Business Analyst

Russell Stover Chocolates - Kansas City, MO

Full-time - Mid Level

Kansas City, MO

Food and Beverage Retailers

About the position

The Business Analyst at Russell Stover Chocolates plays a critical role in understanding market dynamics and providing actionable insights to drive profitable growth. This position involves conducting detailed analyses of market trends, consumer behavior, and competitive landscape, while collaborating with various teams to inform strategic decisions. Reporting to the Global Insights Senior Manager, the analyst will have visibility at the highest levels of the company, making this a pivotal role in guiding business strategies.

Responsibilities

• Conducting fact-based analysis of category, competition, customer, and company in-market trends, including monthly IRI reporting and ad hoc analyses to inform marketing business decisions.
• Analyzing consumer key metrics (IRI Panel) and in-market sales developments by season, product line, and channel/customer.
• Leading consumption reporting, including weekly updates to the company and reporting up through Lindt Global Senior Management.
• Providing analysis on pricing and promotional activities on volume (i.e., elasticities), in collaboration with Category and Revenue Growth Management teams.
• Collaborating on new product forecasts and monitoring new item performance, including incrementality, in partnership with the Marketing Team.
• Analyzing in-market trends and comparing vs. company forecasts as part of the monthly S&OP cycle.

Requirements

• In-market Point of Sale (POS) and Panel data and tools (ideally IRI/Circana) experience, to include working with suppliers, pulling reports, distilling insights from the data and reporting.
• Experience in a Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) company with products distributed in Mass, Food, Drug, Club and Dollar Channels.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience in FMCG company with both an Everyday and Seasonal portfolio of products.
• Experience with the Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) cycle.

Benefits

• Equal employment opportunities without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, religion, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, protected medical condition, genetic information, military service, veteran status, or any other status or characteristic protected by law.