Lead Category Analyst

Req ID: 487392

Benefits: * Fuel Your Growth with Love's - company funded tuition assistance * Paid Time Off * 401(k) – 100% Match up to 5% * Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance after 30 days * Competitive Pay * Career Development *

Welcome to Love's: The Lead Category Analyst is responsible for setting the direction, standards, and impact of merchandising analytics at Love’s. This role leads a team of analysts and delivers high-impact insights, strategic framing, and execution-ready recommendations that enable data-driven decision making across the merchandising organization

Job Functions:

• Lead the development and delivery of actionable insights that inform pricing, promotion, and category strategy
• Ensure analytics outputs are timely, trusted, and aligned to business priorities across Merchandising, LFK, and Marketing
• Define and standardize performance measurement frameworks for pricing and promotional initiatives 
• Guide the design and optimization of pricing and promotional strategies to drive conversion, basket size, and category growth
• Oversee pricing audits, promotional effectiveness analyses, and competitive benchmarking to inform strategic decisions
• Serve as a strategic thought partner to Merchandising and Category leaders
• Influence decision-making by aligning cross-functional stakeholders 
• Connect analytics to real-world execution through field engagement and deep understanding of customer behavior and store operations
• Drive clear and consistent communication through executive-ready updates, progress reporting, and project readouts

Experience and Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree preferred in a quantitative or business-related field (e.g., Mathematics, Statistics, Economics, Finance, MIS, Engineering, MBA)
• 5–8+ years of experience in retail, analytics, data science, or finance
• 2+ years of people leadership or equivalent experience leading projects/team

Skills and Physical Demands: 

• Advanced pricing and promotional analytics
• Performance measurement and business impact analysis
• Proficiency with BI and analytical tools (Tableau, Power BI, Sigma, SQL)
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
• Strong ability to translate complex data into clear, actionable insights
• Strong stakeholder partnership and influence across cross functional teams
• Clear, concise executive communication and storytelling
• Ownership mindset with strong execution and follow through
• Collaborative, adaptable, and customer focused approach
• Proven ability to lead, coach, and develop junior talent

Our Culture: 

Fueling customers' journeys since 1964, innovation leads the way for this family-owned and operated business headquartered in Oklahoma City. With nearly 40,000 team members, travel stops are the core business along with products and services that provide value for professional drivers, fleets, traveling public, RVers, alternative energy and wholesale fuel customers. Giving back to communities and an inclusive workplace are hallmarks of the award-winning culture.

Love's is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Veterans encouraged to apply.