization
  • Ability to communicate effectively verbally and written to various levels of corporate and retail management (e.g., manager through VP and store associate through owner)
  • Experience with SQL, Teradata, Power BI, Alteryx, or other BI data mining software required
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office applications (e.g., Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, Word)
  • Knowledge of standard Category Management process and principles
  • Must be able to lift 30lbs

Nice to have:

  • Previous management experience preferred
  • Master’s degree in a quantitative or business field a plus
What we offer:
  • Incentive opportunities
  • Generous 401(k) retirement savings plan with a fully vested matching contribution the first year in addition to quarterly contributions and annual discretionary contribution
  • Comprehensive health coverage (medical, dental, vision and disability – up to 26 weeks short-term disability and long-term disability) & life insurance benefits for you and your dependents
  • 21 days of vacation immediately available (prorated in the first year) and up to 6 paid holidays depending on the month of hire
  • Annual Ace Cares Week, 20 hours off work per year to volunteer at an organization of your choice, opportunities to help Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals and the Ace Helpful Fund through the Ace Foundation
  • On-site classes, facilitator-led courses, and a generous tuition assistance program
  • Employee Appreciation Week, vendor demos, cookouts, and merchandise sales
  • Services such as mobile spas, auto maintenance, car wash and detailing, dry cleaning, dentists, eye doctors, flu shots, recycling and more
  • Employee discounts on Ace merchandise (including top brands like Weber, Traeger, Yeti, Craftsman, DeWalt and more), travel, fitness, computers and thousands more
  • Birth/Adoption bonding paid time off
  • Adoption cost reimbursement
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP) – access to free visits to therapists and lawyers, guidance on financial matters, elder and childcare, and assistance with tickets to entertainment events
  • Identity theft protection

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Job Posted:
January 06, 2026

Employment Type:
Fulltime
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