Sales Planning Senior Analyst
About the role
Supports the Customer Sales Planning team by delivering customer reporting, budget management, forecasting support, and cross-functional coordination. Provides analytical insights and operational leadership that enables accurate planning, informed business decisions, and successful customer execution across Clorox Professional customers while partnering cross-functionally with Sales, Finance, Operations, and Supply Chain.
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain recurring customer reports and scorecards.
- Analyze customer performance and identify trends, risks, and opportunities.
- Respond to ad hoc reporting requests and prepare data for business and customer updates.
- Own customer budget forecasting and monthly budget tracking and reconciliation.
- Assist with distributor program coordination and budget reconciliation.
- Lead annual and quarterly customer target-setting processes.
- Analyze performance versus targets and identify opportunities to improve results.
- Maintain target tracking tools and communicate progress to business partners.
- Support strategic planning activities for GPO and IDN customers.
- Serve as a key owner in the RFI/RFP process.
- Lead customer planning processes, timelines, and deliverables.
- Develop meeting materials, templates, and pre-read documents.
- Provide customer forecasts and business context into the S&OP process.
- Proactively communicate customer demand changes, risks, and opportunities.
Requirements
- 2+ years of experience in sales planning, business analytics, finance, supply chain, customer planning, forecasting or demand planning
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel (pivot tables, formulas, data analysis)
- Highly preferred experience with Power BI or a similar reporting tool
- High attention to detail and commitment to data accuracy
- Comfortable learning new systems and business processes
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to manage competing business needs and multiple projects independently
- Ability to influence cross-functional partners through data-driven recommendations
- Ability to communicate complex information to a wide range of audiences
Benefits
We offer comprehensive, competitive benefits that prioritize all aspects of wellbeing and provide flexibility for teammates’ unique needs. This includes robust health plans, a market-leading 401(k) program with a company match, flexible time off benefits (including half-day summer Fridays depending on location), inclusive fertility/adoption benefits, and more.
Pay
Based on the breadth of our ranges, most new hires will start at Clorox in the first half of the applicable range. Your starting pay will depend on job-related factors, including relevant skills, knowledge, experience and location. The applicable salary range for every role in the U.S. is based on your work location and is aligned to one of three zones according to the cost of labor in your area. –Zone A: $90,900 - $170,100 –Zone B: $83,400 - $155,900 –Zone C: $75,800 - $141,700. All ranges are subject to change in the future. This job is also eligible for participation in Clorox’s incentive plans, subject to the terms of the applicable plan documents and policies.
Schedule
Workplace type: Hybrid - 3 days in the office.