Sales Analyst

Ghirardelli Chocolate; Sacramento (CA); Hybrid; USD 71,000 - 92,000; Full time

Job summary

Ghirardelli Chocolate is seeking a Wholesale Sales Analyst in Sacramento to provide robust analytical support for the Wholesale Sales Team, manage contracts, pricing trackers, and design sales and inventory reports to drive fact-based decisions.

The role partners with sales leaders on spending, forecasts, and MAPS measures, with travel around 5% and potential to work from home or an office; a Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Business, or related field is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Business, or related field.
• Preferred experience within the CPG channel.
• Strong analytical reporting and forecasting skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide and create analytical support for the Wholesale Sales Team.
• Design and maintain sales and inventory data reports for fact-based selling.
• Manage contracts, paperwork, and price trackers.
• Forecasting and spending in conjunction with sales leaders.
• Support sales teams with reporting and actionable data.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Data reporting

Forecasting

Sales support

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Business, or related field

Job description

WHO WE AREAt 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 SummaryResponsible 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 goalsMAPS achievementNew Item Setup, Cost Changes, Promotional Contracts, Monthly Promotional Sales ToolsWeekly Price TrackingSupply chain initiativesForecasting excellence/Invoice/PO trackingWork with accounting to clear deductionsDisplay high organizationalSalary Range: $71,100 – $92,400Bachelor’s degree in, Accounting, Business, or related field experiencePreferred experience within the CPG channelThis position may work out of a team sales office or home officeTravel on average of 5% of timeSpends 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