Remote BI Data Analyst - CPG & Grocery

Lindt & Sprüngli (Canada), Inc; Illinois; Remote; USD 71,000 - 92,000; Full time

Job summary

Ghirardelli, a premium chocolate brand, is seeking a Sales Analytics professional to support multiple customers in the United States. You will develop and maintain sales reports, dashboards, and performance analyses to track shipments, consumption, distribution, and promotions.

You will support annual planning, forecasting, and growth projections, identifying risks and opportunities to improve accuracy. The role requires home-office work, ~5% travel, and collaboration with retailers and internal

Qualifications

• CPG/consumer packaged goods experience preferred.
• Grocery channel experience preferred (Meijer-like retailers).
• Bachelor's degree or higher in related fields is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain sales reports, dashboards, and analyses to track shipments, consumption, distribution, promotions, and progress against objectives.
• 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 translating data into insights and recommendations.
• Identify opportunities to streamline reporting and improve data accuracy for sales planning.
• Manage item setup from start to finish with internal teams, distributor and retail partners.
• Manage and input all customer contracts; validate deductions and trade spend invoices.
• Validate seasonal item selections, POs, and PO timing.
• Travel approximately 5% and operate primarily from a home office.

Skills

Data analysis

Reporting

Forecasting

Sales support

Presentation skills

Education

Bachelor's degree (Business, Marketing, Finance, or Accounting)

Tools

XTEL system

Job description

Ghirardelli, a premium chocolate brand, is seeking a Sales Analytics professional to support multiple customers in the United States. You will develop and maintain sales reports, dashboards, and performance analyses to track shipments, consumption, distribution, and promotions.

You will support annual planning, forecasting, and growth projections, identifying risks and opportunities to improve accuracy. The role requires home-office work, ~5% travel, and collaboration with retailers and internal