Sales Analyst

Ghirardelli Chocolate Company; California (MO); Hybrid; USD 71,000 - 92,000; Full time

Job summary

Lindt & Sprüngli Group is seeking an analytical Wholesale Sales Support professional to provide robust data-driven support to the assigned Wholesale Sales Team. You will manage contracts, paperwork, and sales sheets while maintaining customer price trackers and data reports to enable fact-based selling.

You will support trade plans, spending, and forecasting in collaboration with sales leaders, with occasional travel and potential hybrid/remote work arrangements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting/Business or related field preferred.
• Experience in the CPG channel preferred.
• Strong analytical and reporting skills required.

Responsibilities

• Provide and create robust analytical support for Wholesale Sales Team.
• Process contracts, paperwork, and sales sheets; manage customer price tracker.
• Design and maintain sales/inventory data reports for fact-based selling; assist with forecasting and trade plans.

Skills

Data analysis

Forecasting

Reporting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting/Business

Job description

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

Responsible for providing and creating robust analytical support for the assigned Wholesale Sales Team. Completes, submits and manages customer contracts, paperwork, sales sheets. Manages customer retail price tracker. Designs and maintains sales and inventory data reports to be used for fact-based selling. Manages trade plans, spending and forecasting in conjunction with sales leaders.

This role also provides adhoc analytical support. This position can support multiple customers or they may support a direct customer team.

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

• Sales budget and share goals
• MAPS achievement
• New Item Setup, Cost Changes, Promotional Contracts, Monthly Promotional Sales Tools
• Weekly Price Tracking
• Supply chain initiatives
• Forecasting excellence/Invoice/PO tracking
• Work with accounting to clear deductions
• Display high organizational

Salary Range: $71,100 – $92,400

Bachelor’s degree in, Accounting, Business, or related field experience Preferred experience within the CPG channel This position may work out of a team sales office or 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. Attending off-site sales meetings and performing other miscellaneous activities. Occasional to Constant Repetitive Fine Manipulation (keyboarding, ten key, writing) Rare to ability to lift and carry up to 50 pounds

Looking to grow your career in a dynamic, international setting? Join the Lindt & Sprüngli Group! Together, we thrive to achieve our bold ambitions, powered by our purpose and unique culture of community and mutual support – rooted in a proud tradition, yet always evolving to stay ahead and set new standards. Across our diverse local teams, we think globally and act locally – empowering people to grow, take ownership and shape a sustainable future together. We are a responsible “employer of choice” who provides an inspiring people experience. Together, we build trust, drive innovation, and grow – as individuals and as a business.

Lindt & Sprüngli has been enchanting the world with chocolate for over 180 years. The long-established Swiss company with its roots in Zurich is a global leader in the premium chocolate category. Lindt & Sprüngli produces quality chocolates today at its 12 factories in Europe and the USA. Its products are sold by 41 subsidiaries and branch offices in around 620 of its own stores as well as via a network of around 100 distributors around the globe. With around 15,500 employees, the Lindt & Sprüngli Group reported sales of CHF 5.92 billion in 2025. Our commitment to contributing to a sustainable tomorrow is a key element driving the company’s actions and ambitions. Since 2008, the Lindt & Sprüngli Farming Program has been our Responsible Sourcing Standard for cocoa.