Job Summary:

As a Category Analyst, you will be the primary point person responsible for Category and Shopper Data within Disney Publishing Worldwide. You will report to the team's Senior Manager and partner with a wide cross-functional team - including sales, marketing, publicity, and editorial teams - to help make informed decision for the business.

Responsibilities:

You Will:

Standardized Reporting

• Own existing weekly and monthly standardized category reports
• Create and maintain format related reporting for ebooks and audiobooks
• Work with several different databases and data platforms

Database Maintenance

• Become the expert on existing product hierarchies, working with vendors and company partners to align hierarchies together.
• Help with IT and Retail teams to maintain, clean, and attribute and code data on weekly basis, ensuring databases are accurate, complete and usable.

Analytics

• Provide Ad-Hoc requests against tight turnaround times
• Assist Insights/Finance/Sales teams with annual budgeting and forecasting
• Collect and share publishing industry insights within DPW

Basic Qualifications:

You Have:

• BA/BS college degree or its equivalent in relevant area: Finance, Business Administration, Economics, Statistics, or Accounting
• At least 1 year of professional experience in data analytics, forecasting and/or planning
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Excel including pivot tables
• Experience with data visualization/BI tools (Microstrategy, Tableau, PowerBI) and syndicated third-party data sources
• Working knowledge of using data to deliver compelling story-telling

Preferred Qualifications:

• Publishing-Industry knowledge and familiarity with NPD Bookscan
• Experience in a consumer products company or retail experience

Additional Information:

Our Benefits: Disney offers a rewards package to help you live your best life. This includes health and savings benefits, educational opportunities and special extras that only Disney can provide. Learn more about our benefits and perks at https://jobs.disneycareers.com/benefits

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About Parks, Experiences and Products:

The Parks, Experiences and Products segment includes Disney’s iconic travel and leisure businesses, which include six resort destinations in the United States, Europe and Asia, a top-rated cruise line, a popular vacation ownership program, and an award-winning guided family adventure business. Disney’s global consumer products operations include the world’s leading licensing business across toys, apparel, home goods, digital games and apps; the world’s largest children’s publisher; Disney store locations around the world; and the shopDisney e-commerce platform.

About The Walt Disney Company:

The Walt Disney Company, together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, is a leading diversified international family entertainment and media enterprise with the following business segments: media networks, parks and resorts, studio entertainment, consumer products and interactive media. From humble beginnings as a cartoon studio in the 1920s to its preeminent name in the entertainment industry today, Disney proudly continues its legacy of creating world-class stories and experiences for every member of the family. Disney’s stories, characters and experiences reach consumers and guests from every corner of the globe. With operations in more than 40 countries, our employees and cast members work together to create entertainment experiences that are both universally and locally cherished.

This position is with Disney Merchandise Sourcing & Distribution, LLC, which is part of a business segment we call Parks, Experiences and Products.

Disney Merchandise Sourcing & Distribution, LLC is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status. Disney fosters a business culture where ideas and decisions from all people help us grow, innovate, create the best stories and be relevant in a rapidly changing world.