Sales Analyst

Job Summary

The role reports to the National Account Manager for Menards. The ASSA ABLOY | Menards Sales Analyst responsibility is to ensure AAAR products are on retailer's shelf when our customer's need them.

The ASSA ABLOY | Menards Sales Analyst is the primary point of contact for Retail Replenishment Managers and is a secondary point of contact for Retail Buying personnel. The role is critical to developing a high-quality relationship with the customer and plays a vital internal role supporting sales growth and driving operational efficiencies working jointly with Supply Planning.

The success of the ASSA ABLOY | Menards Sales Analyst is measured by exceeding in-stock goals, delivering target return on inventory, supporting sales growth and effectively identifying and resolving any supply chain disconnects between our internal planning process and our customer's inventory requirements.


Achieving these goals will achieve customer satisfaction and maximize sales for both AAAR and our customer.

Primary Duties & Responsibilities

ASSA ABLOY | Menards Inventory & Sales Analyst

• Build strong partnerships with Menards teams, suppliers, and internal stakeholders to resolve issues quickly and maintain a high level of customer satisfaction.
• Lead weekly meetings with Menards inventory analysts and ASSA ABLOY demand planners to identify challenges, align priorities, and develop actionable strategies.
• Analyze POS data, sales trends, and forecast metrics to improve visibility, accuracy, and decision making.
• Monitor exception reports to manage SKU replenishment standards that support consistent, reliable inventory flow.
• Recommend inventory levels that maximize profitability, improve turns, and maintain strong in-stock performance across stores and distribution centers.
• Forecast and track daily sales, manage replenishment schedules, and coordinate logistics to support efficient order fulfillment.
• Identify root causes of shortages, propose corrective actions, and drive continuous improvement across the supply chain.
• Improve vendor scorecard performance by tracking key metrics-such as out of stocks, promotional execution and tracking, and communicating progress to internal and customer teams.
• Support the Collaborative Planning process by integrating customer specific insights into sales trends, new items, mix changes, and promotional performance.
• Work closely with supply chain and customer sale teams to align ordering forecasts.
• Perform additional duties as assigned.

Education & Experience Profile

• Bachelor's degree, preferably in Business, Supply Chain or Data Analysis emphasis.
• 2-4 years' experience relating to account management, logistics or supply chain environment with specific understanding of supply chain, planning, scheduling, and logistics concepts. Industry experience and product knowledge are desired.
• APICS membership and participation encouraged.

Required Skills

• Ability to build relationships and communicate effectively across all levels, both in writing and verbally
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Thrives in fast-paced environments, managing overlapping projects and shifting priorities with ease.
• Demonstrates a strong customer-focused mindset across both internal teams and external partners.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office, with a strong emphasis on Excel

Management/Effectiveness Competencies:

• Integrity and Trust
• Analytics
• Managing and Measuring Work
• Influencing and Negotiating

Functional Competencies:

• Logistics Operations
• Order Management
• All Internal Supply Chain Data / Sales Reporting Systems
• External Customer Supply Chain
• Inventory Analysis

Physical Requirements: None

Work Environment:

Job Location: Eau Claire, WI.


Working conditions are normal for an office environment within a Menards office building. This individual must be on site 5 days per week.


Due to the unique circumstances surrounding this role, the individual who fills this position cannot be a previous employee of Menards.

The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this job/classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.

ASSA ABLOY is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.


ASSA ABLOY welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Reasonable accommodations are available on request for candidate taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

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