Business Analyst Sales & Ops Planning

Advantage Sales & Marketing dba Advantage Solutions • Dallas, TX

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The S&OP Analyst is responsible for aligning client demand with workforce capacity and operational delivery in a high volume, field based labor services environment. This role serves as a central planning and analytics resource, enabling informed decision making across operations, staffing, and account teams to support consistent, on time program delivery. The position plays a critical role in improving forecast reliability, labor utilization, and overall operational performance. The Company is one of North America’s leading sales and marketing agencies specializing in outsourced sales, merchandising, category management, and marketing services to manufacturers, suppliers, and producers of food products and consumer packaged goods. The Company services a variety of trade channels including grocery, mass merchandise, specialty, convenience, drug, dollar, club, hardware, consumer electronics, and home centers. We bridge the gap between manufacturers and retailers, providing consumers access to the best products available in the marketplace today.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree (Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, business, operations, or related field preferred)
• 2–4 years experience in relevant field (Sales and operations planning, workforce planning, or supply chain analysis experience preferred)
• Proficiency in spreadsheet tools for forecasting and scenario modeling
• Strong analytical skills with attention to data integrity
• Ability to work across multiple departments and manage competing priorities
• Ability to translate data into actionable insights for non technical stakeholders
• Experience in retail, merchandising services, or consumer packaged goods environments
• Experience with workforce management or scheduling systems
• Experience with business intelligence or analytics tools
• Familiarity with planning and forecasting systems
• Strong influencing and communication skills
• Strong organizational and problem solving skills

Responsibilities

• Translate retailer and brand program requirements into structured labor forecasts across campaigns, store resets, product launches, and seasonal promotional events
• Monitor workforce availability across field labor pools, regional teams, and staffing partners to align supply with forecasted demand
• Lead or support weekly and monthly sales and operations planning cycles by coordinating inputs from operations, account management, recruiting, and finance
• Identify gaps between planned and actual labor deployment and quantify operational and revenue impact while recommending corrective actions
• Build and maintain reporting on key performance metrics including fill rates, labor utilization, schedule adherence, coverage rates, and cost efficiency
• Partner with account teams to incorporate client program changes, volume shifts, and scheduling constraints into planning models
• Drive continuous improvement in forecasting accuracy, scheduling efficiency, and planning processes

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level