Senior Analyst, Revenue Management

Wells Enterprises - Chicago, IL

Full-time - Mid Level

Chicago, IL

Textile Product Mills

About the position

The Sr. Analyst of Revenue Management is tasked with enhancing sales-related investments within the Grocery Channel. This role focuses on improving ROI for various expenditures, including Variable Trade, Slotting, and Field Marketing, while collaborating with sales teams to implement effective programming changes.

Responsibilities

• Lead margin improvement for Wells Enterprises within the Grocery Channel
• Evaluate all trade programs within the Grocery channel to ensure that ROI is accretive to margin targets and in line with customer performance expectations
• Ensure programming falls within Revenue Growth Management (RGM) guidelines
• Conduct monthly reviews with Sales teams to evaluate current programming and suggest changes to improve both top-line revenue delivers and bottom-line margin performance
• Evaluate slotting decisions, payback time, and suggest ways to make changes to fixed spending to drive revenue
• Work cross-functionally with finance, trade development, and sales to ensure that recommendations are agreed to and implemented at the customer level
• Set suggested retail pricing within the Grocery Channel and evaluate trade spending associated with that pricing
• Establish Lowest Net Unit Costs for the Channel focused on both competitive retails and margin need to deliver accretive revenue profile

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in an analytical field (Mathematics, Business, Economics, Computer Science); MBA preferred
• 5+ years in a financial analysis, pricing analysis, or other highly analytical role
• Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) experience and knowledge of Nielsen / IRI data an asset
• Familiar with pricing and trade optimization
• Superior Excel skills required, including the ability to manipulate large sets of data
• Strong communication skills with ability to explain complicated scenarios to others
• Courage to make difficult decisions and recommendations
• Ability to understand and develop business cases, understand cost/benefit models
• Ability to interact professionally with a wide range of people and skillsets across all departments and functionalities within the organization
• Ability to analyze and grasp a situation quickly from different perspectives and create well-reasoned solutions
• Ability to work independently and with ambiguity
• Ability to influence and lead without direct authority