National Retail Growth & Ops Coordinator

Skylight; Minneapolis (MN); On-site; USD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Salary + Equity Package

401K matching

Wellness, learning, and home-officeBud

Health, Dental & Vision Plans

Unlimited PTO

Company holidays on first Friday each月

Job summary

Skylight, a technology startup behind Skylight Calendar, is seeking a National Retail Sales Coordinator to support large national retail partnerships. You will blend operational execution with business-building, understanding the business, digging into data, and driving projects forward with cross-functional teams.

You’ll own weekly sales reporting, analyze retailer trends, coordinate item setups, forecasts, and launch activities, and build strong relationships with retailer buyers and internal

Qualifications

• 2-4 years of experience supporting national retail, consumer products, retail operations, sales analytics, account management or a related function.
• Experience supporting large national retailers strongly preferred.
• Experience with retailer portals, forecasting, item setup, inventory management or point-of-sale reporting strongly preferred.
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to turn sales, inventory and operational data into actionable recommendations.
• High ownership and initiative. You enjoy figuring out problems and finding solutions without clear established processes.
• Resourcefulness. You are comfortable digging through systems, finding the right internal expert and figuring out unfamiliar processes.
• A track record of not letting go of a problem until it's actually solved, even when the answer takes a few extra calls or emails to find.
• Strong learning agility and the ability to quickly understand new tools, retailers, processes and business models.
• Clear and direct communication skills. You ask questions, surface concerns, challenge assumptions constructively and communicate blockers early.
• Strong organizational and project management skills with the ability to manage multiple deadlines and stakeholders simultaneously.
• Comfortable working in a fast-moving environment where priorities and processes may evolve.

Responsibilities

• Support the day-to-day management of several large national retail accounts.
• Build strong working relationships with retailer buyers, planners, merchants, operations teams and other key partners.
• Own weekly business reporting across sales, sell-through, inventory, forecasts, returns, promotions and other key account metrics.
• Analyze retailer sales and inventory trends, identify root causes behind performance changes and recommend actions.
• Partner with National Account Managers to improve forecasts, plan promotional lifts, identify incremental opportunities and proactively flag risks.
• Build strong internal cross-functional relationships with operations, finance, supply chain and marketing.
• Become highly proficient in retailer portals, reporting tools, item setup processes, forecasting systems and operational requirements.
• Coordinate new item setup, retailer documentation, packaging requirements and launch activities.
• Manage project timelines for retail displays, third-party vendors, creative approvals, shipments and retailer deadlines.
• Work across Skylight to find answers, resolve issues and keep projects moving when ownership or processes are not immediately obvious.
• Communicate risks, questions and blockers early and directly rather than waiting for problems to escalation.
• 2-4 years of experience supporting national retail, consumer products, retail operations, sales analytics, account management or a related function.

Skills

Analytical skills

Retail analytics

Forecasting

Inventory management

Cross-functional collaboration

Project management

Stakeholder communication

Problem solving

Tools

Retailer portals

Forecasting tools

Inventory reporting systems

Job description

Skylight, a technology startup behind Skylight Calendar, is seeking a National Retail Sales Coordinator to support large national retail partnerships. You will blend operational execution with business-building, understanding the business, digging into data, and driving projects forward with cross-functional teams.

You’ll own weekly sales reporting, analyze retailer trends, coordinate item setups, forecasts, and launch activities, and build strong relationships with retailer buyers and internal