Sr. Sales Analyst, Walmart (Grocery) at Post Holdings in Bentonville, AR

Job description

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 The Sr. Sales Analyst, Walmart - Grocery is a high-impact member of the Walmart Customer Team who transforms point-of-sale, inventory, shipment, trade and financial data into clear recommendations that drive profitable growth. This role combines advanced analytics with ownership of forecasting routines, customer planning, trade effectiveness and cross-functional execution. You will serve as a strategic thought partner to Sales and work closely with the Omni-channel team, Finance, Revenue Growth Management, Demand Planning, Supply Chain, Marketing and Category Management. As the analytical lead for Walmart Grocery, you will strengthen forecast quality, surface risks and opportunities, create repeatable team processes and build insight-led stories that influence internal and customer decisions. Key Responsibilities • Own the monthly Walmart Grocery forecast for base and incremental volume, aligning assumptions across Sales, Omni-channel, Finance, Demand Planning and Supply Chain. • Monitor forecast accuracy and bias, translate gaps into customer and financial implications, and drive timely corrective actions to improve business outcomes. • Develop scenario models using historical trends, promotional lift, distribution, velocity, inventory and customer inputs to guide demand and shipment decisions. • Own weekly Monday reporting, weekly business reviews and monthly business reviews, clearly identifying performance trends, decisions, owners and follow-through actions. • Lead customer-facing analytics and selected planning discussions for line reviews, Quarterly Business Reviews, Joint Business Planning and recurring Walmart meetings, including presentations to customer merchants. • Build concise selling stories that connect shopper, category, brand and financial opportunities to recommended actions, partnering with Sales, Marketing and Category Management to deepen understanding of consumer behavior. • Use Walmart Scintilla, Retail Link, Item 360, Nielsen, Circana/IRI, Spectra and other available sources to diagnose performance and identify category and brand growth opportunities. • Establish and monitor key performance indicators, including sales, share, velocity, distribution, inventory, profitability, new item performance and promotional effectiveness. • Evaluate features and promotions before and after events, measure lift and return on investment, and recommend investment shifts that improve growth and return. • Maintain customer commitments, item setup, item maintenance, trade spend visibility, planning inputs and forecasting systems, including TPS or successor platforms, with accurat