Sales Analyst, Walmart - Future Consumption (Finance)
Job Description:
Sales Analyst, Walmart - Future Consumption
Bentonville, AR
The Future Consumption (FC) Sales Analyst on the Walmart Team is responsible for enabling the customer team with full analytical support for the Mars Wrigley business. This role is expected to create, deliver and maintain reporting and analysis in support of the customer team to deliver objectives of revenue, growth, profit, product/assortment, placement/everyday shelving, merchandising, pricing and promotions.
This role is key to enabling good execution of new item launches and total assortment recommendations/negotiations, enabling decision making, and communicating effectively with the customer at the merchant, associate merchant and replenishment manager levels. The role is an individual contributor working within a team of four with primary responsibility for new item and display setup with distributors and the customer, analyzing and communicating internal forecasts, item performance tracking, clearing deductions, and creating reports to enable active and effective management and planning of the business. A high level of detail orientation and curiosity for learning are needed for success.
What are we looking for?
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelors Degree
- 2 years Business Analytics experience preferably in Sales, Category Management, Operations and/or Finance
- Proficient in Microsoft Word, Power Point and Excel
- Ability to travel 5% of the time
Preferred Qualifications:
- 3+years Business Analytics experience preferably in Sales, Category Management, Operations and/or Finance
- CPG industry experience
- Strong analytical skills
- MBA or advanced degree
What will be your key responsibilities?
- Creating and producing reports to perform a wide range of analytics that drive insights and actionable items to be used by the customer team
- Assembling analyses/reports from multiple data sources (Nielsen, Luminate, DSRM, PowerBI) that track achievement, yield insights and support the development of customer solutions that benefit the customer and company
- Seeking ways (projects) to deliver continuous improvements in the process (better, faster) and deliver data that leads to action for building the business, preventing issues and advancing decision making
- D eveloping expertise in leveraging available tools and processes
- Developing processes that deliver the required analysis in a timely and effective way (both routine analysis and special analysis); supporting fact-based information needs of the customer team
- Being a communication link between internal and external partners; represent customer team at appropriate internal meetings and/or customer meetings
What can you expect from Mars?
- Work with over 140,000 diverse and talented Associates, all guided by the Five Principles.
- Join a purpose driven company, where we're 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 bonus.
All applicants must have permanent legal authorization to work in the United States. Mars does not sponsor employment visas for this role.
This position is not eligible for relocation benefits.
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Mars is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you need assistance or an accommodation during the application process because of a disability, it is available upon request. The company is pleased to provide such assistance, and no applicant will be penalized as a result of such a request.
