Russell Stover is hiring: Business Analyst in Kansas City

At Russell Stover Chocolates, not only do we love eating chocolate, but we love our jobs making others happy with our delicious chocolate products! Every day we go to work exhibiting our values of excellence, innovation, entrepreneurship, responsibility, and collaboration. Working at Russell Stover you'll be an important part of the leading manufacturer of seasonal and sugar-free chocolates. For over 100 years, Russell Stover Chocolates, Whitman's, and Pangburn's have been crafted with the finest ingredients to bring happiness to generations. Join our team and let's continue making chocolate lovers happy!

A day in the life...

The Business Analyst has responsibilities in understanding the market on a visceral level, keeping key stakeholders abreast of developments in the market, and sharing actionable insights to enable profitable share growth. Reporting into the Global Insights Senior Manager this is a critical role in guiding the strategies and actions on the business, with visibility up through the highest levels of the company.

What you will be doing...

• 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

Do you have what it takes?

Strong candidates are strong analytically, able to analyze data to develop a comprehensive understanding of the landscape, distill actionable insights, and clearly communicate both to key stakeholders. We are seeking candidates who are energized by uncovering actionable insights in partnership with multi-functional partners and making recommendations to accelerate profitable share growth for the company.

(Basic Qualifications)

• 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

Do you stand above the rest?

(Preferred Qualifications)

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

At Russell Stover Chocolates, we don't just accept difference - we celebrate it, we support it, and we thrive on it for the benefit of our employees, our products, and our community. Russell Stover Chocolates is proud to be an equal-opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer.

We provide equal employment opportunities to all people 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.

Employment by Russell Stover Chocolates is contingent upon I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification, passing the urinalysis drug screen, education verification, and satisfactory reference and background checks.

Make Happy. Work Happy.