Sr. Sales Analyst - US

At Kids2, we're really good at what we do. And when we're great at our jobs, we help parents be great at their jobs.

Parenting is demanding, and that's where we come in. We want to reimagine how brands can make it easier for early stage parents - not by just selling them products, but by providing holistic solutions that transcend borders, categories and aisles.

No matter our title or department, at Kids2, our job is to create more tiny wins for parents, so they can create bright futures for their little ones. That's a big task!

We're serious about what we do, AND we love to have fun. Our team is hardworking, entrepreneurial, and passionate about helping families create millions, if not billions of tiny wins.

SUMMARY

Support the Account Team to drive sales and long-term initiatives with customer interaction and communication. The Sr Sales Analyst provides sales reporting and data analytics to the Sales, Operations, Category. and Finance teams to drive key decision making and success measurement of the business relative to sales. The Sr Sales Analyst creates and maintains weekly and monthly reports regarding sales trends including point of sale data and customer inventory metrics. Sr Sales Analysts play a key role in the monthly forecast consensus process by providing key inputs regarding potential impacts to future forecasts. Sales analyst is expected to maintain the account business plan and provide forecast and planning guidance to the demand team based on the most up to date data and customer intelligence.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES AND ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Management of the account business plan.
• Provide updates and guidance to demand team related to expected retail performance and inventory needs.
• Weekly reporting/tracking using customer POS data: Sales, Inventory, Promotions, New Items, etc.
• Prepare monthly segment trend, competitive analysis and promotional analysis along with insights using POS and syndicated data.
• Provide support for period and promotional forecasting
• Develop and manage account specific business plan/annual sales plan
• Help with business reviews and fact-based account predictions
• Assist with clearing of deductions
• Assist in the identification and analysis of business issues and opportunities
• Interaction, Communication, and Collaboration with the account (Buyer, Inventory Analyst)
• Provide Ad-hoc support and analysis as needed
• Maintain technical skills on appropriate software applications to provide optimum level of support
• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

• 5+ years' experience in sales or financial analysis, demand planning and/or forecasting
• Experience and demonstrated ability to analyze data and make appropriate recommendations
• Analytics: Business and marketplace
• Advanced Excel experience with pivot tables, graphs, and reporting

EDUCATION & SKILLS

• 4-year college degree in business, engineering, or related field
• Plans and manages effectively
• Critical thinking and problem solving
• Focuses on the customer
• Communication: Internal and external
• Excellent communication skills and working with cross functional groups and customer
• Ability to consult with account teams and proactively identify appropriate
• Communicate and work collaboratively internally and customer
• Demonstrated ability to work independently
• Service oriented
• Learning agility

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS

• None required.

COMPUTER/TYPING SKILLS

• Must be Advanced in PowerPoint, Excel and Word; basic understanding of Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photo Shop

We offer competitive pay, flexible hours, and generous benefits. Plus, to keep things fun (because we are all kids at heart), we offer a host of team member activities and philanthropic efforts throughout the year and company-wide awards and recognition for a job well done!

Check out our website at www.kids2.com and our social media pages on LinkedIn, Facebook and Instagram for more information and open positions in the career section.

Drug Free Workplace M/F/D/V