Senior Analyst Trade Performance

Conagra Brands is a leader among top brands in North America, and is committed to providing great food today’s consumers want.

• Provides highly complex and comprehensive analysis for strategies and events related to customer funding
• May include analysis in the areas of price strategy, promotions strategy and realization, and/or trade operations. Analyzes customer-specific market trends, product volume, margin and competitive prices, and/or promotional tactics/strategies and provides recommendations to cross functional partners (i.e., Customer Strategy & Planning, Brand, and Sales)
• Support CSP in helping manage in-market execution as it relates to trade tactics and pricing changes and opportunities at specific customers
• Review promotional programs to understand event profitability and make recommendations to sales to deliver greater balanced ROI’s, driving incrementality while optimizing trade spend

• Partner with sales organization to drive actionable planning solutions and trade efficiencies linked to our retailer specific promotional plans
• The individual will bring visibility, transparency, and analytical rigor to pricing and trade promotions working closely with cross functional partners (Pricing Strategy, Analytics & Insights, CSP, and Sales/Brand Finance)
• Develop insights using appropriate analytical tools to improve margins and grow topline (for both CAG and retail partners)
• Analyze pricing and merchandising impacts across different customers and regions
• Help build our key performance indicators for pricing and trade with the Pricing Strategy team
• Create consistent and actionable scorecard reporting, as well as other standardized reporting
• Create and distribute clear and consistent price impact reporting to brands and customer teams
• Work closely with Pricing Strategy team to refine pricing and trade strategies/tactics for key brands based on trade promotion analysis
• Play key role in set cadence for review of pricing and trade analytics with SLT, brand teams, CSP, and sales partners
• Prepare business reviews for monthly reviews with SLT, brand teams, and CSP
• Assist Ad hoc requests as needed such as, analyses in the areas related to promotional planning, and detailed event level analysis
• Execute promotional review tool updates and enhancements
• Assist in managing on-site and external vendors for completion of analytical research
• Assist in directing analytic vendors to drive actionable insights

Qualifications:

• Business-related Bachelor’s degree required, MBA is a plus
• 3+ years business experience, preferably within CPG industry with work history consisting of [trade] analytics, business development, category management, and/or finance experience
• Advanced computer skills – proficient in all Microsoft Office applications: Excel, PowerPoint, Word, as well as database management

Core Knowledge/Skills or Experience:

• Exceptional analytical skills
• Strong problem solving and conceptual thinking abilities
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Effective leadership and strategic influencing skills
• Ability to explain statistical concepts to a non-technical audience, breakdown complexity, construct and communicate a story across organizational levels
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, deadline-driven, dynamic business environment
• Ability to prioritize, manage and complete multiple projects at once while working independently, as well as cross functionally
• Demonstrated professional and academic success
• Understands how to fuse third party and internal data, understanding the importance of accurate data
• Special emphasis on spreadsheet development and automation is a plus
• Working knowledge of retail merchandising and in store execution tactics is a plus