- Identify business trends and drivers and communicate findings.
- Track and utilize external publications, newsletters, and third-party data sources to understand category, consumer, competitive, and market trends and communicate their impact.
- Synthesize/analyze syndicated and internal data to support the business needs across Boar’s Head internal teams including Marketing, Sales, Innovation, Research & Development, Commercialization.
- Leverage third party data resources to broaden perspective and identify opportunities; third party resources include Circana syndicated point of sale data and Home Scan Panel, Nielsen TDLinx and Spectra geography attributing and targeting.
- Support regular standardized reporting and analysis and distribute to appropriate audiences ensuring accuracy and maintaining confidentiality and integrity of the data.
- Develop understanding of Boar’s Head product portfolio including product attributes, segmentation, seasonality, regionality, and competitive set.
- Transform data sets into stories including accompanying visualizations with a clear narrative.
- Present insights and presentations to internal Boar’s Head teams.
- Possess necessary aptitude to become a domain expert on one or more of Boar’s Head tools.
- Champion curiosity for understanding consumer demographics, geographics, and lifestyles; and how their interactions drive purchase behaviors.
- Work independently or collaboratively to complete tasks and projects.
- Perform all and any other tasks assigned by Boar’s Head management personnel.
Education and Experience
- Bachelor’s Degree (in Business Administration, Marketing or a closely related field) preferred.
- Minimum 1 year experience in the Consumer Products Goods industry in an analytical/category management role preferred.
- Experience with syndicated data (Circana and/or Nielsen) and analysis background preferred.
- Advanced and proven data analysis and reasoning skills.
- Technical understanding and experience of query tools/reporting databases.
- PC Keyboard, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Tableau.
- Excellent/proven analytical and reasoning skills.
- Strong reading and writing comprehension skills, previous business writing curriculum preferred.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite including advanced skills in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint preferred.
- Experience pulling and analyzing syndicated sales data/POS is preferred.
- Experience with advanced analytics tools is preferred.
- Experience with shopper data (loyalty card or panel) is preferred.
- Work Planning, Organization & Execution - advanced ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks while meeting set deadlines.
- Strategic and Analytical Thinking – analytical approach to information gathering, report creation, trend identification, insights development, and communication of recommendations.
- Analytical Curiosity - hunger to learn, understand why and seek opportunities for both business and personal growth.
- Continuous Process Improvement - effectively analyze processes for quality and improvement
- Strategic Planning – ability to interpret and develop strategic plans, converting corporate programs into volume/dollar projections.
- Problem Identification & Resolution - Ability to understand, resolve and correct situations with internal teams, sales and customers.
This position requires the ability to work independently, exercise good judgment and be proactive. The candidate must also maintain confidentiality to ensure that the integrity of the Boar’s Head Brand is not jeopardized.
Working Conditions- Office environment
- Limited overnight travel, up to 10%
Top Skills
What We Do
Since Boar's Head was founded in 1905, much has changed. While many have learned to cut corners, we are happy to say we haven't changed with the times, and over 110 years later, we're still using only the finest ingredients—pure pork, poultry and beef, combined with real spices, and no fillers, by-products, artificial colors or flavors, gluten or trans fat. What started with just a few products has grown to over 500, ranging from premium delicatessen meats, cheeses and condiments to an array of Italian and Old World specialties, hummus, snacking, and foodservice items. With Boar’s Head, you can trust each and every one of our products was prepared with the utmost care. Offering the world’s best delicatessen meats, cheeses and condiments is a never-ending quest that calls for a special type of team member. One who consistently: • Pushes for excellence in their personal and professional lives. • Invests in fostering relationships through open communication and respect. • Collaborates to passionately delight our customers. In exchange, we proudly provide: • Top medical, dental, and vision coverage for team members and their families. • Competitive pay, bonus, and 401(k) plans. • Opportunities to participate in the Boar’s Head Sons and Daughters Scholarship Program. • Career development opportunities through on-the-job, e-learning, and instructor-led training. Our Learning Management System has hundreds of courses to help team members learn and grow. • Community involvement activities that tackle critical hunger-relief, healthcare, and education initiatives through non-profit organizations such as Feeding America, The ALS Association, Boys & Girls Clubs of America, The Salvation Army, and hospital foundations throughout the country.
