Sales Analyst (GTA)

Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits; Toronto; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading beverage distribution company in Toronto is seeking an Insights Analyst to provide analytical support for Marketing and Finance. The ideal candidate should possess a Bachelor's Degree in Business and have experience in analytical roles, particularly in the beverage industry. Key responsibilities include generating business reports, analyzing market trends, and supporting financial reporting processes.

Benefits

Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage

Retirement savings program

Paid sick leave

Wellness initiatives

Qualifications

• Two years of experience in an analytical role preferred.
• Experience in the alcohol beverage or consumer packaged goods industry is a plus.
• Strong quantitative skills along with verbal and written communication.

Responsibilities

• Generate and analyze daily and monthly business reports.
• Create impactful reports and presentations summarizing key insights.
• Measure trade spend effectiveness based on KPI’s.

Skills

SQL

Python

Data visualization (Tableau, Power BI)

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Business

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Job description

Shape a remarkable future with us. Build a career working for an industry leader that truly invests in their people – and equips them with leading technology, continuous learning, and the ability to bring their best selves to work. As the premier wine and spirits distributor, Southern Glazer’s isn't just one of Forbes’ Top Private Companies; it's a family-owned business with deep roots dating back to 1933.

The reputation of Southern Glazer’s is well-established, and it's no surprise that we are regularly recognized for our culture. Southern Glazer’s has been recognized by Newsweek as one of America’s Greatest Workplaces for Inclusion and Diversity, as well as for Women and Parents and Families. These accolades speak volumes about our commitment to creating a supportive and inclusive culture of belonging for all employees.

As a full-time benefits-eligible employee, you can participate in the Group Flexible Benefits Plan and the Registered Retirement Savings Program (RRSP). The Benefits Plan includes comprehensive medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance coverage. We also offer wellness initiatives, parental leave, vacation accrual, paid sick leave, and more.

By joining Southern Glazer’s, you would be part of a team that values excellence, innovation, and community. This is more than just a job – it's an opportunity to build the future of beverage distribution and grow with a company that truly cares about its people.

Overview

This Insights Analyst will provide key analytical and decision support to all Marketing and Finance leadership teams. The role is specifically tailored to building out the necessary tools and processes to support external reporting to our suppliers and brand teams. This involves generating insights and providing recommendations based on identifying business opportunities through regional, competitive, category, and pricing analyses. Additionally, the role will also be supporting our internal financial reporting processes, specifically focusing on performance measurement against plan. This will help guide the business in understanding where we need to prioritize opportunities while mitigating any risk to the fiscal plan. Overall this highly visible role will be a strong partner to the leadership team with tremendous opportunity to make an impact on how view our business on a strategic perspective and help guide major business decisions.

Primary Responsibilities

• Generate, analyze, and maintains daily and monthly business and supplier reports
• Create new impactful reports/PowerPoint presentations that summarize key findings and actionable takeaways to the business
• Provide monthly summary market insights about brand and category trends, pricing analysis, competitive analysis, the share of market performance, and on/off-premise distribution and sales velocity performance
• Conduct maintenance and data cleansing on internal systems to ensure reporting accuracy
• Measure and evaluate the effectiveness of trade spend activities by providing insights on various KPI’s including sales performance, distribution, and return on investment.
• Develop and implement new standardized business reporting and scorecards.
• Lead point of contact in the ongoing development and improvement of the company's in-house analytics platform
• Lead point of contact for data analysis, and other analytical support for marketing teams
• Ad-hoc analyses and requests, as required
• Perform other job-related duties as assigned

Additional Primary Responsibilities

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business plus two years of experience in an analytical role; or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• Two years of progressive experience in an analytical role within the alcohol beverage or consumer packaged goods industry preferred
• Hands on experience with SQL, Python and data visualization tools like Tableau or Power BI for analysis, automation and reporting
• Strong quantitative and analytical skills, verbal and written communication skills
• Planning and organizational skills necessary to coordinate workload around multiple assignments
• Ability to interpret and summarize data, identify key takeaway insights and business implications
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office a must– Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook
• Proven ability to design and implement new tools, models, and templates
• Ability to streamline processes to create efficiencies
• Experience working directly with systems developers an asset
• Interpersonal skills necessary to establish and maintain effective working relationships with co-workers, other business areas, and governmental agencies

Physical Demands

• Physical demands with activity or condition for a considerable amount of time may include sitting and typing/keyboarding using a computer (e.g., keyboard, mouse, and monitor) or mobile device
• Physical demands with activity or condition may include walking, bending, reaching, standing, squatting, and stooping
• May require occasional lifting/lowering, pushing, carrying, or pulling up to 20lbs

EEO Statement

Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits, an Affirmative Action/EEO employer, prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type and provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. SGWS complies with all federal, state and local laws concerning consideration of a qualified applicant's arrest and/or criminal conviction records. Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits provides competitive compensation based on estimated performance level consistent with the past relevant experience, knowledge, skills, abilities and education of employees. Unless otherwise expressly stated, any pay ranges posted here are estimates from outside of Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits and do not reflect Southern Glazer's pay bands or ranges.