Business Analyst

Polaris Inc. • Brooklyn Park, MN

1d • $72,000 - $94,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

At Polaris Inc., we have fun doing what we love by driving change and innovation. We empower employees to take on challenging assignments and roles with an elevated level of responsibility in our agile working environment. Our people make us who we are, and we create incredible products and experiences that empower us to THINK OUTSIDE. Position Overview: You will serve as a key member of the PG&A Off-Road team, providing reporting, analysis, and business insights that support category sales, profitability, and dealer retail growth. In this role, you will interpret sales, market, consumer, competitive, and merchandising data to identify trends, evaluate opportunities, and inform business decisions. You will partner with category leadership and cross-functional teams to deliver reporting packages, support planning activities, and recommend actions that improve performance across the business. This is a compelling opportunity to influence category strategy and senior leadership decision-making through high-visibility analysis, cross-functional collaboration, and ownership of business-critical insights.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, Economics, or Finance.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in corporate business analytics.
• Strong analytical and project management skills, including experience using quantitative and qualitative market research tools.
• Strong communication skills required; written, verbal, interpersonal, and presentation skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively across functions and with stakeholders at different levels of the organization.
• Proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, Microsoft Power BI, and SQL.
• Some travel may be required, up to 10 percent.
• This position is not eligible for sponsorship.
• To qualify for this position, former employees must be eligible for rehire, and current employees must be in good standing.

Nice To Haves

• Python experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Develop and deliver weekly and monthly business insights for the category team, including performance tracking, commodity reporting, sales trends, dollars per unit, and attachment rates.
• Prepare timely and accurate monthly and quarterly reporting packages for PG&A leadership, including analysis and recommendations to support short- and long-term sales growth, with visibility to the Polaris executive leadership team.
• Analyze market, competitive, sales, dealer retail, and inventory data to identify performance opportunities and risks, and develop recommendations to improve category results and dealer retail growth.
• Partner with leadership to evaluate PG&A commodity performance, build business cases, and project manage short- and long-term improvement plans.
• Work with PG&A and Off Road Marketing and Sales teams to gather and analyze consumer insights across the customer experience and provide input for long-range product planning, product launches, and category plans.
• Support global PG&A category reporting strategies by improving data design, maintaining consistency in reporting templates, and organizing datasets and reports.
• Identify positive and negative sales trends and work with the category team to drive countermeasure actions and performance improvement.
• Support analysis for new market entry, including business case development, line planning, and dollars-per-unit goal recommendations.
• Leverage product line management information, design-to-value initiatives, and price elasticity work to inform product and pricing recommendations.
• Attend industry events to gather consumer insights and use findings to strengthen analysis and recommendations.

Benefits

• Polaris is proud to offer competitive compensation, including a market-leading profit-sharing plan that is fundamental to our pay-for-performance culture.
• At Polaris, employees are owners of the company through company contributions to our Employee Stock Ownership Plan and discounted employee stock purchases plan.
• Employees receive a generous matching contribution to 401(k), financial wellness education and consultation to plan for their financial future.
• In addition to competitive pay, Polaris provides a comprehensive suite of benefits, including health, dental, and vision insurance, wellness programs, paid time off, gym & personal training reimbursement, life insurance and disability offerings.
• Through the Polaris Foundation and our Polaris Gives paid volunteer time off, we support employees who actively volunteer their time, efforts, and passions to improve the health and wellbeing of the communities in which they live, play and work.
• Employees at Polaris drive our success and are rewarded for their commitment.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees