Senior Sales Analyst, Walmart

Business Unit Overview Headquartered in Lakeville, Minn., Post Consumer Brands, a business unit of Post Holdings, Inc., is dedicated to providing people and their pets with delicious food choices for every taste and budget. The company's portfolio includes beloved brands such as Honey Bunches of Oats™, PEBBLES™, Grape-Nuts™ and Malt-O-Meal™ cereal and Peter Pan™ peanut butter, as well as Rachael Ray® Nutrish™, Kibbles 'n Bits™ and 9Lives™ dog and cat food. Post also provides private label solutions to customers in pet food, cereal, nut butters and granola. As a company committed to high standards of quality and to our values, we are driven by one idea: To make lives better by making delicious food accessible for all. For more information about our brands, visit www.postconsumerbrands.com and follow us on LinkedIn or Facebook for the latest news. Location Description The Post Consumer Brands sales office in Bentonville is in the heart of the Natural State, Arkansas. Bentonville is also home to the Walmart home office, which this sales team primarily serves. In addition to managing the relationship with Post's largest customer, the small, dedicated team also participates in several charitable and volunteer events throughout the year. The team prides itself on winning together and working hard to meet goals, while celebrating wins. Responsibilities In this role as the Sr Sales Analyst for Walmart, you'll be a trusted analytics partner to the Sales team, delivering POS, inventory, and shipment insights that shape strategy and drive smarter business decisions. You'll develop a strong command of channel‑specific selling, trade promotion, and financial planning, using that knowledge to evaluate performance against annual demand commitments and identify opportunities for growth. Working directly with the customer in a lead or support role, you'll ensure data and reporting needs are consistently met. You'll also build and evolve reporting solutions that track key metrics, surface insights, and support customer business planning alongside the Customer Team.

Job Responsibilities:

Sales Support Provide newsworthy category and consumer trend data for customer updates, leveraging shopper behavior data Collaborate with Sales and Marketing in the development of customer presentations Maintain customer sales decks and provide support for line reviews and QBR's Prepare reports, presentations, and/or manuals for various meetings Manage the new item setup process and track and analyze new item introductions Develop and maintain strong business relationships with key customer contacts Leverage research tools to create actionable insights Leverage historical data to develop proposed tactics Analytics Provide category insights and analytics using Luminate Charter / Scintilla, Retail Link, Nielsen, Spectra Provide lift and ROI analysis of customer tactics Develop and maintain daily, weekly, and monthly reports that will communicate the health of the business Create concise reports and trend line analyses from raw data by collecting and analyzing sales related information in an ongoing effort to increase sales productivity Track and record progress and publish results on key initiatives and promotional activities for the Walmart Team Communicate identified insights and opportunities to the sales team, PCB leadership as well as the customer Sales Planning Work with the Walmart team to align on and maintain the base Consistently monitor shipments to ensure accurate forecasts

Qualifications Education:

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in a related field

Experience:

3-5 years of relevant CPG experience including some combination of Sales Analytics, Customer/Trade Marketing, Customer Management, and/or Category Management.

Skills:

Detail-oriented with strong time management and prioritization skills Flexibility and comfort with changing priorities Strong technical and analytical abilities Advanced experience with syndicated tools including Nielsen, Item 360, and Luminate, Luminate Chater preferred Aptitude for converting business insights into actionable strategies Ability to troubleshoot problems Strong Excel skills Strong PowerPoint skills Demonstrate strengths in analysis and interpersonal skills and communicate with enthusiasm and impact Strong report writing, presentation and delivery, and verbal communication skills Ability to work independently, and under pressure, in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment. Up to 20% travel will be required

Work Location:

In-office (Bentonville, AR) with a hybrid work schedule 3 days per week in office Tuesday - Thursday. #

LI-hybrid Why You'll Love This Role:

Visible impact: Your insights will influence customer strategy, promotional performance, and commercial decisions, fast. A "just right" culture: You'll have room to do big things, with a team where your handprint shows and your work matters.

Meaningful work:

You'll support brands that show up in everyday life, helping make delicious food accessible for all.

Growth and variety:

From category insights to forecasting support to customer storytelling, you'll keep learning and expanding your toolkit.

Qualifications:

Education:

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in a related field

Experience:

3-5 years of relevant CPG experience including some combination of Sales Analytics, Customer/Trade Marketing, Customer Management, and/or Category Management.

Skills:

Detail-oriented with strong time management and prioritization skills Flexibility and comfort with changing priorities Strong technical and analytical abilities Advanced experience with syndicated tools including Nielsen, Item 360, and Luminate, Luminate Chater preferred Aptitude for converting business insights into actionable strategies Ability to troubleshoot problems Strong Excel skills Strong PowerPoint skills Demonstrate strengths in analysis and interpersonal skills and communicate with enthusiasm and impact Strong report writing, presentation and delivery, and verbal communication skills Ability to work independently, and under pressure, in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment. Up to 20% travel will be required

Work Location:

In-office (Bentonville, AR) with a hybrid work schedule 3 days per week in office Tuesday - Thursday. #LI-hybrid Why You ll

Love This Role:

Visible impact: Your insights will influence customer strategy, promotional performance, and commercial decisions, fast.

A just right culture:

You ll have room to do big things, with a team where your handprint shows and your work matters.

Meaningful work:

You ll support brands that show up in everyday life, helping make delicious food accessible for all.

Growth and variety:

From category insights to forecasting support to customer storytelling, you ll keep learning and expanding your toolkit.