Sales Analyst, Walmart

Post Consumer Brands•Bentonville, AR

7d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Sales Analyst supports Post Consumer Brands’ Walmart business, with an emphasis on Walmart Pet Food and a digital-first, omnichannel approach. The role turns sales, category, e-commerce, promotion, forecast and financial data into insights that help teams make informed decisions. It works across Sales, Category Management, Supply Chain, E-commerce, Sales Planning and Brand Marketing, while building knowledge of Walmart reporting, trade promotion and financial planning. The analyst strengthens business scorecards, event tracking and business reviews, and develops repeatable processes that support the wider business. This growth-focused position offers exposure to sales, category and e-commerce analytics and potential development toward senior analyst, e-commerce account management or other customer-facing commercial roles. The position is hybrid and based in the Post Consumer Brands Walmart Sales Team office in Bentonville, Arkansas. The in-office expectation is three days per week—Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday—with up to 10% travel required.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree.
At least 1 year of relevant CPG experience in sales analytics, account management, category management, e-commerce analytics or a related area.
Strong technical and analytical capabilities, including proficiency with Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
Experience collecting and analyzing sales information and converting findings into actionable business recommendations.
Ability to create clear reports, trend analyses and presentations from complex or raw data.
Communicates insights clearly and effectively in written, verbal and presentation formats.
Builds strong working relationships across Sales and cross-functional teams.
Balances accuracy, detail and speed while managing changing priorities.
Works independently, applies sound judgment and follows through in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment.
Approaches new systems and business questions with curiosity, adaptability and a continuous-improvement mindset.

Nice To Haves

Experience with sales event tracking, promotion tracking, new-item performance or trade planning within a CPG company.
Experience with Market6 and IRI or Nielsen data.
Experience with Scintilla, Numerator, Walmart reporting systems or e-commerce analytics.

Responsibilities

Analyze Walmart sales, category, e-commerce, forecast and financial performance to identify trends, risks and growth opportunities across channels.
Develop and maintain daily, weekly and monthly reports and omnichannel scorecards that communicate business health.
Build and improve event-tracking processes for price changes, volume impacts, new items, promotional displays and temporary price reductions.
Track category, brand, new-item and promotional performance, and translate findings into concise recommendations for the Sales team and PCB leadership.
Partner with Sales and Category Management to develop category and consumer insights for internal planning, business reviews and customer discussions.
Facilitate forecast trend reviews, align PCB and Walmart forecasts, and improve forecast accuracy.
Support base and incremental sales reviews and maintain assumptions and inputs in trade planning and forecast systems.
Use Scintilla, Numerator and other available data sources to create actionable category and e-commerce analytics.
Lead internal scorecard reviews and support external business reviews as assigned, including communication related to Walmart new-item and promotion processes.
Build productive relationships with cross-functional partners and contribute to ad hoc analyses that increase sales productivity and business visibility.