Sales Analyst - Walmart - Seasonal

Mars • Bentonville, AR

4d

About The Position

The Seasonal Sales Analyst supports Walmart customer teams at Mars Snacking by providing end-to-end analytics across digital and physical retail channels. The role translates data into actionable insights for strategic decisions about assortment, placement, pricing, promotion, forecasting, and trade investment, ensuring customer plans are analytically rigorous and aligned with Mars Snacking’s growth objectives.

The analyst tracks business performance using internal and external data, develops customer-facing materials, maintains reporting tools and item portfolios, supports forecasting and inventory flow, and manages related operational processes. The role collaborates with customer teams and other stakeholders to provide timely, fact-based recommendations.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree.
• At least 2 years of experience in business sales analytics, category management, or customer development; preferably in CPG or retail.
• Direct experience with syndicated data systems such as Nielsen, IRI, or Scintilla; retail portals such as Retail Link or 3rd Party Interface; and internal sales forecast and financial management tools.
• Understanding of omni-channel retail and eCommerce analytics.
• High learning agility.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.

Nice To Haves

• Fundamental analytical skills, including the ability to interpret data, uncover insights, and make strategic recommendations.
• Strong communication and presentation skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders and present findings clearly.
• Highly organized and detail-oriented, with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Comfort with ambiguity and adaptability to evolving business needs.

Responsibilities

• Create recurring reports, scorecards, analyses, and performance recaps using multiple data sources to track objectives, measure performance, identify opportunities and risks, and inform customer-team decisions.
• Prepare data, analyses, and presentations for customer milestones such as business reviews, category reviews, and line reviews.
• Develop and maintain dashboards, reporting frameworks, and analytical tools to improve visibility, reporting efficiency, and fact-based decision-making.
• Analyze sales, supply, margin, share, and household metrics using multiple data sources.
• Identify trends, risks, and opportunities related to item performance, promotions, new item launches, out-of-stock exposure, competitive activity, digital shelf, and search monitoring.
• Develop actionable insights and clear narratives to guide strategic decisions and customer recommendations.
• Support ad hoc storytelling using Scintilla and other shopper insight tools, maintain clean attribution, and use insights in customer-facing narratives.
• Build expertise in analytical tools, reporting systems, and data sources to improve business recommendations.
• Provide data to support Customer Managers in improving forecast accuracy and ensuring sufficient inventory flow across omni-channel execution.
• Manage and maintain item portfolios, including attribution, system setup, cost/OI changes, item creation, and delistment risk analysis.
• Coordinate retailer samples, innovation mock-ups, and ad hoc product requests.
• Manage item- and display-level activities.
• Manage operational activities, including financial system maintenance, customer item submissions, and price change execution.
• Identify and implement process improvements that increase reporting efficiency, data accuracy, and speed to insight.
• Develop and document standardized processes for routine and ad hoc analytical needs.
• Ensure data readiness and reporting accuracy for internal stakeholders and customer requirements.
• Represent the analyst function in internal meetings, planning cycles, customer engagements, and cross-functional discussions as appropriate.
• Support customer solutions with timely, fact-based analytics and recommendations that benefit both the customer and the business.

Benefits

• Industry-competitive salary and benefits package, including company bonus.
• Eligibility for a company vehicle.
• Best-in-class learning and development support from day one, including access to Mars University.

What This Job Offers

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