Category Leadership Analyst

Title: Category Leadership Analyst

Location: Eagle, ID

About Lamb Weston

You’ve probably enjoyed our fries without even knowing it! As a leading manufacturer in our industry, and public Fortune 500 company, we inspire and bring people together with foods they love and trust. Our customer base includes international food service providers, restaurants, and households in over 100 countries around the world.

A highly innovative global corporation with a start-up mindset, we empower every individual to make a genuine difference. You’ll gain access to hands-on training to fuel your growth and success, explore opportunities for new solutions, and you’ll join a winning team of 10,000+ people all dedicated to raising the bar – together.

If you have a strong drive for results, a desire to help us bring the world together through our fries, and are ready for a fresh challenge, we want to hear from you.

Job Description Summary

Provides Category Analysis support for assigned sales area. Monitors sales and analyze performance trends to identify issues and opportunities.

Job Description

• Enables sales teams to provide category-focused counsel to customers supporting the Lamb Weston MAPS (Merchandising, Assortment, Pricing and Shelving) objectives.
• Supports new and core item plans from a category perspective.
• Conducts periodic and annual category reviews.
• Gathers information and conducts analyses of category segmentation and assortment analyses for specific customers.
• Provides information and insights to support the development of sales presentations.
• Conducts shelving and space analyses, with a focus on improving shelf productivity and shopper experience. This includes development and recommendation of category planograms.
• Translates knowledge and data into actionable insights that form the basis for new tactics and strategies.
• Assists others in the use of data and insights.
• Develops and maintains scheduled scan/panel data reports, and conducts ad hoc reporting, as needed. This includes internal customer data, syndicated consumption and panel data as well as Lamb Weston shipment data.

Basic & Preferred Qualifications

Key Competencies:

• Analytical Thinking
• Storytelling with Data
• Cross-functional Collaboration
• Attention to Detail
• Proactive & Action-Oriented

Qualifications:

• Education:   Bachelor’s degree
• Experience:  3-5 years of related industry experience or a related combination of education and experience
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• In-depth expertise in the use and applications across a variety of technologies and tools, including Microsoft Office Suite (with emphasis on Excel and Power BI) and third-party data sources (Circana, Nielsen, SPINS)
• Ability to work with raw retailer data, e.g. POS, FSP, Retail Link; space management software (Space Planning, Blue Yonder) a plus.
• Ability to travel independently up to 10%

Supervision:

Supervision Received:  Works under the supervision and guidance of the Manager of Category Leadership and the Sr. Manager of Category Leadership, with input from the Sales Director.

Supervision Given:  None

Key Performance Indicators:

• Financial:  Volume, Net Sales and Profit Contribution to Margin, ACV penetration and Market Share growth
• Helping enable Team Leadership   through consistent category reviews, activation of tools to turn insights into actionable recommendations
• Collaboration across functional areas within Lamb Weston
• Personal Development through the Learning Journey

Key Functional Capabilities & Skills:

• Financial Management - Ability to understand and apply knowledge of Lamb Weston, specific customer and category business financial drivers, practices and concepts to develop ideas/solutions which produce desired sustainable results – Foundation – Makes day-to-day decisions using a basic understanding of business and financial concepts and principles.
• Business Planning – Ability to develop and implement comprehensive Category Management Leadership plans that deliver Bridgestone’s objectives – Foundation - Follows basic planning process to meet business needs.
• Analysis & Insights - Developing insights based on analysis of information and research, using multiple data sources, which can serve as the basis for decision making, strategy creation and initiatives/solutions - Advanced – Translates data and information into successful programs.
• Category, Market Segment & Product Optimization - Using a clear understanding of strategic direction to identify and implement category solutions for the unique needs of individual segments leading to targeted execution – Advanced – Develops and implements segment-specific strategies and tactics to enhance customer value and loyalty to Lamb Weston
• Relationship Management - Foster and maintain collaborative relationships with customers to identify opportunities, and promote business growth and achieve business goals, through a shared understanding of success criteria- Foundation - Negotiates with specific customer contacts using a basic understanding of customer needs.
• Cross-Functional Resourcing - Ability to understand, apply and integrate knowledge of Lamb Weston, its customers and the industry as a whole, across all functional areas to optimize performance - Foundation - Understands Lamb Weston organization, brands, and product attributes, as well as those of specific customers

Industry-Competitive Benefits

Coupled with our compensation and bonus incentive programs, our benefits deliver rewards that are market competitive.  Some of the most attractive elements of our benefit programs include:

• Health Insurance Benefits - Medical, Dental, Vision

• Flexible Spending Accounts for Health and Dependent Care, and Health Reimbursement Accounts

• Well-being programs including companywide events and a wellness incentive program

• Paid Time Off

• Financial Wellness – Industry leading 401(k) plan with generous company contributions, Financial Planning Services, Employee Stock purchase program, and Health Savings Accounts, Life and Accident insurance

• Family-Friendly Employee events

• Employee Assistance Program services – mental health and other concierge type services

Benefits may vary based on location, job role/level, job status, and/or the terms of any applicable collective bargaining agreements.

Job Requisition ID: Req-258725

Time Type: Full time

The anticipated close date is a good faith estimate for when this job will be closed. Some jobs may be unposted or filled earlier or later than the Anticipated Close Date depending on interview processes and business needs. Anticipated Close Date: 11/24/2025

In compliance with applicable state and local laws, Lamb Weston has opted to include a reasonable estimate of the compensation for this role. This compensation is specific to this position and takes into account a number of variables. Actual compensation may be higher or lower in the range posted based on various factors, including, but not limited to, job duties, experience and expertise. A candidate’s work location could also impact the actual compensation being outside of the range to reflect local cost of labor. A reasonable annual estimate of the range for this role based on the variables previously mentioned is: $69,500.00 - $104,240.00

Lamb Weston is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, veteran status or any other protected factor under federal, state or local law