Portfolio Project Analyst

Mars•Chicago, IL

6d•$74,511 - $102,453•Hybrid

About The Position

The Portfolio Analyst serves as a key sales planning partner across the One Demand team. Owning the creation and delivery of the Sales Planning Toolkit is a critical component of the role, as it enables the ability for our sales teams to properly plan. The planning toolkit is inclusive of factsheets, price lists, product planning information files, and sales samples. Working proactively across all cell marketing teams, customer marketing, and sales is a primary responsibility of this associate to maintain clear ways of working and timely delivery of all non-seasonal sales samples within the sales readiness timeline. This role is based in Chicago, IL with regular in-office collaboration expected. Flexibility is a key enabler, empowering associates to make choices that support both business outcomes and personal needs, including occasional remote work.

Requirements

2+ Years professional experience working with leading multi-functional teams for Fast Moving Consumer Good Industries
Familiarity with customer base and working knowledge of retail landscape
Knowledge of syndicated data (e.g. IRI, Nielsen) and its nuances
Availability to travel 10-15% of time

Nice To Haves

Technical knowledge skills (e.g., Excel, PowerPoint, Tableau, Power BI, SAP knowledge would be a nice to have)

Responsibilities

Owning creation and delivery of Sales Planning Toolkit materials (including factsheets, portfolio planning information (PPI))
Assist Sales Infrastructure team in template creation process
Manage innovation imagery in Aprimo
Manage Non-Seasonal Innovation Sales Samples & relationship with our third-party vendor, Archway
Support innovation sales samples requests for ad hoc requests: trade shows and customer meetings
Partner across the Sales Readiness deliverables through cross-functional partners
Manage price lists
Provide total Portfolio customer marketing team with analytical and collaborative support