Analyst, Sales

Lindt & Sprüngli (Canada), Inc; Butlerville (IN); À distance; USD 71 000 - 92 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Ghirardelli, a brand of Lindt & Sprüngli, seeks a data-focused sales analytics professional to support multiple customers from a home office. You will develop reports, dashboards, and analyses to track shipments and promotional results, while supporting forecasts and planning.

Travel is light, with about 5% travel expected for customer engagements and site visits. Your responsibilities include managing trade spend inputs in XTEL, preparing insightful presentations, and ensuring data accuracy

Qualifications

• Develop and maintain sales reports, dashboards and performance analyses.
• Support annual business planning, sales forecasts and growth projections.
• Analyze customer and category performance to identify growth opportunities.
• Prepare customer facing and internal presentations translating data into insights.

Responsabilités

• Develop and maintain sales reports, dashboards and performance analyses to track shipments, consumption, distribution, and promotional results.
• Support annual business planning, sales forecasts, and growth projections; identify risks and opportunities.
• Analyze customer and category performance to identify growth opportunities and promo effectiveness.
• Set up and maintain trade spending plans in XTEL system.
• Prepare customer facing and internal presentations that translate complex data into clear insights.
• Identify opportunities to streamline reporting and improve data accuracy.
• Manage item setups with internal teams and distributor/retail partners.
• Manage and input all customer contracts.
• Research and validate deductions and trade spend invoices.
• Validate seasonal item selections, POs, and PO timing.
• Other related responsibilities as needed.

Connaissances

Data analysis

Reporting & dashboards

Sales forecasting

Communication

Formation

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration/Finance/Accounting

Outils

XTEL system

Description du poste

WHO WE ARE

At Ghirardelli, we honor tradition and drive innovation, aiming to be the top choice for premium chocolate. Our commitment to Making Life A Bite Better inspires both our products and the way we do business. We support personal and professional growth, recognizing that each employee’s contribution directly impacts Ghirardelli’s growth and success. Join our dynamic team and help shape Ghirardelli's future.

Job Summary

This position will support multiple customers including, but not limited to: Meijer, HEB, and SpartanNash.

Support sales teams with reporting and actionable data that will help to achieve:

• Develop and maintain sales reports, dashboards, and performance analyses to track shipments, consumption, distribution, promotional results, and progress against business objectives. Do this via customer and internal data systems.
• Support annual business planning, sales forecasts, and growth projections. Identify risks and opportunities to improve forecast accuracy.
• Analyze customer and category performance to identify growth opportunities and promotional effectiveness.
• Set up and maintain trade spending plans in XTEL system.
• Prepare customer facing and internal presentations that translate complex data into clear insights, recommendations, and actionable next steps.
• Identify opportunities to streamline reporting, improve data accuracy, and increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the sales planning process.
• Manage the item setup process from start to finish by collaborating with internal teams and with our distributor and retail partners.
• Manage and input all customer contracts.
• Research & validate deductions, post audits, and trade spend invoices.
• Validate seasonal item selections, POs, and PO timing.
• In addition to the duties listed, this role may encompass other related responsibilities as needed.

• Preferred experience within the CPG channel (confectionary experience desirable)
• Preferred direct experience with the grocery channel (Meijer experience desirable)
• Preferred bachelor’s degree or higher (specialization within Business Administration, Marketing, Finance, or Accounting desirable)
• This position will work out of a home office
• Travel on average of 5% of time
• Spends 75% of time at desk working at computer or phone
• Spends 10% of time interacting with key customers for purpose of influencing business results
• Spends 10% of time observing conditions in retail outlets, attending off-site sales meetings and performing other miscellaneous activities
• Occasional to Constant Repetitive Fine Manipulation (keyboarding, ten key, writing)
• Rare to Occasional ability to lift and carry up to 50 pounds
• Salary range: $71,100 - $92,400