The Category Analyst, Kroger/Harris teeter will serve as a member of the Category Team, being an unbiased analytic and category leadership expert using the category management process as a decision platform for all initiatives designed to optimize category performance at the customer. This role will strive to be an expert on the category, data, and technology associated with the category and Kroger / Harris Teeter.
Work closely with the Category and Sales Teams to support the category and Danone’s business in an efficient and effective manner. This position requires both data and business savvy, as well as effective communication and problem-solving skills to provide consultative category management to the customer.
Key Responsibilities
- Perform analyses and use data to drive category insights that help shape the category vision
- Collect and mine through syndicated and retailer specific data to create insights to understand which levers drive category growth across customer demographics and markets to drive growth for category and Danone
- Perform competitive analysis by category to identify trends, opportunities and challenges to core business areas
- Perform category and channel analysis for customer(s) to drive category growth period over period
- Discover and share category trends, fair share opportunity gaps, and share of wallet and leakage opportunities for customer(s)
- Create reports that include Customer market and rest of market performance, distribution grids, new product tracking, velocity reports, and pricing & promotion analysis
- Establish strong knowledge of the customer/category
- Category sales and sales growth (Kroger and Harris Teeter)
- No direct reports
About You
- 4 year college degree in Business or related field (Finance, etc.)
- 1-3 years previous work experience
- Knowledge of syndicated data and space management preferred
- Expert in Excel to migrate multiple data sources into reporting tools
- Occasional travel required
- Knowledge of syndicated data required, proficient in shopper/panel data and space management
Life at Danone
With approximately 5,000 employees and 13 production locations across the U.S., our vibrant culture and endless growth opportunities are just a couple of the reasons our employees call themselves “Proud Danoners.”
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Our Brands
When you join us, you’ll work with some of the best-known food and beverage brands in the world, including Activia®, DanActive®, Danimals®, Dannon®, evian®, Follow Your Heart®, Happy Family® Organics, International Delight®, Light + Fit®, Nutricia ®, Oikos®, Silk®, So Delicious® Dairy Free, STōK® Cold Brew Coffee ®, Too Good & Co™, and YoCrunch®.
Our Purpose
We’re committed to making a positive impact on our world. Rooted in our mission to bring health through food to as many people as possible, we’re proud to be the world’s largest B Corp.
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Our Benefits
Our commitment to making the world healthier starts with our employees.
- Physical Wellbeing We pay for the majority of your medical benefits – which include medical, dental and vision – with our competitive 80%/20% cost-sharing model.
- Mental Wellbeing Danoners receive fitness discounts, unlimited flexible time off and hybrid work schedules. We also have a range of programs that support mental health and substance abuse.
- Financial Support We offer a performance-based bonus, a 401(k) plan, tuition reimbursement, employee discount programs and voluntary perks.
- Family Care We offer caretaker benefits, 18 weeks of parental bonding, fertility, surrogacy, adoption benefits and pet insurance.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Danone North America is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. It is our policy to give equal employment opportunities to all qualified persons without regard to legally protected characteristics, or any other consideration made unlawful by applicable federal, state/provincial and/or local law. For our EEO policy statement and your EEO rights under law click here.
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About the company
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Danone is a global leader in the food and beverage industry, operating in three fast-growing, health-focused categories: Essential Dairy & Plant-Based, Waters, and Specialized Nutrition.
True to its mission—bringing health through food to as many people as possible—Danone promotes healthier and more sustainable eating habits, while striving to deliver measurable impact across nutritional, social, societal, and environmental dimensions.
In 2026, Danone continues the rollout of the second chapter of its Renew strategy, aimed at strengthening its competitiveness, accelerating its transformation, and creating sustainable value.
With 90,000 employees and a presence in over 120 markets, Danone generated €27.283 billion in revenue in 2025, reflecting solid growth driven by a positive volume/mix globally.
Its portfolio includes iconic international brands—Actimel, Activia, Alpro, Aptamil, Danette, Danonino, evian, Volvic, Nutricia, among others—as well as strong local and regional brands.
Danone is listed on Euronext Paris and present on the OTCQX platform through an ADR program. Already included in numerous sustainability indexes, the Group reached a major milestone by becoming fully B Corp™ certified in 2025, underscoring its global commitment to a responsible business model.