Sales Analyst

Fortune Brands • Deerfield, IL

3d • $72,000 - $90,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

We are seeking a highly analytical and detail-oriented Sales Analyst to join our team. In this highly collaborative role, you will partner closely with Product Management, Sales, Finance, IT/Business Intelligence, and Revenue Growth Management teams to develop data-driven solutions aligned with key strategic initiatives. You’ll integrate shipment, forecast, and point-of-sale data from internal and external sources to deliver actionable insights that support strategic planning and execution. This position requires strong technical skills, business acumen, and the ability to communicate insights effectively to stakeholders. The ideal candidate is proactive, collaborative, and passionate about leveraging data and to optimize business operations and uncover growth opportunities.
This Sales Analyst will work in a hybrid model onsite 3 days a week in our Deerfield, IL HQ office.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in economics, Business, Finance, Marketing or related field is required
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in a role using forecast, point of sale, or financial data, and related analytics required.
• Industry experience and understanding of the retail and e-commerce business required.
• Experience in extracting, manipulating and analyzing data, drawing conclusions and making recommendations.
• Demonstrated experience with data visualization tool (Tableau or similar) required.
• Demonstrated sense of urgency and ability to persevere to reach objectives for challenging problems.
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office Suite. Intermediate to Advanced Excel skills are required.

Nice To Haves

• Strong communication skills with experience presenting and translating data into decision-ready insights is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Play a key role in generating analytical solutions to complex business problems by mining data, leveraging data experiments, conducting analysis, and generating insights that to yield relevant, actionable insights.
• Develop and automate daily, weekly, monthly, and seasonal reporting and dashboards to monitor the health of the business and to share business insights with Sales, Marketing, and Finance stakeholders.
• Analyze customer POS data, orders, and shipments to provide cross functional partners with actions to drive performance, including identification of market trends and account performance.
• Gain deep understanding of external data tools and report on market trends while understanding methodology and bias of external sources
• Analyze sales and inventory trends, research demand drivers, and develop data-driven recommendations to drive sales growth and improve profitability
• Collaborate with Retail sales teams, Category Management, Marketing, Finance, and other stakeholders to understand business needs and identify key opportunities and challenges, particularly in defining analytical problem statements and building the fact basis needed to create recommendations.
• Manage legacy Tableau dashboards and data ingestion troubleshooting

Benefits

• At Fortune Brands, we support the overall health and wellness of our associates by offering comprehensive, competitive benefits that prioritize all aspects of wellbeing and provide flexibility for our teammates’ unique needs. This includes robust health plans, a market-leading 401(k) program with a company contribution, product discounts, flexible time off benefits, adoption benefits, and more.
• We offer numerous ERGs (Employee Resource Groups) to foster a sense of belonging for all associates.

What This Job Offers

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