CPG Retail Analytics Specialist (Remote)

CSG Talent; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

CSG Talent is seeking a Sales Data Analyst to support its North American retail sales organization and transform sales, customer, and syndicated data into actionable insights.

The role partners with National Accounts across major retailers such as Walmart, Target, Costco, Kroger, and Albertsons to analyze performance, promotional activity, and trade investment, driving data-driven decisions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Analytics, Business, Economics, Statistics, Mathematics, or related field.
• 2-4 years of experience in CPG sales analytics, retail analytics, revenue growth management, category management, or similar commercial analytics roles
• Experience supporting retail customers such as Walmart, Target, Costco, Kroger, Albertsons, or similar retailers strongly preferred
• Hands-on experience analyzing retail sales, POS, syndicated, and customer performance data
• Strong experience building dashboards using Power BI, Tableau, or similar visualization tools
• Intermediate SQL skills with experience querying and analyzing large datasets
• Advanced Excel skills including: Pivot tables, VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, INDEX/MATCH, Data modelling
• Experience working with retailer portals and syndicated data sources
• Ability to translate complex analysis into clear commercial recommendations

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain Power BI / Tableau dashboards supporting Sales, Marketing, and Commercial teams
• Analyze sales performance, POS velocity, distribution and ACV, and promotional performance
• Use SQL to extract, clean, and analyze customer sales data from multiple sources
• Analyze data from retailer platforms like Walmart Retail Link, Target Partners Online, Costco, Kroger
• Work with syndicated data sources (Circana / IRI, NielsenIQ, SPINS, 84.51)
• Perform period-over-period analysis, plan vs. actual reporting, and promotional lift analysis
• Identify trends, opportunities, and risks to support National Account strategies
• Analyze promotional effectiveness, trade investment, ROI; support trade spend tracking
• Lead analytics projects with multiple stakeholders and develop self-service reporting processes

Skills

SQL

Excel

Power BI

Tableau

CPG analytics

Education

Bachelor's degree in Analytics, Business, Economics, Statistics, Mathematics, or related field

Tools

Circana / IRI

NielsenIQ

SPINS

84.51

Walmart Retail Link

Target Partners Online

Costco reporting platforms

Kroger reporting platforms

Job description

CSG Talent is seeking a Sales Data Analyst to support its North American retail sales organization and transform sales, customer, and syndicated data into actionable insights.

The role partners with National Accounts across major retailers such as Walmart, Target, Costco, Kroger, and Albertsons to analyze performance, promotional activity, and trade investment, driving data-driven decisions.