Senior Sales Analyst

About the role

This position is full-time on-site in our Bentonville, AR office. Please note that this is not a remote or hybrid role, and employees are expected to work from a Bentonville office each day.

Responsibilities

• Analyzes and interprets complex Walmart sales data to identify trends, performance gaps, risks, and growth opportunities (i.e., Walmart POS, shipment, inventory, replenishment, distribution, market share, pricing, category, store and omnichannel performance, etc.).
• Maintains an understanding of Walmart-specific key performance indicators (KPIs) for sales plans, forecasts, inventory targets, customer commitments, and financial goals, including sales growth, market share, item productivity, forecast accuracy, distribution quality, category trends, inventory health, modular execution, promotional lift, and profitability.
• Conducts root-cause analyses to identify drivers of business performance and provides actionable recommendations to improve results and customer experience.
• Develops and maintains executive level dashboards, scorecards, automated reporting tools, and business performance reports that enhance visibility and support data-informed decision making.
• Generates insights to support and improve forecasting accuracy, demand planning, inventory management, and customer event planning.
• Serves as a customer-specialist, supporting customer strategy development, merchant meetings, strategic planning, annual business planning, Joint Business Planning (JBP), line reviews, modular reviews, market trends, competitive activity and positioning, category and pricing performance, shopper insights, new item launches, seasonal programs, distribution gains, and customer business reviews utilizing multiple data sources (i.e., customer, syndicated, and internal data).
• Tracks and partners cross-functionally to utilize insights to enable data-informed business decisions that improve customer plans, investment choices, assortment strategy, and performance management.
• Translates complex customer and internal data into simple, decision-ready reporting and fact-based selling stories, insights, visualizations, presentations, and recommendations tailored to diverse audiences.
• Explains what happened, why it happened, the financial impact, the strategic implication, and the recommend next step.
• Promotes best practices and continuously identifies opportunities for improving automation, data integrity, reporting consistency, and analytical rigor.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in relevant field or equivalent (i.e., Business, Finance, Economics, Analytics, Statistics, Supply Chain, Marketing, etc.)
• 5+ years of relevant experience or the knowledge, skills, and abilities to succeed in the role

Skills

• Strong understanding of POS, financial and operational performance, pricing promotional effectiveness, category management and trends, market share, retail economics, and supply chain processes (i.e., inventory, distribution, forecasting, in-stock metrics, etc.)
• Highly skilled at creating customer scorecards and concise reporting
• Strong communication, presentation, and executive-level storytelling skills with the ability to communicate findings and strategic recommendations internally and externally
• Solid interpersonal and collaboration skills with the ability to influence internal and external cross-functional teams through fact-based recommendations
• Proven ability to identify relevant data and analyses, synthesize data, identify issues, and present actionable insights
• Solid critical-thinking, time-management, problem-solving, and organizational skills with the ability to handle multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Proficient with Microsoft Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, Outlook, etc.) with advanced skills in Excel including data modeling, pivot tables, lookups, and analytical reporting
• Ability to quantify sales, profit, mix, share, investment return, customer opportunity, and business risk for a high-volume strategic customer

Benefits

At Butterball, we exist to help people pass love on. As the most recognized name in turkey, the brand represents more than 60 years of cherished memories, providing quality, great tasting products that make meals something to celebrate every day. We proudly believe that life at Butterball means having a team who supports you, having the opportunity to grow personally and professionally, and making an impact on the health of others daily.

Pay

Details will be provided to individuals who receive a conditional job offer, or upon request.

Schedule

Work is performed in a climate-controlled office environment with the option to work remotely periodically. For remote work, the employee must have a dedicated workspace to safely setup and use assigned IT equipment, preferably free from distractions. The employee is responsible for ensuring adequate internet service is available when working remotely (the recommended minimum speed is 20mb download and 5mb upload). The noise level of the environment is usually moderate. Travel may be required up to 10% of the time.