Senior Growth Operations Analyst - Data-Driven

ZURU; El Segundo (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Culture for Growth

Health Benefits

Global Opportunities

A Player Team

Competitive Remuneration

Fresh fruit, snacks & beverages

Job summary

ZURU in El Segundo, California, seeks a data-driven Senior Business Operations Analyst to own analytics and planning for the US sales and commercial teams. You will manage POS reporting, forecasting, and financial analyses to guide assortment, pricing, and promotions with cross-functional alignment.

In this role you will present insights in joint business plans and buyer meetings, build scalable dashboards, and partner with executive teams.

Qualifications

• Experience building item-level demand forecasts and presenting analysis to executives, retail partners and department heads.
• Advanced Excel models; SQL and data visualization experience in Tableau/Power BI; exposure to AWS or Azure data environments is an advantage.
• Experience building and maintaining P&L statements and analyzing revenue, cost and margin by product, brand and category.

Responsibilities

• POS reporting and analysis – Own weekly, monthly and seasonal POS reporting and distribution; analyse retail sales, profit, market trends, competitor and promotional activity, and sell-in against retail POS metrics.
• Demand forecasting – Produce item-level weekly, monthly and seasonal forecasts that support Sales, Commercial and Supply planning while limiting the company’s exposure to excess inventory.
• Financial analysis – Build and maintain P&L statements for actual and forward-looking outlooks; analyse revenue, cost and margin by product, brand, class and category to identify gaps and opportunities.
• Category and assortment analysis – Monitor category sales, dynamics, ranking, productivity and shopper behaviour; recommend product assortment, pricing strategy, promotional effectiveness and planogram changes.
• SKU and inventory management – Make proactive SKU recommendations across retail, margin, chase and cancellations; manage in-stock levels and end-of-selling-period inventory transitions with Inventory and Demand Planners.
• Reporting and visualisation – Build reports and dashboards in Excel, Tableau and Power BI for internal teams and retailer accounts, covering ladder plans, joint business plans, slot plans and line review presentations.
• Retailer and stakeholder engagement – Prepare and present sales, operations and financial insights to retailer teams in key meetings, and align business operations with sales strategy alongside the VP of Sales, Commercial, Marketing and Operations.
• Process improvement – Document key processes and best practice across Sales, Commercial and Product; map inefficiencies, implement scalable solutions, and deliver one key ZURU project each year.

Skills

Advanced Excel

SQL

Tableau/Power BI

Demand forecasting

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Mathematics, Statistics, Business or another quantitative field

Tools

Tableau

Power BI

AWS/Azure data environments

Job description

ZURU in El Segundo, California, seeks a data-driven Senior Business Operations Analyst to own analytics and planning for the US sales and commercial teams. You will manage POS reporting, forecasting, and financial analyses to guide assortment, pricing, and promotions with cross-functional alignment.

In this role you will present insights in joint business plans and buyer meetings, build scalable dashboards, and partner with executive teams.