Sr Business Analyst

Summary

Sr. Business Analyst

This role supports a dedicated customer's business as a Senior Business Analyst on the Shopper & Consumer Insights team. The role is responsible for high-quality analytics, storytelling, and insight delivery that supports multiple retailer customers focused strategies and presentations. The emphasis is not just on "running reports," but on turning data into insights that influence decisions.

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About Us:

The Company is one of North America's leading sales and marketing agencies specializing in outsourced sales, merchandising, category management, and marketing services to manufacturers, suppliers, and producers of food products and consumer packaged goods. The Company services a variety of trade channels including grocery, mass merchandise, specialty, convenience, drug, dollar, club, hardware, consumer electronics, and home centers. We bridge the gap between manufacturers and retailers, providing consumers with access to the best products available in the marketplace today.

What we offer:

• Full-Time Benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision, Life)
• 401(k) with company match
• Training and Career Development
• Generous Paid Time-Off

Responsibilities:

• Analyzes syndicated and geodemographic data to uncover shopper trends and support experiential initiatives
• Works with client teams to understand business needs and deliver insights aligned with strategic goals
• Creates compelling presentations with clear narratives and visualizations and applies storytelling techniques and branding standards
• Contributes to team best practices and process enhancements and shares knowledge and collaborates across functions
• Create data automation and reporting that drives operational and business development efficiencies
• Provide weekly sales summaries based on extracts from a major retailer's internal reporting platform
• Create test / control store testing for post-program analyses

Qualifications:

• 4 - 6 years in retail analytics or category management (not financial/data-only analytics).
• Data access/Usage Experience.
  • Circana
  • Nielsen
  • Shopper Loyalty (preferred_
• Advanced Excel - reporting, scorecards
  • Quality control of data, formatting, and outputs
• Power BI and Databricks preferred.
• Strong communication and storytelling ability

Job Will Remain Open Until Filled

Responsibilities

The Company is one of North America's leading sales and marketing agencies specializing in outsourced sales, merchandising, category management and marketing services to manufacturers, suppliers and producers of food products and consumer packaged goods. The Company services a variety of trade channels including grocery, mass merchandise, specialty, convenience, drug, dollar, club, hardware, consumer electronics and home centers. We bridge the gap between manufacturers and retailers, providing consumers access to the best products available in the marketplace today.

Job Duty

Data Analysis/Interpretation/Recommendation
• Analyze business needs/requirements and provide recommendations to implement and administer new/existing products, processes, and systems

• Identify client organization's strengths and weaknesses and suggest areas of improvement

• Utilize various data systems, extract raw data from reporting systems, and conduct in-depth analysis on various KPI's

• Define major business opportunities by prioritizing information to support the goals of our Clients, Customers, and Company

• Consult with internal and external customers to present data and provide actionable insights to assist with meeting business objectives, tactics, or marketing strategies

Project/Client Management and Support
• Perform project management duties by executing project schedules and deadlines, monitoring project progress, coordinating activities, resolving problems, and ensuring timely deliverables

• Communicate effectively with clients to identify needs and evaluate alternative business solutions with project management

• Provide business updates and track overall business KPI's for management and executive team

• Manage and maintain ongoing strategic and collaborative relationships

Manage Direct Reports
• Manage, train, and mentor team to help them achieve skill development and professional objectives

• Manage workload of direct reports to ensure client satisfaction

• Create best-in-class practices for team to follow

• Ensure team thoroughly understands companies' businesses and the issues and challenges facing the industry and organization

Miscellaneous
• Perform other job-related projects as needed

Supervisory Responsibilities

Direct Reports

- Hires, retains, trains, coaches, guides, directs, and develops direct reports using company-wide processes, tools and resources

Indirect Reports

- May delegate work of others and provide guidance, direction and mentoring to indirect reports

Travel and/or Driving Requirements

- Travel and Driving are not essential duties or functions of this job


Minimum Qualifications

The following are the minimum job-related qualifications which an individual needs in order to successfully perform the essential duties and responsibilities of the job

Education Level: (Required) Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience


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- 3-5 years of experience in sales/category insights and analytics role (CPG or Agency)

Skills, Knowledge and Abilities

- Analytical and research Skills

- Ability to direct, lead, coach, and develop people

- Team building Skills

- Ability to work independently and prioritize duties with minimal supervision, in order to meet deadlines

- Ability to complete multiple duties with accuracy shifting from one to another with frequent interruptions and competing deadlines

- Excellent customer service orientation

- Strong computer skills including proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Outlook, and web-browsers

Environmental & Physical Requirements

Office / Sedentary Requirements

Incumbent must be able to perform the essential functions of the job. Work is performed primarily in an office environment. Typically requires the ability to sit for extended periods of time (66%+ each day), ability to hear the telephone, ability to enter data on a computer and may also require the ability to lift up to 10 pounds.

Additional Information Regarding Advantage Solutions Job Duties and Job Descriptions

Job duties include additional responsibilities as assigned by one's supervisor or other manager related to the position/department. This job description is meant to describe the general nature and level of work being performed; it is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required for the position. The Company reserves the right at any time with or without notice to alter or change job responsibilities, reassign or transfer job position or assign additional job responsibilities, subject to applicable law. The Company shall provide reasonable accommodations of known disabilities to enable a qualified applicant or employee to apply for employment, perform the essential functions of the job, or enjoy the benefits and privileges of employment as required by the law.

Any estimate, schedule, or guideline provided to associates in this job description or elsewhere in connection with their jobs is only intended to help describe job duties and for planning purposes. Regardless of any such estimate, schedule, or guideline, associates must always record all time worked for our company (which includes but is not limited to on-site work time in an assigned store, office, or other work location; required waiting time; administrative time; and work-related travel time).

Important Information

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this position. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of associates so classified.

The Company is committed to providing equal opportunity in all employment practices without regard to age, race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, religion, physical or mental disability, or any other category protected by law. As part of this commitment, the Company shall provide reasonable accommodations of known disabilities to enable an applicant or employee to apply for employment, perform the essential functions of the job, or enjoy the benefits and privileges of employment as required by the law.