Sales Analyst

Job Description:

This is a sales support functional role. The position of a CVS Team Customer Analyst is a tactical role with strategic responsibility. This position faces a wide range of challenges and responsibilities providing deliverables to the customer (CVS) and internally. The Customer Analyst's main responsibilities are to provide support to the Account Sales Team calling on CVS. This type of support includes ad hoc business analysis utilizing systems like Nielsen and RSi, systems updating including MWC internal systems and CVS systems, and financial reporting and analysis. Understanding Mars business needs, the Customer Analyst will represent unique needs of CVS and will also help the sales team translate these needs to MWC internally. Reporting to CVS Sales Director, this is part of the CVS Mars Wrigley Confectionery Team.

This is a hybrid role based in Lincoln, Rhode Island. This role requires being in the office 3 days per week.

What are we looking for?

Minimum Qualifications

• 3 years CPG experience
• Business analytics experience across multiple functions (CMI, Sales, Marketing) and/or channels
• Syndicated data analysis experience min 2 years (IRI or AC Nielsen; Scan, Panel, Spectra, etc.)
• Willingness to travel (up to 10% of time)
• Highly proficient in MS Office applications with particular focus in Excel based skills to enable data manipulation (Excel, Access, PPT)

Preferred Qualifications

• 2 years category management and/ or marketing analysis experience across several categories and/or channels
• 2 years customer facing experience as a category manager OR 2 years' experience as a CMI manager
• Statistical modeling experience helpful (SAS, SPSS, R, etc.)
• Experience leading and applying with broad range of analysis, e.g: price elasticity, promotional analysis

What will be your key responsibilities?

• Updating CVS systems including item entry, contract entry, other financial entries
• Manage inputting and reporting on MWC internal financial systems, budget management, promotional spend analysis (included deduction and post audit management with team and customer)
• Guiding the interpretation, use, and implications of analyses to improve business decisions and solutions
• Customizing analyses as appropriate for CVS and company
• Responsibility for CVS daily GSV reporting and Period reporting (shipment reporting)
• Analyst support for MWC internal IBP process each period, collecting inputs and rolling up for IBP call
• Weekly and Period CVS consumption reporting
• Assistant customer manager on snacks business to potentially own.
• Excel Skills a must
• This role is a technical leader
• This role interfaces with Customers, Category Management and the Sales Organization
• This role works out of the Lincoln Rhode Island area

What can you expect from Mars?

• Work with over 130,000 diverse and talented Associates, all guided by the Five Principles.
• Join a purpose driven company, where we're striving to build the world we want tomorrow, today.
• Best-in-class learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University.
• An industry competitive salary and benefits package, including company bonus.

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Mars is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you need assistance or an accommodation during the application process because of a disability, it is available upon request. The company is pleased to provide such assistance, and no applicant will be penalized as a result of such a request.