Analyst, Business Unit & Sales Strategy

The primary responsibility of the Analyst BU Sales & Strategy is to enable Kraft Heinz and their customers to grow category sales to provide objective categoryexpertise and deliver the best possible product assortment pricingmerchandisingand shelving recommendations. The Analyst BU Sales & Strategy supports customer sell-in by developing and delivering insights-based category selling stories andmaintainson-going support to the internal teams & the customerregardingresults and recommended strategies.

Key Components of the role:

• Analyze business performance (sales distribution merchandising innovation speed to shelf velocity brokerperformanceand others) to support weekly and monthly Business Unit (BU) Sales routines and communicate in routines.

• Support development and execution of the Annual Operating Plan for respective categories in conjunction with the Business Unit Sales team.

• Support new product innovation launches by working closely with manager and field sales teams on sell-in forecasting and performance tracking processes.

• Support development of category and brand strategies for pricing distribution shelving and merchandising. Provide recommendations for successful implementation and execution based on data analysis.

• Leverage insights resources andutilizesretail analytics from multiple data sources to support category leadership and sell stories.

• Provide analyses of various data sources toassistin effective selling story development.

• Analyze data andmaintainperiodic reports& presentationsfor evaluation by the category team.

• Support communication and execution of key brand initiatives to the field sales teams through multiple channels (internal sales news portal routine field sales connect meetings etc.).

• Run forecasting andtracking ofseasonal products.

• Run communication of managing waste risks by category.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelors Degree

• Experience in business sales data analyticsretailoranotherrelated field

• Excellent organizational skillsself-starterand ability to meet deadlines and balance competing priorities

• Accurate andtimelyreporting with drive to improve and streamline processes

• Excellent analytical skills and attention to detail

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Proficiencyin Excel & Power Point Required