Category Development Analyst

At Nestlé Purina, we’re on a mission to create richer lives for pets, the people who love them, and the planet we share. When you join Purina, you become part of a passionate, highperforming team where everyone belongs — and where your work makes a real difference.

As part of the wider Nestlé family, Purina combines the agility of a category leader with the scale and stability of a global organisation. We empower our people to challenge, learn and push what’s possible — together.

As a Category Development Analyst in our Purina Baltics team, you’ll turn complex data into clear insights that shape category growth and support winning commercial decisions.

Bringing our brands to life by seeing outcomes of the numbers and making them relevant for today’s consumers has always been a vision and an innovative mind-set. If you can bring that into the mix, we know the magic will happen.

Key Responsibilities: 

• Analysing Distribution, Placement and Pricing data of the Category to deliver insights and recommendations for Sales to ensure Purina portfolio competitiveness across the channels and customers.
• Supporting Key Account Managers with data, analysing, insights, and recommendations in preparation for Category assortment reviews.
• Evaluating the effectiveness of trade activities through pre and post-evaluations, overviewing insights and making recommendations.
• Preparing merchandising guidelines.
• Participating in preparation and implementation of Category development projects with Key customers
• Participating in Customer meetings with Sales to present Category insights and development activities.
• Collaborate closely with local cross functional team (Sales, Category Management, Marketing, Business Controlling, Demand Planning etc.).
  
  

Requirements: 

• Strong analytical skills to gather valuable insights and draw meaningful and actionable conclusions from them.
• Advanced proficiency in excel and proven experience working with big data sets.
• Practical experience working with e-commerce.
• Great planning skills and task prioritization.
• Effective communication skills and ability to clearly present insights to internal and external stakeholders.
• Initiative-taking team-player with fast learning abilities.
• You are proficient in both written and spoken English language.
• Minimum 2-3 years of experience in FMCG (Sales, trade, marketing, finance, or other retail experience would be considered an advantage).
  
  

We offer: 

• Flexible working hours and the possibility to work remotely.  
• Free car parking.   
• Additional health and life insurance.  
• Worldwide learning and professional development opportunities.  
• A work atmosphere based on respect, cooperation, and openness to diversity.  
• Being part of a global family of brands with a purpose.  
• Ability to work together with your beloved pet.  
• Annual bonus system. 
  
  

If you’re excited by turning insight into impact — and want your work to matter for pets, people and the planet — we’d love to hear from you.

That’s the power of Purina.