Perfect Store Program Lead

Amsterdam - Netherlands

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 15-10-2025

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Job Description:

Are you detail-oriented curious and ready to kickstart your career in FMCG and pet food At Champion Petfoods home to premium brands ORIJEN and ACANA were looking for a Perfect Store & Category Analyst to help us drive growth in a market we love: pet care.

This is your chance to build a strong foundation in category management shopper marketing and retail execution while making a real impact on how our brands show up in-store.

Your Role

As our Perfect Store & Category Analyst youll be the link between marketing sales and category management. Youll support the rollout of our Perfect Store strategy turn data into actionable insights and help bring our category stories to life for our retail partners.

With your analytical mindset and passion for consumer behavior youll make sure our products are available visible and shining on the shelf.

What are your Key Responsibilities

Perfect Store Execution

Support the rollout and tracking of the Perfect Store framework across priority retailers and channels.
Monitor in-store execution (distribution visibility availability) and highlight improvement areas.
Maintain dashboards and performance reports.
Provide the sales team with toolkits and guidelines for flawless in-market execution.

Category Analysis & Insights

Collect analyze and interpret category and shopper data (retailer data Nielsen internal sources).
Spot trends gaps and growth opportunities.
Support in building compelling category stories that win at shelf.
Prepare reports and presentations for internal stakeholders and customer meetings.

Collaboration & Support

Work closely with the Category & Portfolio Manager and Portfolio Manager.
Provide day-to-day support with ad hoc analysis data pulls and reporting.
Partner cross-functionally with Sales Customer Marketing and Finance.

What are we looking for

Bachelors degree in Marketing Business Economics or similar.
12 years experience in FMCG retail or marketing analytics (internship or entry-level experience welcome).
Strong analytical skills; advanced Excel & PowerPoint. Experience with Nielsen Power BI or Spaceman is a plus.
Detail-oriented with the ability to turn numbers into actionable insights.
Strong communicator and collaborative team player.
Curious eager to learn and passionate about FMCG consumers and of coursepets!
Fluent in English; additional European languages are a plus.

What can you expect from Mars

Work with diverse and talented Associates all guided by the Five Principles.
Join a purpose driven company where were striving to build the world we want tomorrow today.
Best-in-class learning and development support from day one including access to our in-house Mars University.
An industry competitive salary and benefits package including company bonu

Were more than a pet food company. With our award-winning ORIJEN and ACANA brands we make the highest-quality food guided by our Biologically Appropriate philosophy. Everything we do is fueled by our love for pets and our mission to nourish them with the food they deserve.

Join us in making sure that story shinesboth on the shelf and in the hearts of pet parents

Job Description:Are you detail-oriented curious and ready to kickstart your career in FMCG and pet food At Champion Petfoods home to premium brands ORIJEN and ACANA were looking for a Perfect Store & Category Analyst to help us drive growth in a market we love: pet care.This is your chance to build ...