Lead Analyst, Integrated Analytics

Company: Smucker Retail Foods, Inc.
Location: Bentonville
Posted on: April 9, 2021

Job Description:

TITLE

LeadAnalyst, Integrated Analytics

LOCATION

Bentonville, AR

WHY SMUCKER IS THE PLACE FOR YOU

You deserve a positive and encouraging work environment. One that allows you to deliver your best work and become your best professional self. That is exactly what you will find at Smucker. Inspired by our unique culture, we are determined to support every employee holistically by meeting their physical, emotional and financial needs through:

• Our Total Reward benefits program - inclusive of competitive health and financial benefits reflective of your needs at different life stages, to a continued commitment to empower flexible work schedules and remote work opportunities to help you thrive.
• Continuous opportunities to learn, grow and develop - beyond functional job-based education, we promote well-rounded development and encourage a spirit of continuous learning as part of our commitment to help you realize your professional goals.
• Our continued progress on the journey to become the organization we expect to be on inclusion, diversity and equity. We firmly believe that an inclusive environment and diverse organization strengthens our Company and enables every employee to reach their full potential.
  
  YOUR OPPORTUNITY
  
  Our commitment to leverage strategic analysis has taken on even greater importance in today's competitive environment. We are investing in growing our analytical capabilities and supporting the growth of those on our team.In this role,you willbea strategic business partnerto the entire sales team,leadingthesalesanalyticsacross one of ourmost criticalkey retailersand deliveringleveraginginsights that directly impactfinancial targetsin a meaningful way.
  
  
  • Leverages Insights as a transformational catalyst to differentiate JMS' thought leadership; informs a deep understanding of retailer category and consumer dynamics byoptimizinga full suite of descriptiveanalytics.
  • Understands, analyzes, interprets, and articulatesrelevant intelligence andlarge amountsofdatathat can be commercialized to driveprogress.
    • Plays a deeptechnical expertacross allcommercial analyticstactics andscenarios.
    • Partners with Sales to supply analytic inputsand recommendationsfor Joint Business Planning meetings and quarterly businessreviews.
    • Collaborates with Sales to optimize pricing and promotional strategy;leadsin the identification of opportunities and competitive threats; builds action plans to mitigate risks; increases account planaccuracy using exception-basedreporting.
    • Drivesprocess improvement by simplifying analytics and business intelligence; streamlines and builds a more efficient analytics approach; builds capabilities to deliver on-demand customer specificreporting.
    • Acts as a player-coach by mentoring team and developingcapabilities in Syndicated data, the Trade Promotion Management system, account specific data, JMS financial data, advanced Excel based statistical analysis, and visualization and presentation skills in Spotfire andPowerPoint.
      
      WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR
      
      Are you a driven professional with adeep levelofunderstanding ofdata analysis and business modelingand a desire to grow your expertisein a learning environment? Are you motivated by the opportunity to play a key role in driving business growth and organizational progress? Do you have an innate curiosity for tackling complex challenges and finding innovative solutions?
      
      • Bachelor's degree in Business Analytics, Data Science, Statistics, Mathematics or related field
      • 5 +years'work experiencein Business Analytics with a preference for experience in syndicated data (IRI, Nielsen, etc.) and retailer data (Retail Link, Atlas, Madrid, 1010, etc.)
        • Demonstratedcapabilitiesingathering, analyzingand presentingdetailed information related to all aspects of business to audiences of diverseexperiences.
        • Strong,solution-orientedthinkerwith project management, critical thinking and communication skills.
        • Deep technical expertiseacrosscommercial analytics,including advanced Excel methods, data visualization, R or Python statistical programming and Structured Query Language (SQL)
        • Demonstrated ability to influence cross functional peers, partners and customersacting with a consultative,art of the question,seek to understandmindset.
        • Proven experience inchampioning insights based on data that can support issue resolution and proactive opportunities to driveimprovement.
          • Collaborativepartner with a keen focus ondevelopingprocesses and procedures to improve teameffectiveness.
          • A relentless commitment to continuous learning andprofessional development.
            
            LEARN MORE ABOUT WORKING AT SMUCKER
            
            • Our Total Rewards Benefits Program
              • Our Thriving Together Philosophy Supporting All Impacted by Our Business
              • Our Continued Progress on Inclusion, Diversity and Equity
                
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