Job Summary: Join a growing team as a Category Management Analyst, focusing on consumer behavior analysis and product mix optimization. Key Highlights: 1. Analyze consumer behavior and optimize the purchasing process. 2. Manage the product mix to improve category performance indicators. 3. Conduct market analyses and propose new projects. Do you want to be part of a great team in a company that never stops growing? If you meet the requirements below, join our selection process for the **Category Management Analyst** position within our Category Management area—we’d love to meet you! **Responsibilities and Duties** * Monitor and analyze consumer behavior and their purchasing decision-making process to facilitate point-of-sale operations and enhance category profitability. * Manage the product mix item-by-item to improve overall category group performance indicators. * Develop, maintain, and publish planograms under managerial supervision, ensuring appropriate shelf space allocation for products or brands relative to sales indicators. * Conduct complex cross-category, market, and trend analyses to propose new projects. * Propose and negotiate with the Product Management team the removal of low-performing items to introduce new ones or expand existing offerings, while also addressing inventory disposition strategies to achieve optimal results. * Conduct regular visits to Panvel stores and the broader market to monitor performance and identify opportunities for improvement within your category groups. **Requirements and Qualifications** * Bachelor’s degree completed in Business Administration, Marketing, Production Engineering, Logistics, Commercial Management, or related fields; * Prior experience in Category Management, Sales, Trade Marketing, Planning, or other retail-related areas; * Advanced Excel proficiency, including formulas, pivot tables, and data analysis; * Experience analyzing performance indicators (e.g., sales, turnover, margin, stockouts, market share, etc.); * Strong analytical ability to interpret data and translate insights into actionable business recommendations; **Additional Information** Benefits: * Childcare allowance * Birthday day off * Exclusive discounts at Panvel Pharmacy * Rotating parking * Extended maternity and paternity leave * Profit and Results Sharing Program (PLR) * Dental plan (via Employees’ Association) * Health insurance * Mental health and financial wellness support programs * On-site cafeteria * Chartered transportation * Wellhub (discounts at gyms) Caring is at our core. For over 55 years, we have built a story centered on what matters most: people. Whether through retail, distribution, or our products and services, we are committed to delivering health and well-being—always and in the best possible way—to our customers, employees, investors, and partners. We work daily to build a more balanced society and environment, always envisioning, above all, a better world. Our mission: To provide health and well-being to people. Our vision: To be the best in sustainable and innovative health and well-being products and services. Our values: Ethics, teamwork, people development, excellence in service, agility, and commitment to results. Panvel Group comprises three businesses: **Panvel Pharmacies**, the largest pharmacy chain in southern Brazil, operating over 600 stores selling medicines and hygiene and beauty products. We are present in numerous cities across Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, Paraná, and São Paulo. Our **Distribution Centers (DCs)** rank among Brazil’s leading pharmaceutical distributors and were pioneers in this sector nationwide. Our DCs are located in Eldorado do Sul/RS and São José dos Pinhais/PR. The **Lifar Industrial Pharmaceutical Laboratory**, a division focused on developing and manufacturing cosmetics, medicines, and food products. In addition to producing items for major brands, Lifar also manufactures private-label products for Panvel.