Sales Analyst

Bimbo Bakeries USA; La Vergne (TN); On-site; USD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Bimbo Bakeries USA is seeking an Analyst Sales in La Vergne, Tennessee. This role focuses on providing pricing support, managing item setups, and executing price increases. The ideal candidate will have 1-3 years of experience in customer relations and analytics, with strong project management and organizational skills.

This position requires proficiency in Excel and familiarity with customer tools. Join a dynamic team where you will collaborate with various stakeholders to ensure pricing accuracy and support corporate selling activities.

Qualifications

• 1-3 years experience in CPG industry, customer relations, or analytics.
• Strong project management acumen and process-driven mindset.
• Proficient in customer tools and data systems.

Responsibilities

• Provide pricing support and maintain pricing accuracy.
• Track submissions and manage communications for new items.
• Support trade point contracts and price increases administration.

Skills

Project management

Customer relations

Analytical skills

Organizational skills

Proficiency in Excel

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Business or related field

Tools

PowerPoint

Market 6

IRI

Margin Miner

Job description

Position Summary

The Analyst Sales is responsible for providing Pricing support, Item Set-up, Maintenance & Management and researching and solving SBT/Missing Scans issues to support the National Customer Team. This position will maintain pricing accuracy in internal and external systems and provide data and analytical support to ensure SBT related and other major corporate selling activities are executed. This role will execute Price Increases and assure data is accurate and timely.

Key Job Responsibilities

• Manage Distribution – BBU Auth Lists (100+), including management of Ocado Sheds
• Addition of new items upon verification of set‑up (Kompass & One‑Offs)
• Assist MasterFiles with set‑up of Auth List
• Removal of deleted items or conversion
• Clean‑up of Auth List
• Request for Auth List Research
• Pre & Post IMF Submission & Communication: tracking submissions/communications (internal/customer), work internally & externally to manage new item submissions while managing existing portfolio, communicate to Field Teams upon Kompass timing & items being added to auth list (FTM items)
• Customer SBT (Customer Facing & Internal): communication (customer/BBU SBT facing), research/validation (customer/BBU SBT facing), recovery (customer/BBU SBT facing), cross‑checks (customer/BBU SBT facing), support conversion of Barcel & HT SBT conversion, support Trade Point Contracts Administration for both promotion and everyday pricing, supports price increases administration, post audits (review & reconcile outstanding post audits needed for AR, collect backup)
• Maintenance of BBU Supplier Data within Customer Portal: key contact for BBU & customer, entry/maintenance of BBU bakeries (30 applicable to customer), entry/maintenance of produced items per bakery, communicating with various BBU contacts to track BBU bakery locations, adding all new items for Kompass to each producing bakery, compliance for customer on food safety compliance and social compliance certificates, updating legal documents as needed (signed off and sent by Legal – W-9, contracts etc.)
• Other duties as assigned

Key Behavioral Competencies

• Strong individual contributor with the ability to lead projects and collaborate with team to achieve objectives
• Works independently under limited supervision
• Ability to achieve specific objectives/outcomes and set/meet key initiatives
• Ability to effectively implement programs for area of responsibility
• Ability to collaborate and align cross‑functionally within team and with customer(s)

Education and Work History

Bachelor’s Degree in Business or related field preferred. A combination of education, training and experience that results in demonstrated competency to perform the work may be substituted for education.

Ideal candidate will possess:

• 1‑3 years required experience in CPG industry, customer relations, sales or analytics; DSD experience; 3+ years is a plus
• Experience working directly with a customer
• Strong project management acumen
• Process‑driven mindset; excellent organizational and planning skills
• Computer skills and proficiency in PowerPoint, Excel, and Word; proficiency in customer tools and syndicated data such as Market 6, IRI, Stratum preferred; proficiency in BBU systems such as Margin Miner preferred
• Travel is minimal

The physical and mental demands described in each job posting are representative of those that must be met by an associate to successfully perform the essential functions of each job. Reasonable accommodations may be requested to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of each job.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Bimbo Bakeries USA is an equal opportunity employer with a policy that provides equal employment opportunity for applicants and employees regardless of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, veteran status, any other classification protected by law. It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.