Senior Sales Analyst — Walmart Grocery (Hybrid)

Post Holdings, Inc.; Bentonville (AR); Hybrid; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Post Consumer Brands, a Post Holdings, Inc. business unit, seeks a Sr. Sales Analyst for Walmart Grocery in Bentonville. You will transform POS, inventory and trade data into actionable recommendations and own forecasting and planning with cross-functional partners.

You will strengthen forecast quality, surface risks and opportunities, and build repeatable processes to influence Walmart decisions. This role offers hybrid work in Bentonville with travel up to 20%.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in progressive CPM/sales analytics, customer or trade data roles.
• Experience supporting Walmart or large grocery accounts is preferred.
• Strong Excel/PowerPoint, ability to translate data into actions.

Responsibilities

• Own the monthly Walmart Grocery forecast for base and incremental volume, aligning cross-functional inputs.
• Monitor forecast accuracy and bias; translate gaps into implications and actions.
• Develop scenario models using historical trends, lift, distribution, velocity, and inputs for decisions.
• Own weekly Monday reporting, weekly and monthly business reviews with clear owners and actions.
• Lead customer-facing analytics and planning discussions for line reviews and Joint Business Planning.
• Build selling stories connecting shopper, category, brand and financial opportunities with teams.
• Use Walmart Scintilla, Retail Link and other sources to diagnose performance and growth opportunities.
• Establish and monitor KPIs: sales, share, velocity, inventory, profitability, promotions.
• Evaluate promotions pre/post events; measure lift and ROI; advise investment shifts.
• Maintain item setup, trade spend visibility, and forecasting systems with documentation.
• Create scalable tools, reports and playbooks to improve execution across Walmart Grocery.

Skills

Advanced Excel

PowerPoint

Forecasting

Data storytelling

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Analytics, Economics

Tools

Walmart Scintilla

Retail Link

Item 360

Nielsen

Circana/IRI

Spectra

TPS

Job description

Post Consumer Brands, a Post Holdings, Inc. business unit, seeks a Sr. Sales Analyst for Walmart Grocery in Bentonville. You will transform POS, inventory and trade data into actionable recommendations and own forecasting and planning with cross-functional partners.

You will strengthen forecast quality, surface risks and opportunities, and build repeatable processes to influence Walmart decisions. This role offers hybrid work in Bentonville with travel up to 20%.